The "About" section of glocals.com lists what new members can do with the website. But then, that is the pitch the site owners make. This pitch is not equivalent to member testimonials and real life individual experiences.
So perhaps some of you, girls and boys in Geneva or Zurich or elsewhere, will share your experience... how has glocals made a difference in your life or in the life someone you know?
The "About" section of glocals.com lists what new members can do with the website. But then, that is the pitch the site owners make. This pitch is not equivalent to member testimonials and real life individual experiences.
So perhaps some of you, girls and boys in Geneva or Zurich or elsewhere, will share your experience... how has glocals made a difference in your life or in the life someone you know?
coloradoJul 13, 2008 @ 20:07
I'll tell you the 3 top things it did for me:
1. Got me to meet a ton of new great people. When I look at my 4 close friends, 2 are from glocals...And when I look at my wider circle of friends, the vast majority are from glocals.
2. Made me so that I never have to ride my bike alone again! Everytime I want for a ride I just post something on Activities, and someone answers...
3. Got me to fight without stop with my partner, over why I spend so much time online. :)
Nir
I'll tell you the 3 top things it did for me:
1. Got me to meet a ton of new great people. When I look at my 4 close friends, 2 are from glocals...And when I look at my wider circle of friends, the vast majority are from glocals.
2. Made me so that I never have to ride my bike alone again! Everytime I want for a ride I just post something on Activities, and someone answers...
3. Got me to fight without stop with my partner, over why I spend so much time online. :)
Nir
Nir Ofek, Jul 15, 2008 @ 17:10
Yo Tinks,
Discussing glocals in a job interview? Now you got me curious! Come on, tell us: how did it come up in the interview, and what did you and the interviewer say?
Yo Tinks,
Discussing glocals in a job interview? Now you got me curious! Come on, tell us: how did it come up in the interview, and what did you and the interviewer say?
Nir Ofek, Jul 15, 2008 @ 20:03
- Expanded social life, met new friends
- Tried a hobby or new activity; would not have done it alone
- Resource for answers
- Found temporary, affordable accomodations
- Found someone to stay and pay rent for my place while I was temporarily away
- Won free tickets to a show
- Got a discount
- Met someone special, now dating or engaged to
- Expanded social life, met new friends
- Tried a hobby or new activity; would not have done it alone
- Resource for answers
- Found temporary, affordable accomodations
- Found someone to stay and pay rent for my place while I was temporarily away
- Won free tickets to a show
- Got a discount
- Met someone special, now dating or engaged to
colorado, Jul 16, 2008 @ 01:44
3. Got me to fight without stop with my partner, over why I spend so much time online. :)
Nir[\quote]
Nir - you are funny, as usual. SiteAdmin, Iolly, you and others have helped build a good idea. Many have and are enjoying the fruits of your labor. Thanks.
Tinkie - best wishes with the job interview.
3. Got me to fight without stop with my partner, over why I spend so much time online. :)
Nir[\quote]
Nir - you are funny, as usual. SiteAdmin, Iolly, you and others have helped build a good idea. Many have and are enjoying the fruits of your labor. Thanks.
Tinkie - best wishes with the job interview.
colorado, Jul 16, 2008 @ 04:12
1) It 'gave' me my best friend. I 'met' her online before she moved to Geneva to work in my company, we chatted, connected, met once she arrived and have been Best Friends (aka the TWINS) ever since. love her to bits and she'll always be there for me and viceversa.
