Klaus Schwertner

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Klaus Schwertner (* 1976 in Vienna ) is an Austrian social manager and influencer . Since 2013 he has been managing director of Caritas in the Archdiocese of Vienna .

Life

Klaus Schwertner studied health management at the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems . After completing his studies, he was responsible for public relations at the Niederösterreichische Landeskliniken-Holding . From 2008 to 2013 Schwertner was the press spokesman for the Caritas Archdiocese of Vienna, and has been a managing director there since March 2013. In the course of the refugee crisis in 2015 , Schwertner increasingly appeared as a human rights activist . In 2016 he was named Communicator of the Year by the Public Relations Association Austria . Schwertner subsequently established himself as one of the most influential corporate influencers in Austria. The Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard describes him as a kind of “Caritas poster boy” and a “ troll of humanity”. In 2018, the New York Times even reported on his “Flowerrain” campaign for the Vienna New Year's baby Asel . In 2019 he was awarded the Blogger Award from the Austrian magazine Madonna for his commitment to combating hate speech and racism on the internet .

Schwertner is also known through interviews and appearances on television, e.g. B. at the SWR night café .

Publications

Awards

  • 2016: Communicator of the year of the Public Relations Association Austria
  • 2019: Blogger Award (special category “civil courage”) from the Austrian magazine Madonna

Web links

proof

  1. ^ Caritas Vienna: General Secretaries. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Caritas Vienna boss Klaus Schwertner: Come to help. September 4, 2016, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b The communicator of the year 2016 is Klaus Schwertner. November 17, 2016, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Corporate Influencer: Use social media channels for the company? December 11, 2019, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Caritas Vienna boss Klaus Schwertner: The troll of humanity. December 23, 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Vienna 'New Year's Baby' Greeted First With Hate, Then Hearts. January 4, 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b MADONNA Blogger Award 2019. February 26, 2019, accessed on April 7, 2020 .
  8. ↑ www.swr.de
personal data
SURNAME Schwertner, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian social manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna