The Dukakis Center hosted a Zoom webinar on May 27, 2020, with representatives of the Millennium Project, Transparency International Greece, ACT, and the Navarino Network, on the future of event management in the aftermath of the national lockdown.

Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, Anna Damaskou, Anestis Anastasiou, and Angelos Kaskanis were the featured panelists, while Dimitris Diamantis, director of ACT’s office of alumni relations and career services, moderated the proceedings. Dukakis Center director David Wisner made a brief cameo appearance. The discussion revolved around event cancellations, online variations of previously scheduled events, and expectations for the second half of 2020 and beyond. Key points raised, included the following:

• How to measure the impact of virtual events on participants and auditors;
• How long to expect webinars and hybrid events to be the norm in the wait for a vaccine for the coronavirus;
• How to design innovative workshops and games to increase engagement, especially in smaller events or break-out sessions;
• How to understand the impact of the coronavirus and the lockdown on the larger event management ecosystem, including hotels, airline companies, and travel agencies, and so on.

All parties agreed that while Greece will return to a semblance of normalcy in the summer of 2020, the impact of the crisis will continue to be felt for two years or more until a publicly accessible vaccine can be developed.

Several speakers raised the specter of an overly busy events calendar as organizations like those represented in the webinar scramble to reschedule and adapt to the realities of the post-lockdown environment.

In his conclusion, Dr. Wisner noted that events scheduled at the Dukakis Center in the shadow of COVID-19 should seek to do justice to the memory of victims of the coronavirus, in keeping with the Center’s humanitarian service mandate.

This was the second of two webinars on event management in the era of COVID-19 organized and hosted by the Dukakis Center. The first, on May 20, featured organizers of leading festivals and cultural activities.

Video of both webinars can be found on the YouTube channel of the Dukakis Center.

In late March, Dukakis Center faced a difficult decision: either cancel the big symposium it had been planning for over a year (a two-day event that would have taken place on April 28-29) or hold out for a few more weeks, in the hope that the coronavirus pandemic would not affect Greece too drastically. As the government-mandated lockdown took hold and was then extended, Dr. Wisner, the Executive Director of Dukakis Center, watched ACT and other organizations big and small announce cancellations seemingly daily. After reading that the International Documentary Film Festival would be canceled, it was inevitable that he would soon have to do the same. And so the Public Affairs Symposium fell victim in turn to the virus.

David Wisner did not actually cancel the conference; rather he postponed it in the hope of being able to reschedule in the fall. The thought soon came to him that in the meanwhile, the Dukakis Center could host online events with fellow event organizers to share ideas about the future of event management in the coronavirus era. Thanks to the alert collaboration of Anatolia College’s Marketing and College Relations departments, in short order two Zoom webinars with leading cultural and scientific organizations, were planned and scheduled to take place in late May 2020. The first, convened under the gavel of Prodromos Monastaridis of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, featured Maria Tsantsanoglou of MOMUS, Dimitris Savvaidis of AddArt, host of the annual Thessaloniki Animation Film Festival, and Tasos Tzikas, President of the Thessaloniki International Fair.

The three panelists, all of whom had collaborated previously with the Dukakis Center, sounded similar themes as the discussion ensued. How could they and their organizations make sense of the crisis and the lockdown quickly enough to turn the novel circumstance to their advantage and promote cultural activity as a pillar of social support? How could they remain engaged with their public even as they planned for a return to “normalcy?” What precautions should they take to resist the temptation of over-reliance on digital technology? Should they prepare a Plan B? 

Mr. Tzikas put it best when he insisted that organizations prioritize maintaining the “chemistry” inherent in successful event planning with a “physical” public. All three concluded optimistically that the future could be better than ever, despite the temporary privations occasioned by the lockdown, and that the coronavirus crisis could be what Mr. Savvaidis aptly called “a new beginning” with an enhanced role for cultural organizations. 

That beginning does not appear to be too far ahead on the horizon. MOMUS is planning to open facilities to the public in mid-June, while the International Fair is scheduled to open on schedule in September. Mr. Tzikas noted enthusiastically that the TIF might actually be the first such fair anywhere in post-COVID Europe to host fairgoers. With the annual appearance of the Prime Minister and of opposition leaders tentatively confirmed, the corner will surely have been turned, the curve flattened.

