ISWI Conference more than words just amazing feelings (First Part)

Time to think

Time to think is the motto for International Student week. It's time to think and act for a better education and for life long learning. Enjoy the photos from the first day of the conference.

Germany here I come!

Today I'm leaving Iasi and tomorrow I'll be flying for the first time in my life. I'm going to Germany, Ilmenau for 12 days because I'm going to participate at International Students week, a festival known as ISWI.

I was selected to participate together with 400 students from 80 countries. I'm waiting eagerly because I love diversity. There will be 12 days of living diversity at high volume.

The theme of the festival is Time to think in relation with education. There will be workshops about education(education in the future,education and religion,education and ecology,education and science,psychology of learning,education and politics,education in changing times,education as human right), media , photography, design, literature, theatre,music, film , videoart. I'm waiting this festival since February when I heard I was selected.

I see this festival as a place where together with people from all over the world we will build a vision about Education, we will have a great time but the most important thing we will take time to think how we as individuals we can change something.

I have amazing feelings , emotions and I’m waiting eagerly to join the festival and together to brainstorm great ideas. To put our creativity in function in oder to have an IMPACT related to this issue. I think that we must realize that it’s time to think and act because now it’s a right moment for us to build a great learning system.

in the end:

Take a minute to think and realize if u have something to say about EDUCATION!

It’s time to think and ACT for a better world and for life long learning!

Living my life with passion while I'm building my dreams! I'll blog live from the conference because we will have wireless. I'm happy I'll visit Germany and I'm on the right track achieving my objectives for this year.

See you soon and good luck guyz with exams!

Performing my Life

I didn't post for long time on my blog but I have many interesting things to share.

Trying to perform my life at high volume and smile with my heart while I'm trying to build my dreams, my adventure of living , the new Me.I was trying to do this till now and I can say that I'm happy because I'm on the right track.

My personal objective for this year is to have an IMPACT on everything I do, for people I meet, for me. If 2005 was the year of PASSION, 2006-year of Experience , 2007 will be the year of great IMPACT.

Being conference manager for first SPP conference (26th-29 th April) was one of the most powerful experiences I passed because it was full of intensive moments, inspiring moments, moments I will never forget. I had the chance to work with a great team(Simo, Cosmin, Giani, Dragos) and together we succeeded in making things happen, a perfect learning environment where 30 people had the chance to DREAM, SMILe and use their creativity at high volume.

It's strange because it took time for me to blog my feelings regarding this conference. I was thinking a lot lately about what happened there, about my great team and the fact that at the end of the conference we realized that we succeeded in making a great team.

How was to be conference manager? After 16 conferences where I was delegate and thinking how it will be to be conference manager,to build the conference agenda and help delegates to feel good I had the chance to be. It was a long a journey that started on 24 March in Bucharest and it had the impact on 27-29 th April.

I felt responsible, I had butterflies in my stomach but I was ready to make things happen even if I encountered many challenges. There were people that motivated me to pass over and realize that I have a important mission to finish and at the end I'm happy I did it together with my great team!

I was saying that people motivate me a lot. I was happy to see that besides the challenges we had with the accomodation, the food and other things the delegates were flexible and eager to help the trainers team because they wanted to learn and have fun.

At the end of the conference I was smilling with my heart while I was reading all the beautiful messages I've received ...it was on the way backhome in my parents car and besides smilling I was blushing while my tears appeared. In 3 days people become very close to eachother and I can say after this wonderful conference we helped them and I'm proud of their growth.

Being conference manager -a great journey , a journey that made me realize I have things to improve, a great leadership experience ..but EMPOWER! "Connect the people with the end result, INVOLVE them in the result, process, vision!!!"

Giani was saying:"Every trainer got remarked with their unique skills that made the conference special for delegates"

Sugar cubes for my team:

Simo: I want to thank you for this great opportunity, because together we built this project in the first phase , for the fact that you care about me and because you had an impact in my life.You helped me discover the real life and keep me smilling that I can change something.

Giani: I've discovered a great person and I'm happy we worked together. As I was saying it's not the end it's just the beginning and be prepared for the next projects we will build. And thank you for hugging me when I needed the most. Don't forget Challenge-dream-vision-synergy and impact"

Dragos: I remember many moments with you... We went together to TTT, we had an important role for another conference (a national conference) but I remember you cooking at this conference while I was preparing a sandwich for you.:) Thanks for being there "

Cosmin: Hope you're not mad on me. I know that we had a lot of problems during the conference and I want to thank you for your calm and for the fact that you broke some of your values in order to make things happen. Hope you've enlarged your network of contacts that will help you with your projects

Trainers team , SPP first conference 27th-29th April

Special thanks for delegates that helped us!

Delegates first email

Postul asta va fi in romaneste. In calitate de conference manager al primei conferintei SPP am trimis un email pe grupul lor sa-i motivez sa vina la conferinta.

