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The New Pioneers in the media

There is no doubt that social responsibility and sustainable development are setting the agenda of work life issues, consumerism, politics and business. This is some of the recent media coverage on "The New Pioneers" and related subjects:

Socialkapitalisme: Penge er ikke længere nok
Politiken, 28. november 2006

Bæredygtig business kan betale sig
Berlingske Business, 13. december 2006

Tæppefabrikant spinder guld på bæredygtighed
Berlingske Business, 7. januar 2007

Virksomhedernes ansvar vokser
Radiointerview (50 min.), P1 Formiddag, 15. januar 2007

Socialkapitalisme
JydskeVestkysten, 21. januar 2007

Socialt entreprenørskab: Innovation der redder verden
Børsen, 23. februar 2007

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A chiropractic pioneer

Many people suffer from physical symptoms that cannot be explained or diagnosed in medical terms. As a result, they cannot be offered treatment, and often end up getting caught in the health care system.

Therefore, chiropractor Helle Due Hansen initiated a study in 2005 on experiences with medically unexplainable symptoms amongst both patients and therapists. The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation granted a one-year employment of body and conversational therapist Anne Moloney. The study was completed in May 2006 with the report "MUS-Lolland 2006".

At the same time, Helle Due Hansen established a combined body and conversational therapeutic treatment. 75 patients with medically unexplainable symptoms that had previously remained unaffected by purely physical treatment sought treatment. The combined psycho-physical treatment resulted in a positive effect among 80 percent of the treated patients.

Helle Due Hansen's initiative has been awarded with a merit award from the Danish Association of Mobility Advancement [Foreningen til Bevægapparatets Fremme]. According to Professor and Doctor of Medicine Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Bispebjerg Hospital, the reason being that Helle Due Hansen has been pathbreaking and visionary in her cross-discipline initiatives that reach beyond chiropractics.

Download the report MUS-Lolland 2006 here >>
Read more about medically unxplainable symptoms at www.kroppenssprog.dk

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Conference and workshop on meditation against stress

An increasing number of employees and managers across specialist fields express that they feel under pressure, and consequently experience imbalance and stress symptoms. Therefore, the Institute for Competence Development [Institut for Kompetenceudvikling] is holding the conference "Meditation - High Performance without stress" 17 April and a following meditation workshop 18 April conducted by certified meditation instructor and Nordic Marketing Manager at IBM, Bjarne Nybo. Participation in either or both of the activities is optional.

Among the speakers the 17 April is Nikolaj Bruun, Technology Manager at Nokia, Anne-Marie Westergaard, HR Manager at IBM and Kurt Kørner, chief psychologist at Danfoss, who will be telling about their experience with meditation as part of work life in their respective companies.

Read more about the conference and workshop (in Danish) here >>
Sign-up directly at www.ibceuroforum.dk/meditation

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Introduction to Conscious Leadership in March

While on the subject of meditation, Kentaur Træning by meditation instructor Kenneth Sørensen and actress Charlotte Juul has developed a workshop with three modules that train managers in becoming more conscious about how their personality and values play an important role in their leadership.

Tools are meditation in order to bring the participants into greater contact with their core being and the field dynamic leadership game, a unique concept based on role plays about everyday conflict situations in order to train the participants in observing, understanding and taking action in accordance with group dynamics.

31 March Kentaur Træning will be conducting an introductory workshop on Conscious Leadership [Bevidst Lederskab]. Additionally, there will be three meditation evenings (20 March, 2 May, 4 June), so you can try out meditation in practice.

Download folder about the workshop modules for Conscious Leadership (in Danish) here >>
Read more about the introductory activities (in Danish) here >>

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Tania Ellis :: Skt. Peders Straede 24 :: 1453 Copenhagen :: Tel +45 26252295 :: te@taniaellis.dk :: www.taniaellis.dk