The second webinar, on academic and scientific conferences, took place on May 27 and featured Epaminondas Christofilopoulos of the Millenium Project, Dr. Anna Damaskou '96 of Transparency International Greece, Angelos Kaskanis of the Navarino Network, and ACT’s own Anestis Anastasiou, host of the annual “Tourism of Tomorrow” conference. Dimitris Diamantis, Director of ACT’s Career Services & Alumni Relations office, will moderate.

Elsewhere, the Dukakis Center will be one of 65 think tanks from around the world to participate in a working group, coordinated by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Milan, and the European Policy Centre in Belgrade, whose task it is to consider challenges to think tank operations posed by the coronavirus crisis. David Wisner was a featured panelist in a webinar on “Reinventing Events” on the afternoon of May 27, mere hours before the Dukakis Center webinar. This latter initiative is part of an even larger movement spearheaded by James McGann of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, with which the Dukakis Center has collaborated on multiple occasions since April 2018.

Video of the May 20 webinar is available here, on the YouTube channel of the Dukakis Center.

Further coverage of the webinar in this article by Maria Ritzaleou for ethnos.gr.

It has been a trying month and a half for everyone in the larger ACT-Anatolia family, and the Dukakis Center is no exception. However, the Center has managed to remain active and even productive during the weeks in which staff worked from home while Greece was under government-mandated lockdown.

On April 7 the Center's Director, David Wisner attended a global webinar hosted by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, on the role of think tanks in responding to the coronavirus public health emergency. A follow-up webinar has been scheduled on May 13, when the Dukakis Center will begin work with other partners in a committee dedicated to "New Operating Models for Think Tanks--Research, Communications, and Funding"

"When there is no script to follow people improvise and innovate."
-- Ravi Gurumurthy, Nesta  

Two visiting American diplomats spoke with ACT and study abroad students this past Thursday afternoon in an interactive session dedicated to the current state of US-Greek relations. Michele Siders, Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Athens, and Ross Johnston, Greece Desk Officer at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, outlined the key issues animating diplomatic relations between the United States and the Hellenic Republic. Having recently participated in the annual US-Greece Strategic Dialogue, and accompanied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in meetings with senior figures in the Greek government of current Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Siders and Johnston related why American diplomats continue to dub Greece a “pillar of stability” in regional affairs. Siders and Johnston were accompanied by US Consul General Gregory Pfleger, Jr. who has been a steady supporter of ACT and Anatolia College during his tenure in Thessaloniki.

The session concluded with a question-answer discussion on such issues as the timing of Secretary Pompeo’s recent visit to Greece, the state of Greek-Turkish relations and the status of the Prespes Agreement between Greece and North Macedonia, and more generally the training and morale of diplomats working on issues of pertinence to Greece and Greeks. A large contingent of Northeastern University (NUin) pre-freshmen attended the session, along with an overflow audience of Greek, Balkan, and American students in ACT’s International Relations degree program.

Michele Siders is a Career US Foreign Service Officer. She is currently a Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Athens. She has studied at Boston and Georgetown Universities and at the National Defense University.

Ross Johnston is a Career US Foreign Service Officer. He is currently Greece Desk Officer in Washington, DC. He holds degrees from Tufts University and Columbia University.

For the third consecutive year, the Dukakis Center will co-host a session at Reworks Agora, the annual forum of the Reworks Music Festival. The event will take place on September 15 at Ypsilon, at 1 p.m., and will feature Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, UNESCO Chairholder in Futures Research, who will lecture, in Greek, on “Transforming the future of work”. Thessaloniki-based journalist and content strategist Alkistis Georgiou will moderate the session. The Dukakis Center has previously co-hosted Agora sessions on vTaiwan and the Sunflower Movement, and on blockchain and participatory democracy worldwide.

Epaminondas Christofilopoulos is a member of the World Future Society (WFS), Vice-Chair of the Foresight Europe Network (FEN) and Co-Chair of the Greek Node of the Millennium Project, a Washington, DC-based Think Tank coordinating futures research and foresight studies. As he notes, “the world is changing rapidly, while the levels of complexity are also increasing. In this environment, human civilization is in a constant struggle between the efforts to improve living conditions and the increasing magnitude of the complex problems it has to face. Focusing on the future of work, the Millennium Project conducted global research that focused on technological developments and resulted in drafting three scenarios for the future of work and technology in 2050”. In Agora 2019 he will look at these scenarios, examine the role of artificial intelligence, and discuss sustainable strategies for humanity.