2)It helped me to meet lots of people that didn't work where I used to, lots of nice fun easy going people some of whom are still good friends and are there for me (and viceversa)
3) it helped me with career advices when I was lost and didn't know what was the best thing to do and how life was outside that bubble that was my old company
4) The unspoken truth: despite being 'NOT a dating site' I met lots of people via glocals and got a couple of boyfriends. Glocals is really not a dating site, so you have to make an effort to get to know people at events, and sometimes like in real life people don't turn out to be so compatible as you initially thought ... some ... are :D
5) And most importat thing of all It tought me some really good lesson for life and career and the value of privacy and reputation. For good and bad glocals is a very close community (at least it was when I joned, at the beginning), and once a reputation was made it has been really hard to change it and get people to go behind the surface. Through the years I met a lot of people and somehow I learnt that not everyone is what you think he or she is. I am now trying really hard not to judgê people based first impression, what i read on forums, or my 'idea' of them, both for positive and for negative impressions. Glocals is also a public internet site, where the majority of geneva expats is connected, which means that hald of your coworker (or more, if you work where I used to) will read forums, find out about your private life, see pictures, hear the same 'repuation' about you (fair or not), and apply it at work. Perception is reality and When people 'think' they know you changing that perception is a hard thing to do. So I learnt about how to manage (or rescue) ma image at work, how to build a new one, how to keep work and life separate and the value of privacy.
Valentina
1) It 'gave' me my best friend. I 'met' her online before she moved to Geneva to work in my company, we chatted, connected, met once she arrived and have been Best Friends (aka the TWINS) ever since. love her to bits and she'll always be there for me and viceversa.
2)It helped me to meet lots of people that didn't work where I used to, lots of nice fun easy going people some of whom are still good friends and are there for me (and viceversa)
3) it helped me with career advices when I was lost and didn't know what was the best thing to do and how life was outside that bubble that was my old company
4) The unspoken truth: despite being 'NOT a dating site' I met lots of people via glocals and got a couple of boyfriends. Glocals is really not a dating site, so you have to make an effort to get to know people at events, and sometimes like in real life people don't turn out to be so compatible as you initially thought ... some ... are :D
5) And most importat thing of all It tought me some really good lesson for life and career and the value of privacy and reputation. For good and bad glocals is a very close community (at least it was when I joned, at the beginning), and once a reputation was made it has been really hard to change it and get people to go behind the surface. Through the years I met a lot of people and somehow I learnt that not everyone is what you think he or she is. I am now trying really hard not to judgê people based first impression, what i read on forums, or my 'idea' of them, both for positive and for negative impressions. Glocals is also a public internet site, where the majority of geneva expats is connected, which means that hald of your coworker (or more, if you work where I used to) will read forums, find out about your private life, see pictures, hear the same 'repuation' about you (fair or not), and apply it at work. Perception is reality and When people 'think' they know you changing that perception is a hard thing to do. So I learnt about how to manage (or rescue) ma image at work, how to build a new one, how to keep work and life separate and the value of privacy.
Valentina
Hoiling, Jul 16, 2008 @ 18:15
1) I met most of my friends via glocals. Friendship that has lasted for over 2 years now :)
2) glocals gave me the opportunity to do things for others, I love organising activities and helping people that are new to Geneva in need of tips of where to get certain stuff ;)
3) glocals gave me a new house decoration idea: a man on a couch with a computer. It's very innovative....
1) I met most of my friends via glocals. Friendship that has lasted for over 2 years now :)
2) glocals gave me the opportunity to do things for others, I love organising activities and helping people that are new to Geneva in need of tips of where to get certain stuff ;)
3) glocals gave me a new house decoration idea: a man on a couch with a computer. It's very innovative....
Iolly, Jul 16, 2008 @ 19:33
Glocals helps get over shyness and lonliness.
Glocals gives you the occasion to meet people at various activities and to get to know them better in a group context prior to choosing a more intimate friendship or other relationship.
Glocals boosts your confidence because you realize that your participation, enthusiasm and friendliness is appreciated, that you count.
Glocals helps people to learn about public behaviour as well, because people really will tell you if you're out of line, unkind, unreliable, etc. and this is constructive. Everyone agrees on a few basic rules of respect and dignity, no matter where you're from or to which beliefs you adhere. That becomes very clear with Glocals.
Glocals gives me a place to express myself and my values and to hear about others'. It's so important to accept differences and even to embrace them.
Glocals gives each person a chance not only to discover others as I've described above, but also it is a road of self-discovery for one's own talents, likes and aversions, strengths and weaknesses. Where else can you encounter so many different sports, arts, trips, persons, cuisine, etc?!
