Jasmin Wölke hosts company parties, anniversaries and staff evenings in Basel, in English and in standard German. The host comes from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, and Basel sits right on the German border.
One workforce, three ways home
Company parties in Basel have a trait that planners easily underestimate: a large part of the room does not live in Switzerland. Many colleagues commute daily from Baden and from Alsace and cross the border again after the party. A programme that works here places the official part early in the evening, announces a binding end and keeps it. Then there is the language. In the laboratories of the life sciences, English is the working language, while production and administration run on German. Jasmin therefore fixes a language plan in the briefing: the welcome takes everyone along, English passages sit exactly where they are needed, and nobody in the room is left smiling politely at words they do not follow.
From the company campus to the Volkshaus
The celebration goes where it suits the company. Plant grounds and campuses carry the site party, the Markthalle and the Volkshaus Basel give larger evenings space, and the old town's guild houses and the hotels on the Rhine provide the festive frame. Each setting demands its own direction: in a hall the sound plan decides, in a guild house the sequence of rooms, on the campus the walk between stage and buffet. Jasmin walks through microphone routes, cues and transitions with the venue and the crew in advance, so the evening works with the place instead of against it.
An official part that tells a story
In the briefing, Jasmin collects what is being celebrated, who sits in the room and which stories the year has written. The result is a short official part with substance: a welcome without pathos, a guided talk with the management instead of a long speech, and tributes that tell a story rather than working through a list. In Basel, long-service employees come from the laboratory, the plant and the administration, and every name is rehearsed beforehand. How she works in front of large international rooms is shown by the Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with more than 500 participants from 40 countries. Ideas for the summer edition are collected in hosting a company summer party. The format is described on the corporate event hosting page, and all assignments in the city are bundled on the Basel city page.
Enquire about your corporate event in Basel
Send the occasion, date, venue and number of guests through the contact form. You will receive a quick assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee, travel costs to Basel listed separately.