Having a background in Physics, Environmental Studies, International Relations, and Foresight, Epaminondas has initially worked in the field of technology transfer and research commercialization, before setting up a new activity related to international research co-operation. Since then, Epaminondas has coordinated several projects in Eastern Europe, the Gulf peninsula, Latin America, Asia, and especially China, where he spent significant time during the last 10 years. Since 2010, Epaminondas draws a particular focus on future studies and foresight. His current interests include the use of gamification methods in foresight, the future of work, the concept of futures literacy, and delivering futures thinking workshops.

Reworks Agora is a cross-thematic forum that features keynote speakers, discussions, musical performances, and screenings by leading experts and pioneers in the creative economy, culture, technology, and contemporary thinking.

This year Reworks Agora marks the start of the 15th-anniversary festivities of the Reworks Festival and is open to everyone. At the end of the day, the forum will close with a big open-air party and a delightful line-up, paving the way for an enjoyable four-day festival.

This year’s Agora event will take place on September 15 at Café Ypsilon at 1pm (Edessis 5, Thessaloniki).

For further information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://reworks.gr/en/agora/

Dukakis Center director David Wisner traveled to Madrid, Spain, on April 10-13, to participate in the Seventh Annual European Think Tanks Summit following an invitation of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania (TTCSP), and the Real Instituto Elcano,
Dr. Wisner’s invitation came on the heels of his having invited Dr. James McGann, Director of the TTCSP, to be the keynote speaker at the Dukakis Center event in Athens on May 13.
The Madrid summit was attended by 65 senior think tank executives, from 50 think tanks in 42 countries, among which Chatham House, the Institut Montaigne, Bruegel, Clingendael, and dozens more. The Dukakis Center was the only institution based in Greece in attendance.
Among the distinguished speakers to participate were Joaquin Almunia, Javier Solana, and current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, who hosted a dinner for conferees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dr. Wisner will attend the 2020 European Think Tank Summit in Amsterdam. In the interim, he will pursue the select strategic partnerships he discussed in Madrid with representatives of such institutions as Real Elcano, the Institut Montaigne, the European University Institute, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Centre for Liberal Strategies (Sofia).

Such an endeavor is one of the cornerstones of current Dukakis Center strategic planning. As Dr. Wisner notes, “we have continued to attain international recognition, as a result of my having attended events in Paris, Brussels, and Madrid over the past two years, just as we have consolidated our standing among select American institutions, including, most recently, the TTCSP.”

A group of 10 students from Salem State University in Massachusetts visited Thessaloniki in late May with their Professor, Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, to observe local and European elections and learn first hand about politics and electioneering in Greece. The Dukakis Center, in the persons of Director David Wisner and ACT alumnus Harry Lalatsis, were on hand to welcome them and to host a discussion session on the current Greek political scene.

Mr. Lalatsis (ACT Class of 2004, ACT MBA 2008), delivered a showcase presentation based on data on political opinions his marketing company has gathered over the years in collaboration with Dukakis Center friend and collaborator Giorgos Siakas, University of Macedonia. The subsequent discussion focused on the climate in which parliamentary elections will be held on July 7, and the principal differences between Greek and European politicking on the one hand, and political behavior in the USA on the other.

Professor Duclos-Orsello had spent the 2015-16 academic year in Greece as a Fulbright scholar and featured at the Dukakis Center's April 2016 conference on "Civic Engagement and the Practices" at the Met Hotel. She coordinates regular study trips to Greece with students from Salem State.

Σημείωση

Θα θέλαμε να σας ενημερώσουμε πως το Lifelong Learning Center του ACT έχει προβλέψει και έχει λάβει όλα τα απαραίτητα μέτρα ασφάλειας, υγιεινής και προστασίας έναντι του κοροναϊού και προσφέρει τα προγράμματά του διά ζώσης, σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις που έχουν ανακοινωθεί. Στην περίπτωση που υπάρξουν νεότερες οδηγίες, το ACT διαθέτει όλο τον εξοπλισμό για τη βέλτιστη συνέχιση του προγράμματος και online.