Since I've been on glocals, I like myself more and I embrace humanity as a whole.
My sincere gratitude to all of you for making glocals what it is.
Mary
Glocals helps get over shyness and lonliness.
Glocals gives you the occasion to meet people at various activities and to get to know them better in a group context prior to choosing a more intimate friendship or other relationship.
Glocals boosts your confidence because you realize that your participation, enthusiasm and friendliness is appreciated, that you count.
Glocals helps people to learn about public behaviour as well, because people really will tell you if you're out of line, unkind, unreliable, etc. and this is constructive. Everyone agrees on a few basic rules of respect and dignity, no matter where you're from or to which beliefs you adhere. That becomes very clear with Glocals.
Glocals gives me a place to express myself and my values and to hear about others'. It's so important to accept differences and even to embrace them.
Glocals gives each person a chance not only to discover others as I've described above, but also it is a road of self-discovery for one's own talents, likes and aversions, strengths and weaknesses. Where else can you encounter so many different sports, arts, trips, persons, cuisine, etc?!
Since I've been on glocals, I like myself more and I embrace humanity as a whole.
My sincere gratitude to all of you for making glocals what it is.
Mary
MarmarK, Jul 16, 2008 @ 20:03
I have met new acquaintances and friends, whom I would have never met without glocals. With some I have spent few minutes, with some hours, with few stayed during my visits to Geneva. Perhaps it is mark of a developing and deepening friendship that conversations never seem to finish, only interrupted and to be continued later. I cherish these developing friendships, and sometimes find myself thinking about them, curious whats happening in their lives.
During my stays in Geneva, if I have free evenings and a desire to indulge the extrovert in me, there is one or more member activities to go to.
I have found answers in forums here about Switzerland. For example, glocals helped me find charities to contribute to, when I decided to no longer maintain a property in Switzerland. Getting such answers mattered to me... someone conversant in english.
I have tried the Market Place here. It worked once, it didn't once. I count that as success as well. In ways, I wish glocals was in Zurich two years ago when I was there and seeking temporary residence and some guidance. Better late than never... expats like me in Zurich, Basel, Bern, etc. now, looking to rent flat over the short term or long term, sublet apartment or home, buy or sell stuff, should find Market Place in glocals useful.
Forum discussions are interesting, welcoming and thought provoking at times. It is nice to see that members ignore the typos and focus on the message, the content. Discussions are civilized, and the moderators do a good job in keeping it healthy, fun and balanced to competing perspectives of different members.
Even though less than 1% of the total members seem to participate actively in the forums and member activities at any given moment of time, my experience is that glocals is a valuable resource to those who can benefit most from it, and when they can benefit most from it. That matters.
I add my voice of support to Marmark... thanks everyone.
I have met new acquaintances and friends, whom I would have never met without glocals. With some I have spent few minutes, with some hours, with few stayed during my visits to Geneva. Perhaps it is mark of a developing and deepening friendship that conversations never seem to finish, only interrupted and to be continued later. I cherish these developing friendships, and sometimes find myself thinking about them, curious whats happening in their lives.
During my stays in Geneva, if I have free evenings and a desire to indulge the extrovert in me, there is one or more member activities to go to.
I have found answers in forums here about Switzerland. For example, glocals helped me find charities to contribute to, when I decided to no longer maintain a property in Switzerland. Getting such answers mattered to me... someone conversant in english.
I have tried the Market Place here. It worked once, it didn't once. I count that as success as well. In ways, I wish glocals was in Zurich two years ago when I was there and seeking temporary residence and some guidance. Better late than never... expats like me in Zurich, Basel, Bern, etc. now, looking to rent flat over the short term or long term, sublet apartment or home, buy or sell stuff, should find Market Place in glocals useful.
Forum discussions are interesting, welcoming and thought provoking at times. It is nice to see that members ignore the typos and focus on the message, the content. Discussions are civilized, and the moderators do a good job in keeping it healthy, fun and balanced to competing perspectives of different members.
