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Pink Cow Connections - Presented in English

Welcome to our PCC monthly networking seminar!

Feel 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.