Libris London Media Tour 09 (19-24 March 09)

When planning a project that takes place abroad naturally, it's essential that everything is well organised and enough preparation and effort has been given to the planning. Libris Communications and Odisea Travel recognize this and have always been applauded on their ability to prepare and implement excellent organization to their trips to the UK.

Folowing a few months of planning, Libris Communications set off on the a 6-day adventure through London with a serious Footballing theme!

Going behind the scenes at Wembley, Chelsea and Arsenal stadiums - The thrill of experiencing a Premiership match and meeting Portsmouth Croatian star Kranjcar and Spurs team mates Corluka and Modric along the way! Our journey was captured in a TV documentary (English and Croatian) filming London, interviews, stadiums, opinions and players as our quest to discover why the Premiership is the most popular league in the world unfolded day by day.

An idea that Peter initiated and developed between Libris Communications, Varazdin television Croatia and Odisea Travel, Varazdin Croatia. A special thanks to all involved that made this a success for all.

Northern England Football Media tour part 2 in Autumn is being prepared as we speak! (Manchester, Liverpool, Everton....) Already I have had a number of requests to join the second Football tour - there are limited places so those interested should inform Peter Hopwood to secure a place on the trip!

The documentaries will be shown during May 2009 throughout Croatia on various local Croatian television stations. You will also be able to watch on Youtube once it is available.

Europski tjedan 2009

The Winner Takes It All!

The most recent Ultimate Pub Quiz took place on Friday 13 March at Tilia Restaurant, Varazdin with a total of 13 teams battling in out once again in order to be proud winners of the now, established challenging event!

Libris Communications clients together with various other companies and organisations come together for a friendly, dinamic, fun and brainteasing evening all wrapped up in English!

MIV Varazdin were pround 3rd place winners with 81 points, followed by Varazdinska Television (82 points) who went home with the silver medal while the Ultimate winners of the evening were the Varazdin Development Agency AZRA gaining a total of 83 points. Each member of the winning teams went home with a bottle of bubbly and AZRA were even presented with T-shirts stating 'I won the Ultimate Pub Quiz!'

1. AZRA (Varazdin County Development Agency) 83
2. VTV (Varazdin televison) 82
3. MIV (Metal Industry Varazdin) 81


4. FOI 79
4. LIONS CLUB MILLENIUM 79
5. HPB 78
6. VINDIJA 73
7. ŽUP 2 66
7. PLAVUŠE 66
8. ALGORITAM 64
9. KNAUF INSULATION 63
10. ŽUP 1 62

As you can see, very close this time - every point really does count! Great to see some fresh teams and pleased to see returning teams again. The next encounter will be held at the end of May/start June. If you wish to register (FREE) for the next ultimate challenge to include 25 teams let me know in advance.

The next challenge will be held in June with a maximum number of 25 teams! The biggest and most challenging to date!

Libris London in demand!

Once again, the Libris London tour will go ahead at the beginning of October, requested by Libris Communications clients. This tour is now almost fully booked so should you wish to join us on this English language London adventure with a difference, contact Peter as soon a s possible.

Libris Communications will respond to all requests from individuals and corporate groups regarding London tours.

Nogomet u Londonu

Two weeks prior to our London Football 'Media' trip, all members of the group will receive an information brochure outlining the detailed day-by-day schedule. This is created in order to prepare you for our 6 day adventure - experiencing what London means in terms of football and of course, an opportunity to get to know the capital with an expert!

London 'Football' Media project

Libris Communications in partnership with Odisea Travel has now confirmed that there are no longer further places on the forthcoming London Football tour from 19 - 24 March. The idea (developed by Peter Hopwood) is a 6 day adventure, discovering the capital in a more unique and 'real' way taken round by a 'local' combined with a football theme!

Arsenal, Chelsea and Wembley are all included in our adventure together with a few surprises. Varaždin Television are co-operating in the project, filming our journey from start to finish giving viewers an idea of what football represents in London, an insight into what to do and see in London and of course, the spontaneous adventure as it unfolds. Once the editing is complete you will be able to watch our adventure online.

Peter Interprets at World Championships

Peter Hopwood, was selected to be the official media translator/interpreter (English and French) for the Press Centre (Varaždin) as Croatia hosted the 21st World Handball Championships from 17 - 22 January 2009. Croatia's largest sporting event to date unfolded in cities throughout Croatia namely, Varaždin, Poreć, Osijek, Split and Zagreb.

Varaždin was host to a variety of teams: Tunisia, Algeria, Macedonia, Russia, world runners-up in 2006 Poland and also the current World Champions Germany. The world's media were present in Varaždin recieving up to date information in English as well as French for journalists from French speaking countries.

Putovanje u London

Once again, Libris will be heading towards Britain's capital but this time with a twist! As many have shown an interest not only for a tour of london but equally, the football element that dominates British sport found in the capital.

A football extravangaza uniquely put together by Libris Communications and Odisea Travel for passionate football fans, once again led by Director, Peter Hopwood. 6 days of discovering London, experiencing 'football' in London.....

Libris and the World Handball Championships

Director of Libris Communications, Peter Hopwood, has been selected to be the official media translator/interpreter (English and French) for the Press Centre (Varaždin) as Croatia hosts the World Handball Championships. Photos to follow.