Περιγραφή του προγράμματος

Τα τελευταία χρόνια όλο και περισσότεροι άνθρωποι προσπαθούν να πάρουν την τύχη στα χέρια τους δοκιμάζοντας να δημιουργήσουν τη δική τους επιχείρηση. Οι στατιστικές όμως δεν είναι πάντα ενθαρρυντικές: Οι μισές από τις επιχειρήσεις που θα δημιουργηθούν σήμερα δεν θα υπάρχουν μετά από 5 χρόνια.

Εύλογα δημιουργούνται κάποια ερωτήματα: Αξίζει η προσπάθεια το ρίσκο; Πώς μπορούμε να μεγιστοποιήσουμε τις πιθανότητες επιτυχίας; Ποιος ο ρόλος της καινοτομίας στην επιχειρηματικότητα και πώς μπορώ να επωφεληθώ; Πώς μπορώ να μετατρέψω την κρίση του κοροναϊού σε ευκαιρία; Πού είναι οι πελάτες μου και πώς θα του προσελκύσω; Τελικά χρήματα υπάρχουν;

Οι συμμετέχοντες του προγράμματος θα συζητήσουν αυτά τα θέματα, αλλά και άλλα πολλά, ώστε να έχουν μία εικόνα για τα εφόδια που θα χρειαστούν ώστε να μπουν στον πολλά υποσχόμενο αλλά και πολύ αβέβαιο επιχειρηματικό στίβο.

Σκοπός του προγράμματος

Σκοπός του προγράμματος είναι να δώσει στους καταρτιζόμενους τις απαραίτητες δεξιότητες ώστε να μεγιστοποιήσουν τις πιθανότητες επιτυχίες του επιχειρηματικού τους εγχειρήματος, παραθέτοντας τους γνώσεις σχετικά με:

• Επιχειρηματικό σχεδιασμό / στρατηγική
• Εισαγωγή καινοτομίας στις λειτουργίες της επιχείρησης
• Marketing / πελάτες / ανταγωνισμό
• Οικονομικά / χρηματοδοτήσεις
• Ανθρώπινο δυναμικό
• Νομικά / λογιστικά θέματα

Σε ποιους απευθύνεται

Το σεμινάριο απευθύνεται σε κάθε άτομο που ενδιαφέρεται να ξεκινήσει επιχειρηματική δραστηριότητα ανεξαρτήτως κλάδου δραστηριότητας. Επίσης αφορά υφιστάμενους επιχειρηματίες που επιθυμούν να αποκτήσουν δεξιότητες ώστε να κάνουν μια νέα δυναμική αρχή στην επιχείρηση τους.

Οφέλη

Οι συμμετέχοντες που θα το παρακολουθήσουν θα αποκτήσουν μια σφαιρική γνώση και άποψη σε όλα τα βασικά θέματα που είναι απαραίτητο να γνωρίζουν προκειμένου να δημιουργήσουν και να λειτουργήσουν την δική τους επιχείρηση που να ανταποκρίνεται στις ανάγκες της σύγχρονης εποχής.

Διάρκεια προγράμματος

Αναλυτική θεματολογία

Εισηγητές

Ανέστης Θ. Αναστασίου

Ο Ανέστης Θ. Αναστασίου είναι υπεύθυνος των προγραμμάτων Διοίκησης Τουρισμού και Φιλοξενίας στο Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο Θεσσαλονίκης, στο οποίο και διδάσκει σε προπτυχιακό και μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο. Συγχρόνως, από το 2001 διοικεί την εταιρεία AA+Partners, η οποία παρέχει εκπαιδευτικές και συμβουλευτικές υπηρεσίες σε θέματα ανθρώπινου δυναμικού, με εξειδίκευση στον χώρο του τουρισμού και της φιλοξενίας.
Η διδακτική και εισηγητική του εμπειρία υπερβαίνει τις 9000 ώρες και ειδικεύεται σε θέματα: διοίκησης ανθρώπινου δυναμικού, εξυπηρέτησης πελατών και πωλήσεων, βελτίωση απόδοσης ανθρώπων και οργανισμών, και στην εκπαίδευση εκπαιδευτών.
Είναι διπλωματούχος Μηχανολόγος Μηχανικός (University College London) με μεταπτυχιακά στη Διαχείριση Ενεργειακών Συστημάτων (City University), στο Διεθνές Μάνατζμεντ (Kings College London & London School of Economics), στις Πολιτικές Επιστήμες και Οικονομικά (Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας), καθώς και κάτοχος του Proficiency in Hospitality Management (Ecole Hotelier Lausanne).

