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Jung’s Take on Meltwater

Posted July 20th, 2010 By Guest Blogger  | 4 Comments

Jung´s Take on Meltwater

Last week, the Meltwater management team met in San Francisco for our annual Executive Leadership Training through Oxford University.

Meltwater’s objective is to become one of the top 100 software companies in the world within the next five years. This is a pretty incredible goal, so Meltwater is investing in external training from some of the world’s most respected educational institutions to make sure that we are prepared for the challenges ahead of us.

A major focus of this particular session was the concept of how personality affects behavior, and how to make the most of each individual’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Meltwater initiates partnership with students in Stockholm

Posted May 26th, 2010 By Guest Blogger  | 3 Comments

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Back in early May, three people from Meltwater Drive and Buzz attended a pub quiz at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. Why you ask? Well, a couple of weeks ago I contacted a student project, known as FocusOn 2010. I am myself a former student of the university and also a former participant of the yearly project FocusOn. My goal was to create a partnership that generates awareness and a buzz about Meltwater at the university. The purpose is to of course market us and let driven students know that we are looking to hire talented, ambitious graduates.

FocusOn is…

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Meltwater Mashup

Posted April 30th, 2010 By Kimling  | 2 Comments

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Yesterday evening Meltwater hosted the Meltwater Mashup, a social media meetup where experts from VentureBeat, PRSA, Bulldog Reporter and Tweetshare examined the integration of social media in Marketing and PR. Guests also had the chance to demo Meltwater Buzz, our social media monitoring product. It was a casual evening of drinking, chatting, and enjoying the gourmet delicacies offered by a taco truck.

Mashup guests mixed and mingled with social media and PR professionals from all over the Bay Area, including representatives from Linden Lab, Hill & Knowlton, Fleishman Hillard, StudioGood and eHealth, amongst others. One lucky winner won an iPad just for showing up!

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AIESEC National Kick-off Conference – April 9-11th

Posted April 28th, 2010 By Nora  | 8 Comments

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In April this year Meltwater sponsored the German AIESEC National Kick-Off Conference in Bielefeld, Germany. Together with two recruitment managers, Kathrin Pamp and Navina Sharma, we gave a presentation on career opportunities at Meltwater Group as well as at our non-profit organization, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Ghana.

AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization – with over 45,000 members in 107 countries and territories. Their aim is to create a platform for young people to develop their leadership skills in a global learning environment- by offering international internships as well as leadership trainings.

Each year the AIESEC German leadership team invites more than…

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Lesson learned from a recent UC Berkeley event: consider your audience

Posted April 8th, 2010 By Kimling  | 10 Comments

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Last Thursday evening I was invited to speak on a panel at an event held by Beta Alpha Psi, a business fraternity at UC Berkeley.

The event was part of the organization’s Spring Executive Series, as explained on their website:

Beta Alpha Psi presents Executive Series, Spring 2010: Generation Y – Social Media. The event will feature a panel of top executives from leading social media firms, such as Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, Zynga, Skype, Yelp and Meltwater Group. Panelists will share their professional experiences and provide their insights into recent developments in the fast-changing industry. Students will have the opportunity to network…

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