Take 2009 by the horns.....

Interesting but true.

A recent health study determined that there are 3 primary reasons people can't cope in life:

•They have a low self-esteem

•They live in the past

•They don't laugh enough

In fact, the same study concluded that we need a minimum of 12 laughs a day just to stay healthy!

A little touch of Varaždin magic - Čarobna Škrinja

Creative. Inspiring. Mystical. Quite simply, a little touch of Varaždin magic from the Luminus Gold team.

Front pages

Međunarodni Ispiti

Cambridge ESOL International examinations are the world's most well-known standardised certificates regarding English langauge competence. There are various levels and differents types of exam which can be taken: FCE, CAE, CPE and the three business English exams (BEC). In addition to these, Cambridge ESOL has introduced two specialised exams for Legal English (ILEC) and Financial English (ICFE).

Peter Hopwood has just completed training for ILEC and is now a Cambridge ESOL oral examiner for all of the main suite exams including the specialised exams for financial and legal English.

For details, advice or simply to have a chat concerning these exams - to determine which direction or exam is right for you, contact Peter and he'll be pleased to advise you.

The Langauge Show 2008, London

Recently, I made the trip back to London where I had the opportunity to attend an inspiring event regarding languages - The langauge show 2008 at Olympia, London.

Each year the interest grows with more and more exhibitors on show, an increase in languages represented and an interesting area known as the TEFL village. Tis is for teachers, trainers, learners and literally all who have a interest in teaching English as a foreign language. This is my 3rd visit to the show and I look forward to next year!

It's all in a word....

An interesting set of images which reflect the most common words used by both of the main Presidential candidates. Taken from one of the 3 debates running up to the election, we can identify a lot from the words which were repeated and used in context on many occasions.

Obama's word list is below while the words spoken from McCain are above.

10 Things you Can Do to Lose your Best Employees

1. Hire them promising an appealing job that has nothing to do with what they will do in the reality

2. Think that they will be motivated just by their salary

3. Never explain them the companies overall strategy.

4. Don't be transparent.

5. Never pay attention to their suggestions or ideas

6. Enhance competitiveness among team members

7. Avoid they have any control or responsibility over the work they are doing

8. Never tell them how good they are

9. Control them

10. Support yes-man and isolate people with a critical sense
Adapted from innovation think.

What leads to success?

This talk will take 3 minutes of your time - but give you something to think about for a lot longer....

Here's something for the office....

EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

Look around your desk. Look for your post-it notes. found them? good....now take a long hard look at them...then check this out! This should brighten your day if nothing else does! Enjoy.

Poslovni Engleski

Libris komunikacije has just begun courses implementing the new series of specialist English courses for professions such as Human resources, marketing and advertising and Customer care.

As demand grows for more and more specialized training linked directly to the profession and tasks we do in our daily working lives, Libris komunikacije, as always, provides that link, helping you towards your specific goals using the latest materials and course books as tools to guide you on your way.

In addition to the 'profession training' Libris also continues its 'Skills' based training in specific areas such as telephoning, meetings and socializing.

Voiceovers u Hrvatskoj

Libris has recently been requested by the Ministry of Culture, once again to provide the English language Voiceover for its forthcoming UNESCO DVD documentaries.

Peter Hopwood, who has worked with the Ministry of Culture on previous projects has provided his voice talents for the English version of various promotional audio video material. Libris has worked with a number of companies and institutions namely The Croatian Conservation Institute, The Croatian Trade and Investment Promotion agency together with local companies such as Vindija and Vaba banka.

Libris komunikacije i VTV.

Leading up to the 'big match' Varazdin Television and Libris thought it was time to put two football experts to the test, one being a Croat - Goran Malis (Chief editor) and the other, an Englishman....Libris' Peter Hopwood.

The concept of supporters of the two nations proved to be an interesting one, creating competitive tension in the studio as they both gave an indepth analitical review of the match ahead! The players, the supporters, the duels - nothing was left undiscussed!

Both Goran and Peter showed the main headlines of newspapers from England and Croatia to reflect a little on what the national media are saying about the opposition. Goran seemed to be over confident regarding Croatia's ability to win the match ahead while Peter, without giving too much away, spoke stategically about Capello's tactics and also the 'ones to watch' within the England squad.

Throughtout the friendly but intense discussion there seemed to be something that was visually 'strange'!?? During the live broadcast, Peter actually changed into 5 different England training shirts but without any mention of it during the course of the live show.

As both 'pundits' were 100% convinced of victory there was only one way to resolve the situation by laying down a bet! A bet that would put the loser in a rather embarrassing position......

The losing supporter would simply have to wear a 'Skarnicl' (brown paper bag) on their head the following day. Return to the studio for a follow up of the match and congratulate the winning supporter.

Peter and Goran shook hands, looked each other in the eye and knew that the best man would win!

That evening England scored 4 goals against Croatia winning the match with a final score of 4-1. Goran, after the second goal, had already begun to prepare the 'Skarnicl' for the following day.

The next day in the Varazdin television studio, Goran and Peter returned to the same place at the same time - the very same spot where the bet was made. The pictures that follow say it all!