Εβίτα Γκαντίνα

Η Εβίτα Γκαντίνα γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη και έχει πάνω από είκοσι πέντε χρόνια εμπειρίας σε ανώτερες θέσεις σε ελληνικές και διεθνείς εταιρείες. Είναι κάτοχος μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου στην Επιχειρησιακή Επικοινωνία και Δημόσιες Σχέσεις και Bachelor of Business Administration από το University of Houston.
Για αρκετά χρόνια ήταν μέλος των Διοικητικών Συμβουλίων ή διοικητικό στέλεχος εταιρειών κυρίως στον τομέα της κλωστοϋφαντουργίας. Από το 2001 διδάσκει σε κολέγια ενώ από το 2011 είναι εταίρος στην "For Communication", εταιρεία μάρκετινγκ και δημοσίων σχέσεων ενώ συνεχίζει να διδάσκει. Είναι μέλος της Διοικούσας Επιτροπής της Ελληνικής Εταιρίας Διοίκησης Επιχηρήσεων (ΕΕΔΕ Μακεδονίας ) και πρόεδρος του Τομέα Ανάπτυξης Γυναικών Επιχειρηματιών & Μάνατζερς (ΤΟΓΜΕ Μακεδονίας ).

Μύρων Κάντερ-Μπαξ

Ο κ. Μύρων Κάντερ-Μπαξ είναι Δικηγόρος και μέλος του Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου Θεσσαλονίκης. Είναι Υποψήφιος Διδάκτωρ του Τομέα Εμπορικού & Οικονομικού Δικαίου της Νομικής Σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και Υπότροφος του Κοινωφελούς Ιδρύματος Αλέξανδρος Σ. Ωνάσης. Κατέχει δύο μεταπτυχιακούς τίτλους στο Αστικό, Αστικό Δικονομικό και Εργατικό Δίκαιο από τη Νομική Σχολή του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων (MSc in Management) από το Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο Ελλάδος. Γνωρίζει την Ελληνική, την Αγγλική και τη Γερμανική Γλώσσα. Ζει και εργάζεται στην πόλη της Θεσσαλονίκης, ασκώντας μάχιμη δικηγορία, με έμφαση στο Εμπορικό Δίκαιο.

Γιώργος Κόκκας

Ο Γιώργος Κόκκας από τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2017 είναι ο Διευθυντής του Κέντρου Επιχειρηματικότητας του American College of Thessaloniki. Έχει περισσότερα από 25 έτη εμπειρίας σε θέματα ανάπτυξης επιχειρήσεων, τεχνολογίας-καινοτομίας, start-ups, χρηματοδότησης επενδυτικών σχεδίων, περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης. Επίσης έχει απασχοληθεί σε διευθυντικές θέσεις σε επιχειρήσεις και αναπτυξιακούς οργανισμούς, και έχει εργαστεί ως ειδικός εμπειρογνώμων σε θέματα ανταγωνιστικότητας μικρομεσαίων επιχειρήσεων και start-ups σε διεθνή έργα στα Βαλκάνια και την Τουρκία. Είναι πτυχιούχος Ηλεκτρολόγος Μηχανικός ΔΠΘ και κάτοχος MSc σε Τηλεπικοινωνιακά Συστήματα από το University College London.

