Regina Saphier is a

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founder, writer,

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video subtitle translator, and EleMentor. In 2003, she was the founder and director of the NGO Project Retour in her native Hungary. This was the first major

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project introduced in Hungary and has since been a model for the entire central European region, where a significant number of countries suffer from the effects of " brain drain."

Education

In 1999 Saphier earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors from

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Business School in

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, specializing in the field of

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to empha ...

Management (with a thesis in Social Marketing,

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). Saphier then went on to receive her Master of Arts Degree at

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in New York in 2002. She holds the M.A. degree in

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in Education whereby her research and studies synthesized International Education Development,

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, Adult Learning, Leadership and International and Transcultural Studies. Saphier's studies in marketing together with the business ethics, communications, and grant writing informed her subsequent ''Project Retour'' initiative.

Project Retour (2003–2007)

Project Retour was a

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initiative focused on finding solutions to the "

brain gain Human capital flight is the emigration or immigration of individuals who have received advanced training at home. The net benefits of human capital flight for the receiving country are sometimes referred to as a "brain gain" whereas the net cost ...

, brain drain, brain circulation" phenomenon that was occurring in Hungary It involved facilitating the return of

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degree holders by returning young Hungarian citizens and professionals to Hungary from around the world by establishing global, local and virtual networks and communities through the media and via the Internet. Saphier was drawn to the project as she was a Hungarian who had left her homeland to study in the west. Though unlike many of her predecessors, she had decided to return to Hungary in order to bring her knowledge and expertise to bear at home. Regina Saphier represented the project through over 50 interviews in local and international media (e.g.

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World Television,

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), and published articles in weekly and daily papers (e.g.

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, Nepszabadsag). She presented and moderated in Hungarian and English at conferences, and also wrote the business plan and successful grant proposals in both languages. In addition, she advised hundreds of adult homecomers in counselling sessions, interviewed homecomers and wrote case studies in English, based on narratives. She organized and moderated the first international homecoming conference in Hungary, supported by the creation of the first online community portal. Hungary is known to have a large

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population over several waves of emigration beginning primarily in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution.

TED

(short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) has been Saphier's focus for the last few years together with her freelance writing, publishing and consulting. She spends much of her free time writing Hungarian subtitles for selected TED talks on TED.COM and reviewing subtitles for other translators in Hungarian, German and French. She also has a TED conference blog.

References

TED profile

TED 2010. Long Beach

Female leadership

External links

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168 óra, 2005 * 200
Saphier, R.: Az agyakat elszivják, ugye? They drain brains, don’t they?
Népszabadság, 10 April 2007 * 200
European Commission, Women’s Debate Project Conference Saphier, R.: Is it possible to return to Hungary as a female scientist?
Speech link (speaker's private blog, mostly in Hungarian) * 200
Saphier, R.: Mi v(agyunk) a Köztársaság! We are the Republic! (an open letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister)
Népszabadság, 14 July 2005 * 200
Magyar kutatók – itthon is lesz perspektívájuk?
Figyelő, 2005 Talks translated and subtitled by Regina Saphier into Hungarian: *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorders.html Talks reviewed by Regina Saphier in Hungarian, French and German: *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/fre_fr/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/ger/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/fre_fr/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/hun/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable.html *http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/ger/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Saphier, Regina Hungarian bloggers Hungarian women bloggers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)