"Salut guyz and girls!
In primul rand as vrea sa o felicit pe Carmen pentru mesajul pe care l-a dat si pentru faptul ca sunt oameni care cred in NOI cei care compunem echipa de traineri ai conferintei. Totodata as vrea sa multumesc si persoanelor care au stat la inscrieri pana acuma incercand sa motiveze lumea sa vina. I

In al doilea rand eu nu o sa fiu prea colorat in seara asta si sper sa va starnesc interesul sa participati la aceasta conferinta care se anunta cu un mare IMPACT pentru ca doar IMPREUNA putem construi o viziunea persoanala a fiecaruia dintre noi..o viziune care sa ne ajute sa ne dam seama ce vrem sa facem in viata dar cel mai important WE CAN GROW together invatand unul de la altul intr-un mediu informal nu ca la scoala!

Pot sa va zic doar ca pe langa lucrurile practice pe care le vom invata gen lucrul in echipa, proactivitate, managementul proiectelor, time management, teamwork , etc ne vom simti bine impreuna incercand sa construim echipa SPP!

Cine va vor ajuta? Suntem o echipa de 5 traineri pe care ne uneste pasiunea pentru training, pentru oameni, pentru faptul ca vrem sa aducem o schimbare si vrem sa impartasim din cunostintele pe care l-am acumulat in decursul a peste 30 de conferinte la care am participat(atat locale, nationale si internationale atat ca traineri cat si delegati), faptul ca vrem sa lucram in resurse umane sau psihologia resurselor umane

De ce se merita sa vin?
-in primul rand ne vom DISTRA
-in al doilea rand ne vom DISTRA dar invatand
-in al treilea rand veti avea ocazia sa beneficiati de un training pe inteligenta emotionala a unei persoane care are companie de traininguri
-veti simti cum este o conferinta

sunt mult prea multe motive pe care le pot enumera dar asta a fost doar un teasing...si pentru mai multe informatii veniti la inscriere! si sorry de emailul lung:) ]
Va doresc o seara frumoasa sau va zic "buna dimineatza" depinde cand cititi emailul
Alex
Conference Manager of SPP first conference
Proud of my team :) "

Let the journey begin! 27th-29th April SPP Conference Bucium
We are waiting for you to COME!

Another experience soon in Bucharest

Today I went with Simo to buy tickets for an amazing experience that will enrich my adventure of living. I applied for a great event organized by SAAR (Romanian Academic Society) and I'm looking forward having a great time in Bucharest. Everything seems to be great. We will stay at 4 stars hotel,Phoenicia that has an interesting presentation on their website: "The biggest hotel built in Romania after 1990 "

I'm sure I will have an wonderful time there because I will meet with special persons for me that I haven't seen for about 3-4 years. The conference will be organized at World Trade Center for 2 days and we will try to build a vision together with 40 people from the country regarding some issues that European Union is facing:

• Energy & Environment: The environmental and economic impact of Europe’s energy use
• Family & Social Welfare: The social and economic conditions for Europe’s families - EU’s
• Global Role & Immigration: The EU’s role in the world and the management of immigration

This event is called "European Citizean Consultation" and is one of the biggest ever pan-European consultation exercise designed to ensure that the public’s voice is heard by governments and policy-makers in the current debate over the European Union’s future direction following the No votes to the EU’s Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands in 2005.

What is interesting? The event will take place in the same time with similiar events in other countries like : Great Britain, Sweden, Malta and Italy.

It's the first time when I have the chance to report live and blog my feelings from the event because I will have internet wireless.

So I'll be back soon with photos, impresions , feelings and thoughts.

In the end: I'm so excited :)

Rock Me 2006

I applied as facilitator for this great conference but I wasn't selected. But I wanted to come to this conference because there many things to learn, meet old friends and understand better the changes in the organization. Besides this aspect we decided to have the NEXT planning during Rock Me and before awards gala to have a presentation.

I hadn't have the chance to go with @Iasi delegation because of some issues with my mother and I left from Iasi on Friday. I managed to arrive on Saturday but the trip wasn't so pleasant.

I had a great time, I enjoyed the atmosphere but i wasn't in the mood to network with people and I don't know why...

Next planning



I enjoyed the planning because now we have clear objectives, focus areas and SMART goals that will help us achieve our vision: We set the NEXT level of Exchange!AIESEC Romania:Striving for excellence!

I'm happy that we have a new member in our team(Michelle-intern@Cluj) and hope we will manage to bring trainees during NPS. It will be great to have a special track for them.
Also I want as NEXT member to increase the number of quality traineeships ofered by AIESEC in Romania!

I enjoyed Ciuci' speach related to Next before the awards gala, and that speech motivated me to want to achieve great results as part of National Exchange team.
Because of Michelle Next team has an roll-call but hope during NPS we will come with our dance.:)

OC:
This conference was organized by AIESEC Galati and the OCP (Codi)-one of my best friends from @Romania network- and her team did a great job. Even if they were some problems with the location I think everybody enjoyed the conference because the theme of the conference was great , the movies in the evening plenary and overall atmosphere.

