"During a Dell-hosted customer and partner summit in Copenhagen in April, well-known public speaker and moderator, Mads Christensen, made a number of inappropriate and insensitive remarks about women. Dell sincerely apologizes for these comments...Going forward, we will be more careful selecting speakers at Dell events."
Although as CNET's Molly Wood points out, it falls a bit short of being an adequate apology:
"Comments on the Google+ apology have noted that it's not a particularly visible apology, which is true; it's also a little tepid, primarily touting Dell's female-forward initiatives rather than pointing out any actions it's taken in response to that incident (a reprimand? a letter of apology to the women -- and men -- in the audience that day?). Nevertheless, it's something, and it's a better apology than the one Danish Director Nicolai Moresco issued shortly after the event."
--Elaine
(By the way--hello everyone! I don't usually post to this list, which I suppose I've been lurking on for some time now, but I've been semi-following this thread and I happened to come across this coverage, so I thought I'd make myself useful and post an update :) I currently intern in the WMF's communications department, and you can also find me at User:Revolutionetc)
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
<palnatoke@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:09 AM, John Vandenberg
<jayvdb@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Also worth noting, the Danish Wikipedia description of Christiane
Vejlø (the tweeter) is very similar to that of Mads Christensen, so
they are in the same sector, as is Christiane's husband, and this
could have some bearing on how she wrote her piece about Mads.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Vejl%C3%B8
Christiane Vejlø and Mads Christensen are more or less in the same sector (lifestyle and such); Christiane Vejlø's husband is a stand up comedian.
Regards,
Ole
Disclaimer: I have participated in a social event with Christiane a couple of years ago. Never met her husband nor Mads.
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