Monika Frech

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Monika Frech

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  • 13357 Berlin
  • Germany

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Personal information

Professional experience

  • Employment status
    Entrepreneur

Educational background

  • Oct 2008 - Jul 2009
    HPI school of Design Thinking

    Design Thinking

    "Erfinderschule" für kreatives, interdisziplinäres und praktisches Entwickeln, Innovationsprojekte u.a. für die Notaufnahme der Charite und die Stiftung Charite und für den politischen Onlinedienst politik-digital

  • Aug 2007 - Jun 2008
    University of Minnesota

    Fulbright exchange student

    PhD-, Master- und Undergraduate Courses in Sociology, Political Science, Media and Journalism, Advertising and Economics. Deans's list nomination for outstanding academic record

  • Sep 2005 - Mar 2006
    University degli Studi di Firenze

    Erasmus Austausch

    Kurse in Politikwissenschaften, Soziologie, Kommunikationswissenschaften, Neuester italienischer Geschichte, Sprachkurse Italienisch

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    Freie Universitaet Berlin

    Nordamerikastudien, Magister

    Politikwissenschaften, Soziologie, Kommunikationswissenschaften

  • Languages
    English (Fluent), German (First language), Italian (Good knowledge), French (Basic knowledge)

About me

Hey, nice to meet you. Thank you for taking your time to visit my profile.
 
If you are looking for an imaginative teamworker, who loves to create and communicate you might have found your match. In 2010, I co-founded Dark Horse an interdisciplinary innovation consultancy in Berlin. Dark Horse helps organizations to take a close look at the present to shape a better future. 

I am interested in all things at the intersections of business and society: innovation, finding out about users' true needs and then catering to them, branding, social business and the way people and companies talk about those topics.

I read and talk and write about these conversations and take part in them in the online and offline world. I studied social sciences, communication and design thinking at various places around the world and interned in different companies and NGOs, related to those fields.
 
I like to walk the talk and spent part of my free time as a mentor for a 12 year old girl here in Berlin and as a voluntary staff member of a YMCA group in Stuttgart. I love the "work" with the kids and teenagers, sometimes I fear I might even enjoy our activities more then they do.
 
I love to spend time with my friends, many of whom live too far away. That, however, gives me plenty of opportunities to visit them around the world. I am also a geek who loves to roam the wild, wild internet to stay in touch with old and new friends and to discover new, exciting ideas.
 
If you want to get in touch with me, drop me a line here on xing, or direct message me on twitter. I am excited to get to know you.



 

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