Κωνσταντίνος Μαμάρας

Το 1987 έλαβε το Πτυχίο του Οικονομικού Τμήματος του ΑΠΘ, και το 1991 μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο ΜΒΑ από την ίδια σχολή. Υπήρξε οικονομικός σύμβουλος σε διάφορες επιχειρήσεις. Την περίοδο 1998-1999 εργάστηκε στην Τράπεζα Πειραιώς σε καίριες θέσεις: Διευθυντής Τομέα Προϋπολογιστικού Ελέγχου & Τομέα Φορολογίας της Διεύθυνσης Οικονομικών Υπηρεσιών, μέλος της Επιτροπής Διοίκησης της Τράπεζας & μέλος της επιτροπής Assets & Liability. Εκπρόσωπος της Τράπεζας στην Ένωση Ελληνικών Τραπεζών. Βασικό μέλος των ομάδων αναδιοργάνωσης online συστημάτων, Πληροφοριακού Συστήματος Διοίκησης. Εκπαιδευτής θεμάτων οικονομικής λειτουργίας. Το 1999 δημιούργησε την δική του επιχείρηση οικονομικών και φορολογικών συμβουλών. Πελάτες της εταιρείας του είναι μεγάλες και μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις από όλους τους κλάδους της οικονομίας.

Θεόδωρος Παπανέστορος

Ξεκίνησε τη καριέρα του από το τμήμα Marketing της Neoset και στη συνέχεια εργάστηκε επί σειρά ετών ως διευθυντικό στέλεχος στο χώρο της διαφήμισης επικοινωνίας σε 3 agencies της Αθήνας, και συγκεκριμένα στις TBWA\ATHENS, UpSet!, και MullenLowe/Athens, διαχειριζόμενος μεγάλους λογαριασμούς όπως SEAT, Citroën, Jeep, Chrysler, TOYOTOMI, ΔΕΠΑ, Ράδιο Κορασίδη, Dodge, κ.α. 
Είναι κάτοχος Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Administration με ειδίκευση στο Marketing από το Deree College και Master of Arts (MA) in Marketing από το Middlesex University Business School, ενώ απέκτησε επίσης Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business από το Emeritus Institute of Management, σε συνεργασία με το Columbia Columbia Business School Executive Education και το MIT.
Από το 2007 είναι ο Διευθυντής Μarketing και Επικοινωνίας του Αμερικανικού Κολλεγίου Ανατόλια ενώ παράλληλα διδάσκει και στο Business School του ΑCT.

Νικόλας Χουρβουλιάδης

Ο Δρ Νικόλας Χουρβουλιάδης είναι κάτοχος διδακτορικού διπλώματος στη Χρηματοοικονομική από το ΑΠΘ, και μεταπτυχιακός απόφοιτος του Πανεπιστημίου YALE, ΗΠΑ. Είναι Διευθυντής του Business School στο Αμερικανικό Κολλέγιο Θεσσαλονίκης, με διδασκαλία σε μαθήματα χρηματοοικονομικής, στατιστικής και οικονομικών. Το ερευνητικό του έργο έχει δημοσιευτεί σε διεθνή περιοδικά και συνέδρια, και καλύπτει την ανάλυση των επενδυτικών χαρακτηριστικών των κεφαλαιακών και τραπεζικών αγορών. Παράλληλα με την ακαδημαϊκή καριέρα, έχει διατελέσει Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος και μέλος σε διοικητικά συμβούλια μεγάλων ιδιωτικών εταιρειών, καθώς και υψηλόβαθμο στέλεχος σε οργανισμούς του Δημοσίου.

Συμμετοχή

Κόστος συμμετοχής: 350€

ΕΓΓΡΑΦΕΙΤΕ ΕΔΩ

Ειδικές τιμές

Super Early Bird (έως 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020): -20%
Early Bird (έως 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020): -10%
Απόφοιτοι Anatolia High School & ACT: -10%

Δικαίωμα αθροιστικής έκπτωσης μέχρι 20%, εφόσον τηρούνται οι παραπάνω προϋποθέσεις.

Το ποσό με την έκπτωση του 10% προσαρμόζεται στα 315€, ενώ με την έκπτωση του 20% στα 280€.

Μετά την αποστολή της αίτησης συμμετοχής, ένας εκπρόσωπος του Lifelong Learning Center του ACT θα επικοινωνήσει μαζί σας για τη διαδικασία της εγγραφής σας στο πρόγραμμα και την πληρωμή.

Μετά την ολοκλήρωση του προγράμματος, οι συμμετέχοντες θα λάβουν ένα πιστοποιητικό παρακολούθησης από το ACT.

Περισσότερες Πληροφορίες

Μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε με το ACT Lifelong Learning Center στο τηλέφωνο 2310 398 430 ή μέσω email στο This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. με την ένδειξη "Δημιουργώ τη δική μου επιχείρηση".

