Tell that to Sigg Switzerland USA, the U.S. The reason Sigg Switzerland USA is now bankrupt is because the company repeatedly insisted that the plastics which line its aluminum bottles weren’t made with BPA, a toxin. MORE

She explained that she’s not a marketer and by is originally from Switzerland so this is all very new to her. Renata von Tscharner, President of The Charles River Conservancy (CRC), isn’t sure why Absolut chose her organization to receive the charitable windfall from its new Absolut Boston Vodka. But she’s thrilled they did. MORE

26-30, 2011, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. It’s a new year–filled with potential and promise. See what’s happening this January in the world of social change through the lens of social marketing, social innovation and social technology. January Events. Individual Events and Observances. Digital Health Summit. 7, 2011, Las Vegas, NV. Webinar with Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Step-by-Step. 11, 2011, Online. World’s Fair Use Day. 13, 2011 Washington D.C. MORE

That’s what two luxury brands, TAG Heuer of Switzerland and Mont Blanc of Germany are currently doing. One of the topics broached at the Cause Marketing Academy a few weeks back in Phoenix is was what a sponsor with operations outside North America should do if its preferred cause stateside doesn’t really have operations abroad, which is true of all but a select few charities. MORE

Maurice works in innovative health care in Switzerland, lectures on social marketing at the EB School in Zurich, and is also a visiting professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin in Poland. How do gossip and viral marketing play out in teddy bear clinics and with city rangers talking about wild boar? Do these approaches also reduce fear associated with hospital visits? MORE

Christiane Lellig – Switzerland. Regular readers have shared the history of developing a global network of social marketers. In 2011, the International Social Marketing Association (iSMA) has been developing the promise to be the catalyst for a global infrastructure to serve social marketing practice, education, research and management. MORE

However, on the up-side, the unexpected land journey did give me an opportunity to see far more of the country than I would otherwise have done and it was certainly a great conference – with over 500 fundraisers attending, mainly from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. MORE

However, on the up-side, the unexpected land journey did give me an opportunity to see far more of the country than I would otherwise have done and it was certainly a great conference – with over 500 fundraisers attending, mainly from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. MORE

in US$ … in the UK the US dollar equivalent = $4.25 … Sweden = $7.62 … Russia $2.43 … China $2.57 … in the Euro Zone $4.88, and in Switzerland $7.12. Announcing the latest international fundraising metric: Two all-beef patties + special sauce + lettuce + cheese + pickles + onions + a sesame seed bun = 1 Big Mac®. I kid you not. The Big Mac® Philanthropy Index will officially launch On April 8 th. MORE