Even though less than 1% of the total members seem to participate actively in the forums and member activities at any given moment of time, my experience is that glocals is a valuable resource to those who can benefit most from it, and when they can benefit most from it. That matters.
I add my voice of support to Marmark... thanks everyone.
colorado, Jul 17, 2008 @ 02:23
I'm not gonna write a long story.. God knows I could though...
But I can make a 1,2,3 for sure.
1: It got my social life going... I have a few friends who I didn't meet through glocals, but I met them through other friends THAT I did meet on glocals :-)
2: I found my lovely appartment!
3: I found my job!
These are probably the 3 most important things, to have in place, in order to live in another country! I honestly don't think I would be here, if it wasn't for glocals! (... yes I know it sounds like a cheesy sales pitch, but doesn't make it any less true!)
I think glocal-life is what you make it.. you can use it for finding an appartment, or a place to buy that special thing for baking, that you are used to from home! and you can leave it at that... You can also join the events, and start working your way up, to become a ''famous'' glocals face :-) and that way, you're never alone..
No matter what, glocals gives you the oppetunity to meet people from all over, doing different things.. It's much more interesting, then just socializing with people from work!
I Love Glocals - Over and Out
I'm not gonna write a long story.. God knows I could though...
But I can make a 1,2,3 for sure.
1: It got my social life going... I have a few friends who I didn't meet through glocals, but I met them through other friends THAT I did meet on glocals :-)
2: I found my lovely appartment!
3: I found my job!
These are probably the 3 most important things, to have in place, in order to live in another country! I honestly don't think I would be here, if it wasn't for glocals! (... yes I know it sounds like a cheesy sales pitch, but doesn't make it any less true!)
I think glocal-life is what you make it.. you can use it for finding an appartment, or a place to buy that special thing for baking, that you are used to from home! and you can leave it at that... You can also join the events, and start working your way up, to become a ''famous'' glocals face :-) and that way, you're never alone..
No matter what, glocals gives you the oppetunity to meet people from all over, doing different things.. It's much more interesting, then just socializing with people from work!
I Love Glocals - Over and Out
DkXAuPair, Jul 17, 2008 @ 14:29
i admit that i was somewhat prejudiced in my opinions about swiss people before, mainly because i didn't know many of them. throgh glocals i met swiss people, and some even became my friends. i discovered 2 things about the swiss:
that just like people of all nationalities, some swiss are great, and some swiss are not.
that swiss people are very different from each other, probably more so than people of other nationalities. you take a swiss person from geneva, and a swiss person from a rural canton, and it's night and day. but even between swiss people who live in geneva, it can be night and day. i guess it's all obvious stuff, but i discovered it with glocals.
merci!
i admit that i was somewhat prejudiced in my opinions about swiss people before, mainly because i didn't know many of them. throgh glocals i met swiss people, and some even became my friends. i discovered 2 things about the swiss:
that just like people of all nationalities, some swiss are great, and some swiss are not.
that swiss people are very different from each other, probably more so than people of other nationalities. you take a swiss person from geneva, and a swiss person from a rural canton, and it's night and day. but even between swiss people who live in geneva, it can be night and day. i guess it's all obvious stuff, but i discovered it with glocals.
merci!
pink_bunny, Jul 20, 2008 @ 20:03
OK, that man is me, I admit. But the line is clearly not true because:
- I'm not always on the couch: sometimes I'm on the chair.
- I'm not always with the computer: sometimes I'm on the phone with siteAdmin.
Nir
On a serious note: it was great to read this thread, and see that glocals really is making a difference for many people. Thanks to everyone who shared (and is still sharing) their thoughts!
OK, that man is me, I admit. But the line is clearly not true because:
- I'm not always on the couch: sometimes I'm on the chair.
- I'm not always with the computer: sometimes I'm on the phone with siteAdmin.
Nir
On a serious note: it was great to read this thread, and see that glocals really is making a difference for many people. Thanks to everyone who shared (and is still sharing) their thoughts!
Nir Ofek, Jul 24, 2008 @ 14:16