Σημείωση

Θα θέλαμε να σας ενημερώσουμε πως το Lifelong Learning Center του ACT, ακολουθώντας τις νεότερες διατάξεις λόγω κοροναϊού, προσφέρει προς το παρόν τα προγράμματά του μέσω σύγχρονης online διδασκαλίας σε ζωντανό χρόνο (live streaming). Για όποιες νεότερες εξελίξεις, μπορείτε να ενημερώνεστε από την ιστοσελίδα του Lifelong Learning Center ή στο τηλέφωνο 2310 398-430.

Το παρόν πρόγραμμα διδάσκεται εξ ολοκλήρου στα αγγλικά.

Program Overview

The Advanced Business English program instructs participants in all aspects of professional communication including writing, reading, speaking and listening. It offers opportunities for vocabulary enrichment and structural improvement specific to participants’ professional communication.

Learning Objectives

The Advanced Business English program focuses on:

• Writing: Participants will learn the format of various key business documents including emails, reports, proposals, etc. Through the focus on written communication, participants will improve and develop their ability to use clear, concise and grammatically correct language.
• Speaking: Participants will develop their fluency and speaking skills.
• Reading: A variety of reading texts will be exploited for language improvement and awareness of various text types. The subjects of the texts will be chosen to appeal to participants’ interests.
• Listening: The listening skills section has been designed to dovetail with the subjects of the reading texts. Students will enhance listening skills both through listening to the chosen pieces and through the ensuing class discussions.

Program Outline

Communication strategies

• Meetings
• Negotiation
• Office communication
• Small talk and business socialising

Effective writing skills

• Emails
• Reports
• Proposals
• Instructions

Language relating to a range of topics including:

• Marketing
• Business and technology
• Finance
• Advertising
• Risk management
• Customer service
• Team Building

Effective presentation skills

Program Details

Program Benefits

Through the use of a variety of different teaching and learning methods, the program gives participants the opportunity to practice and improve their overall use of professional communication skills, both orally and in writing. The overall aim of the program is to enable students to realize their full potential in terms of the sophistication, relevance and fluency of their professional communication skills.

Instructor's Bio

Julie Carter has been living and working in Greece for over 25 years and has extensive experience in all aspects of English Language Teaching. She is an active examiner in both speaking and writing for major ELT exams and has acted as team leader for speaking examiners. She ran a company for some years which focused on training teachers to deliver and create more effective lessons. For many years, Julie wrote and conducted presentations for a leading publisher throughout Greece but has recently turned her attention to teaching business English and English for specific purposes. She holds a B.A. in Modern Languages and an M.A. in TESOL and applied linguistics.

Application Process

Apply here

Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate from ACT.

After sending the application form, a representative of ACT's Lifelong Learning Center will contact you for your registration and payment process.

More Information

You can contact the ACT Lifelong Learning Center at +302310-398430 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. using "Advanced Business English" as your subject.

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, the Anatolia College Libraries have remained active and open online for the institution’s faculty and students who could access remotely the libraries’ collections. To support our faculty and teachers across the institution the Anatolia College Libraries built and made available curated content on online teaching and learning, a comprehensive guide that was popular and well used according to the website statistics during this period. Also, in order to help families entertain themselves a “stay@home” guide was put together with plenty of ideas for reading, online activities, and cultural happenings. 

This activity recorded a 270% increase in visits to the Libraries website during the period of March and April 2020.

Within a two month span

• The Elementary School Library website visits increased by an astounding 551%;
• Eleftheriades Library website visits increased by 258%;
• Bissell Library had a 33% increase in website views.

Furthermore, during April and May 2020:

• The Teaching and Learning guide created for teachers and faculty was much appreciated as we had 1,367 visits
• The “stay@home” guide was clearly very popular as people visited 6,120 times
• Ebook reading at the Elementary Library resulted in 2,164 downloads of books
• We created 12 new guides during this time which had collectively 10,737 visits!
• We offered 10 recorded fairy tales prepared by the library staff, accompanied by music which had 619 visits

Looking forward, our aim is to further expand our online provision and to inform our community that we are here to support teaching and learning online. We have experienced one of our busiest periods ever and we invite and encourage everyone to continue using our libraries online while we commit ourselves to continue our long tradition of offering excellent resources and services to our community.