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to Pink Cow Connections
(Business & Technology Events & Information)
Pink
Cow Connections - Presented
in English
Welcome
to our PCC monthly networking seminar!
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free to post messages, comments or questions on our
facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72101140281
Live
webcast if you can't join us at: http://www.ustream.tv/thepinkcow
Thur., July 2nd – PCC - Pink Cow Connections
Welcome
to PCC monthly networking seminar presented in English!
The
PCC is a group that comes together to help us, as
creative business people, help ourselves and each
other. We have guest speakers, learning
programs, and networking. The PCC events are
designed to "bring together people building businesses"
in a creative, casual atmosphere that facilitates
intelligent conversation and business connections.
Great food, drinks, information and people.
Pink Cow Connections #64: WorkVitamins, Bringing Perspective to the Office:
“Maximizing your working environment assets. Productive spaces to improve your business.”
Please welcome speaker: Martin van der Linden
Anyone who has worked for a typical Japanese corporation has horror stories to tell about the workplace. The rows and rows of small, steel desks with files and paper stacked above and below, the colour tones of Stalinist grey evenly distributed throughout the whole space except for the yellow smoking room , the artistic coffee stains on the carpet, the direct translation of the company's hierarchy onto the design (buchos on the window, kachos on the end of each row, last hire at the end of the row), the blinds that are consistently closed and despite the top location of the office allow no views outside, etc.. etc... Is it any wonder that Japan has one of the world's highest suicide rates? Studies have shown that the work environment has a significant influence on our well being. The work environment is business' last frontier, as companies should stop to treat their work space as a warehouse crammed with stuff and staff. It is time to view the work environment as a powerful motivational tool to create a place where people enjoy working in, encourages communication and team work. The workplace can either hinder or encourage this.
During the presentation Martin will show an analysis of a typical office and the potential for change. He will explain about the methodology he created called WorkVitamins, which through a series of 5 steps has helped his clients to implement a work environment where work can actually be fun. At the end of the presentation he will also briefly discuss a book he is writing on the subject, including the growing influence that the internet has on our rapidly changing definition of what work is.
Martin has taught and practiced architecture and design in Japan since the early 1990s. He is chief executive of van der Architects, a design and project management firm he set up in 2000, and an adjunct professor of architecture at Tokyo University of Science. His clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Ernst & Young, ING Group, Societe Generale and WPP Group.
Martin has designed and planned at several leading offices including Hiroshi Hara + Atelier, where he worked on JR Kyoto Station and Osaka’s Umeda Sky Building, Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kyoiku Shisetsu Kenkyujo. He lectured at the universities of Musashino Art, Waseda and the United Nations, and also spent time at the Bureau for Architecture and Urban Design in London.
His professional affiliations include membership of the Architects Institute of Japan as well as board memberships of the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the American Institute of Architects Japan.
A Dutch national, Martin has an MSc in Engineering Product Design from London’s Southbank University and a BSc in Interior and Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Art Maastricht. He also was a visiting student on the Fuji-Hara Laboratory master’s course at Tokyo University.
2,000yen
includes light snacks
from
7pm
Registration
helpful but not required.
Please
RSVP at one of the following:
http://www.meetup.com/pinkcowconnections/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72101140281
Email:
ajblick@gmail.com
Live
webcast if you can't join us at: http://www.ustream.tv/thepinkcow
===
SPONSORS ===
The
Pink Cow - cool place, yummy food!
www.thepinkcow.com
AP
Promotions - Talent & Event Management,
Promotion, and Marketing www.appromotions.net
CVP
http://hq.andrewshuttleworth.com/
Thurs.,
April 23 rd – JMEC Mixer
Networking
is Everything - Now Learn How
Thursday,
April 23, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
The
Pink Cow (map)
Register
by Emailing JMEC
We've
all heard the phrase, "It's who you know, not
what you know." But in a city of 12 million people
or so, how does one start building that all important
network of friends, colleagues and business contacts?
How does one get beyond exchanging meishi to building
a useful network to rely upon at any given time? Let
Andrew Shuttleworth and Gary Bremermann show you how.
Andrew
Shuttleworth and Gary Bremermann are two well-known
networkers in Tokyo. During this presentation, they
will share some of the things they have learned during
their many years spent building a strong network of
trusted, personal contacts.
Gary
will talk about how to network offline successfully
and Andrew will share some tips and tricks for successful
networking online, making use of some of the many
sites and services available to us.
The
event will begin with a buffet and drinks at 7:30pm,
followed by presentations from 8pm - 9pm. Event ends
(after networking, of course) at 10:00pm.
Cost
is JPY3500 at the door.
To
register, please email JMEC at info@jmec.gr.jp
before
EOB Wednesday, April 22. See you there!
More
information on the presenters:
http://garybremermann.com
http://hq.andrewshuttleworth.com
Business
Links
Pink
Cow Interviews with Traci!
http://www.itvjapan.com/bus_int.asp?Id=2
http://www.spinshell.tv/video/index.html
"JMEC
is now accepting applications for our fifteenth year!
The Japan
Market Expansion Competition (JMEC) is a business
training program centered
on a competition to write the best business plan.
It brings together highly
motivated, up-and-coming executives willing to challenge
themselves through
a business plan competition with companies who want
to enter into or expand
within the Japanese market.
JMEC will be holding information sessions for those
interested in
participating in JMEC 15. Sessions will take place
on:
Thursday, September 18th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, October 1st, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday, October 14th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
There will also be a breakfast information session
on Thursday, October 23rd
from 8am - 9am
*All information sessions will take place at Temple
University, Mita Hall,
Room 502.
Sessions are free but registration is required. To
register, please visit
http://www.jmec.gr.jp/brochure/index.html
http://tokyoinsiders.com/Networking.html
AstralTribe
is a uniqe brand offering dance and exrecise clothing
with a twist. Combining high quality fabrics with
original prints and designs.
Tomomioutfit combines national soccer team uniforms
with fashionably designed outfits like jackets, shirts
,tank tops and skirts in large selection of designs
and colors.
www.astraltribe.net
http://tokyoinsiders.com/Networking.html
A
new free webboard launched on May 12, 2004 "Entrepreneurs
in Japan" - a forum for international people
who run or about to start their own biz in Japan.
http://www.japanentrepreneurs.com
It has discussion areas ranging from marketing, incorporating,
legal, selling/retailing, innovations, publishing,
etc., has regional forums (Kansai, Kyushu, Tokyo,
biz with China/Korea, etc.), industry forums (translating,
food, car biz, journalism, tourism, etc.). You
can participate only in the sections you are interested
in. One request- registrations under real names
please.
If you could help spreading the word around with other
entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs to be, it would be
most appreciated.
Chin
Music Press is an independent publisher from Seattle
that is
dedicated to making beautiful books about modern Asia.
We celebrated
the launch of our first book, Kuhaku & Other Accounts
from Japan, on
Nov. 11, 2004 at The Pink Cow. The event was such
a success that we
plan to launch our next book there sometime in 2005.
http://www.chinmusicpress.co
Anyone
interested in publishing -- we handle everything from
sales
brochures to hardcover books -- can contact us at
sales@chinmusicpress.com
For travel
information please check: www.globalhotelsmotels.com
For accomodation
information please check: http://www.thewindsite.com/
We
are a website specialized for foreigner and Japanese
looking for
shared accommodation and guest house.
We are providing a services for free, as a portal
between those persons
and the landlords.