LC IASI:

I felt the energy of the new generation, the passion and the ambition that they will achieve more.(team-together everybody achieves more)I felt that they are proud to be part of this great team and they "love being in AIESEC IASI" I can say that we Rocked the house because it was the first AIESEC conference where we had 4 new roll calls.
I think that we brought energy in this conference and even if the knowledge wasn't new we strived to share with others and learn from others.

Don't forget:Team iasi is what? dynamite- tic, tic, tic boom,tic tic tic boom dynamite, boom boom dynamite!
And: "Cine arde cel mai tare? Iasi-ul arde tare tare..Si sus si Jos si peste tot"

We managed to won two prizes: "Best OGX performance" and "Best Exchange Overall"... I felt emotions being in front of 100 @-ers ... But I felt proud of being part of this great team because everybody from our LC worked to achieve the Excellence!





We are on the right track!

TTT Tilisca (SIBIU) 30.06-3.07.2006

30 delegates
3 rooms
3 great externals
NTT
1 bathroom
1 km away from any civilized place

TTT was a very different conference from the others that I attended till now. It was my 12th AIESEC conference and it was an important step in my @Life because it got me started in my path as a trainer.

Everything was different but it turned out to be one of the greatest conference because of the People that were there. It was a great networking experience because we were not so many and because we had to share food , the 3 rooms, the bathroom. Another interesting thing that I enjoyed a lot was the one preparing the training sessions because we were helping each other with ideas, we were encouraging ourselves and we were also having fun.

I enjoyed the moment when we had to develop the LTS agenda in our home groups :)

Also I'm happy that I had the chance to meet with my friends that were OCPs on Business Expansion Pbox: Anca(LCVP ICX @Timisoara), Adi (@Oradea) , Cristi(OCP TTT @Sibiu), Romeo (LCVP ICX @TG Mures) and with Hermina (VP PD @TG Mures), Oana (@Bu), Julie(@Sibiu-National Sol&ceed coordinator), Marius (@Sibiu), Roxi(LCP @Sibiu) , Zeno,etc

Regarding my expectations that I had before the conference I can say that were accomplished. The sessions were interesting , we had sessions with Doru , Andrei Popescu , Adishor , NTT members from which we learned a lot.

My home group at this conference:
-Ioana @Bu
-Cristi @Sb
-Inga @Moldova
-Andreea @TG Mures
- Robert (NTT member)
-Me:)

asads

LMS-a step further in my @XP

LMS 2006

I don't know exactly how to describe this wonderful conference ...IT was my 10th @conference and I felt as It was my first @conference...I felt emotions and I'm sure that @Iasi is one the right track of achieving big results ..

I'm very proud to be part of @Iasi :) That's because of people that compose @Iasi ...:)

The key words of LMS 2006 are: Challenge -Synergy-Believe

Challenge-When speaking about challenge we should be aware that every @XP should challenge us to give the best :)We must stop running and start facing the challenges that we encounter in our lives.

Synergy: because only together we are going to move to next level, only together we can touch miracles ..Is about the level where in an synergic way we are going to unite all our strong points and overcome fears, challenges, the unknown.

With LMS 2006 a new road has been opened in our LC... Is about the fact that LMS 2006 made people come together

"Yeh when we are together
And when we are apart
There is no space in our hearts
I’ve got these feelings
Believe-Believe another key word during the conference ...Believe that is right and it will be, believe that you want to be a change agent and start being it :)

The world is @IASI :)

I would like to congratulate also the happy OC.of LMS 2006..Great job guyz..It was one of the most amazing OC I have seen ever;)

MPN -A new @XP

MPN was one of the most amazing @conference for me. It was my 9th @ conference and I had to chance to get in contact with the new generation of leaders that were recruited in autumn. During NPS I settled an objective (getting in contact with the new generation) but I didnt have the chance to do this in December.

I was very impressed by the new generation and I'm sure that AIESEC Romania is one the right way:)

Another amazing thing that happened during MPN was that I had to deliver a session with Iulius. Iulius had a training on Learning&development on the seconday day of thePD track. I prepared a power point presentation with the opportunities that @ people must take advantage of (CEED&SOL, National SOL Campaign and also CEE CEED program)...It was amazing to see after one year of work as National SOL&CEED coordinator people were discussing about helping eachother, sending SOLs from an lc to another:)
And I can say that my mission was accomplished ...During my presentation VPs , PD people asked questions ..


I felt great!
thanks Gabiza and Miha for offering me the chance to present these opportunities during a national conference:)

I want to congratulate @Constanta for organizational part of the conference. The parties were great, the hotel , the reception ...everything made me enjoy this conference:)

During MPN I took the decision to run for NEXT(national exchange team of AIESEC ROMANIA) because I arrived to that point where I understand what being a change agent means and , more importantly , that I am willing to learn how to be one.

Another reason that I took this decision was the fact that I will be able to learn more about @Romania reality, I will be able to work in a national and diverse team and gain organizational overview through a holistic approach.

I want to have a direct and active contribution to the development and change process in the organization, especially on the Exchange Area, which is my favourite one.