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Medinge CEO Stanley Moss has joined the faculty of the Design School at Accademia di Belle Arti Cignaroli of Verona, Italy.

Stockholm, Seal Beach, Calif. and Wellington, September 25 (JY&A Media) Wellington-based Jack Yan has announced his intention to run for the Wellington mayoralty today. Mr Yan is a founding member and Director of the Medinge Group, a Stockholm-based think-tank on international brands and branding. Yan, who trained as a lawyer, is also a respected branding consultant, [...]

September 28-29: Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. Socialf software @ work. Trends in social media October 13: Rotterdam University for Applied Sciences, Netherlands, on networked/connectivist learning and innovation October 22: Berlin Germany at ‘Die Bildung Hacken’ (hacking education), on networked/connectivist learning November 4: KM Research made in Holland, University of Twente, on networked/self-guided learning in [...]

12 October 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania Patrick Harris will be provide the keynote address at the annual Executive Education meeting of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). His talk will centre on how creativity can inspire and equip business leaders, managers and organisations to recognise, and better realise, their creative potential.

14 October 2009 Frankfurt, Germany Corporate Transparency book launch at Frankfurt Book Fair, which includes a chapter by Tim Kitchin and James Thellusson of Glasshouse Partnership. The chapter, titled ‘Coping with translucency; preparing for transparency’ provides analysis and future insight for brand owners adapting to the world of social communications, and is now viewable online in [...]

1 October 2009 Sicco van Gelder to Tanzania for 2 weeks for Brookings Global Health Financing. He also is advising the city of Sittard-Geleen on their brand strategy. Global Brand Strategy, Sicco’s highly regarded book has now been published in Chinese.

September 23: Tbilisi Georgia on place branding 23/9 September 24: Guangzhou, China on branding trends and the new world of branding for business leaders CEO:s and marketing directors September 26: Almaty, Kazakstan November 11: St Petersburg on HR-Branding, with Sergei Mitrifanov November 19: Koln, Germany on branding for universities December 12: Stockholm, Sweden on branding [...]

Stockholm, Seal Beach, Calif. and Wellington, September 2 (JY&A Media) 31 August 2009 The Medinge Group, a Stockholm-based think-tank on international branding, today announces publication of the third edition of its yearly online review, The Journal of the Medinge Group at www.medinge.org <http://www.medinge.org/> . Exclusively digital, the collection of essays and thought provides a window [...]

Click here for photos of this year’s retreat in Sweden

7 August 2009 Stockholm, Seal Beach, Calif. and Wellington The Medinge Group, the Swedish branding think-tank which has named its own Brands with a Conscience Awards for the past six years, states that it has no connection with the ‘Brand with a Conscience Awards’ scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing (HKIM) at [...]

Click here for photos of the round table discussion at CELSA campus of La Sorbonne in Paris on 6 February 2009.

Click here for photos of the 2009 Brands With a Conscience award ceremony of the Medinge Group in Paris.

Click here for photos of the 2008 retreat in Sweden.

The Medinge Group, an international think-tank on branding and business, today releases its third annual Top Brands with a Conscience list. In the Group’s opinion, these nine brands show that it is possible for brands to succeed as they contribute to the betterment of the society by sustainable, socially responsible and humanistic behaviour. The international [...]

International think tank announces 2005 Top Brands With A Conscience 20 December 2004 The Medinge Group, an international think-tank on branding and business, today releases its second annual ‘Top Brands With a Conscience’ list. In the Group’s opinion, these brands show that it is possible for brands to contribute to the betterment of the society. [...]

International think-tank announces ‘Top Brands with a Conscience’ 3 November 2003 Portland, OR and Wellington, New Zealand (JY&A Media). The Medinge Group, a high-level international think-tank on branding and business, releases its first annual ‘Top Brands With a Conscience’ list. Announcement of the list coincides with the launch of the new book Beyond Branding: How [...]