Jasmin Wölke hosts company celebrations, anniversaries and staff events in Bern, in English and in German. She travels from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, arriving the day before for evening events.
A celebration for colleagues from across Switzerland
Employers in Bern share a particular trait: many of them run networks that span the whole country. Swiss Post, SBB, Swisscom, Mobiliar and BKW stand for that structure as facts about the location, and associations and public administration gather people from every region as well. At the company party, colleagues sit next to each other who normally only meet in video calls. A good programme makes the most of exactly that: it creates shared moments instead of departmental islands, brings stories from the regions onto the stage, and plans the ending reliably, because many guests still want to catch a train from Bern that evening. And where operations run around the clock, in logistics, transport or energy, a compact official part helps, one that can be repeated for a second round.
From the Kursaal to the top of the Gurten
Bern celebrates on stages with very different characters. The Kursaal and the Casino Bern carry large evenings, the Zentrum Paul Klee combines celebration and art, the historic cellars of the old town give smaller groups a dense, atmospheric frame, and the old town itself is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In summer, the Aare river and the Gurten mountain join the list, with a view over the city and a firm plan B for the weather. Each of these settings demands its own direction: in the hall, sound planning decides; in the cellar, proximity; outdoors, the wind. Jasmin walks through microphone routes, cues and transitions with the venue and the technical crew in advance, so the evening works with the location.
An official part that suits the city
Bern's audiences are known as consensus minded and precise. Grand gestures persuade less here than a programme that delivers what it announces. In the briefing, Jasmin collects what is being celebrated, who sits in the room and which stories the year has written. The result is an official part of 30 to 45 minutes: a welcome without pathos, a guided conversation with the management instead of a long speech, tributes that tell a story, every name practised beforehand. English segments get their fixed place when international guests are in the room. How Jasmin works in front of large, international workforces is shown by the Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference with more than 500 participants from 40 countries. The article on hosting a company summer party collects ideas for events by the water. The page on corporate event hosting describes the format, and the Bern city page bundles all local engagements.
Enquiry for your corporate event in Bern
Share the occasion, date, venue and number of guests through the contact form. You receive a quick assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee, travel costs to Bern listed as a separate item.