Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Est. 2013 Price 6d

Dear SKIA,

I am writing this

intro after almost 4

weeks out of the

office, out of the

country. I have gone

through the most

intense and biggest

conferences in the

AIESEC network

with my Slovak

delegation- Thaís,

Lexie, Kubo and

Zuzka. I can tell you

we are bringing

many

cooperations, new

strategies, contacts,

inputs, ideas and

most of all fresh

energy to do more

and break all the

limits SKIA is

fighting with.

August was a

month of last

preparation, I dare

to say. We finalized

our recruitment, we

finalized Educate

Slovakia

September round

we prepared for

newies and are

ready to go for

one of the

busiest periods

of the term. I

wish all of you

good luck, lot of

energy from a

really hot and

sunny summer

and me and MC

Shockwave are

looking forward

to seeing you all

on Energize.

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The presidents‘ times

Zuzka, LC BA: For EBmotions the summer was too faaaaast

:((. 5 of us were living together at dormitories

so sometimes we spent the whole days

together but still withou ponorka :D. Morover

we had 23 interns at that domritory so they

created a great international surrounding.

The whole EB was working on strategical

stuff needed for our term - selling

partenrships, creating our budget, new

PAM system, preparing recruitment, etc.

Actually in august we met really just in small EB groups, because

most of us went for some holidays, I was for IC so we did not

manage to be so often together as in July when we had a lot of

funny teambuldings :D. The current situation in our LC is that

everybody is waiting for the arrival of our leadershipbody from

abroad and new members to they create a TRUE LC

ATMOSPHERE :)

LCPs summer sharing

Jakub, LC CU:

A summer proved as a challenging time

for us, with most of the membership and

teamleaders gone on vacation. Even EB

members had other obligations from

time to time, making it difficult to meet

all of us together sometimes, resulting in

meetings where 1 person was missing

most of the time. Despite these

drawbacks we managed to keep our focus on the strategical stuff for

which summer is the best, such as redesigning of our R'n'R systems,

knowledge management and process optimalization. The summer is over

now and we're finally working together again prepared to nail this

recruitment.

Baška, LC NR:

Well, our EB summer was really cool,

especially our EB flat with Barbarian

bathroom During summer we had

1st LC visit with lady Marinič, we went

to CEC, we lost our VP PR, we had

CEEDer from Cairo & lot of crazy

funny moments We did lot of work

and now we are doing our best

to prepare super cool RCTM

and get some awesome newbies.

See u all soon! B.

Noro a.k.a. Magic Moon, LC BB:

This summer was really cool! Maybe it started

with some complications as two VPs finnished

their EB journey 1.7.2013 what wasn't really best

start of summer I can think of. Then Nika joined

our UNIQUE team, what was and will be the last

change in EB structure. Those changes influenced

our first month the most, but we were finally

able to start work properly on inovations and

processes we wanted to.

In August we created new JD & working system

mainly for oldies, we changed compendium totally

mainly old stuff which didn't even make sense after

8 years, we prepared recruit and also ALUMNI

weekend which will be at the end of septembre.

So that was our summer and we are looking forward to implement all the stuff.

Siska, LC TT:

This summer was the most challenging

period in my life- it showed me, however

well are you prepared and however good

is your plan, the reality is always

different. After our VP FIN left, I

recieved an e-mail from VP OGP, that he

has to go too, so now it´s only 4 VPs and

me left. I realized, how difficult is to be

everywhere- the result is, that you´re

nowhere :) . But things are finally starting

to move, so we´re ready to make an

awesome rctm and to do our best during

the autumn period!

Baška, IG PO:

Summer was quite challenging period

for us since newly created

EB of Preshow did not have chance

to fully spend it together. We were

meeting on our planning days,

transition days,LC visit day and

training&teambuilding cottage though.

So, we managed to plan (almost)

the whole RCTM, started to work

on LIC, and, generally, prepared

ourselves for new members in

summer :) But what is more, we spent

time together as team, as Preshow first

EB in its history ;)

August reality check

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IC delegation sharing

Lucka, MCP:

„IC 2013 was a crazy experience in a country going through

a revolution, fighting through its youth for a better future.

This context shaped the conference as well, since in these times

a question of leadership has become even more urgent.

IC was full of conversations, powerful decisions, people,

learnings and realizations and for me one of the most

memorable conferences in my AIESEC career.“

Zuzka, LC BA:

„This conference was the second international conference

for me. If I should compare it with EuroXpro, the IC

agenda was sometimes repetitive from EuroXpro and

more relevant for not so developed AIESECs, but for

networking and reciveing GCPs IC was betteer a lot. I

have created contacts which I hope will not last just for

AIESEC times but also longer. IC was also great at the

fact the all facis were AI members so for the conclusion

IC was an unique unforgottable experience. “

Jakub, LC CU:

„IC 2013 had a potential to be one of the best conferences

that I ever visited. Poor organization, local disturbances,

repetitiveness of the content and a rather everpresent

feeling of "unfinished" however kept this conference from

reaching it's potential. Maybe the amazing EuroXpro 2013

spoiled me a bit, but I can not say that I was satisfied by

this conference. Not lingering on the negative though, being

able to meet 800 people from over 120 countries certainly

left an impression on me. I enjoyed several conversations and I'm definitely

coming back enriched with contacts I otherwise would've find harder to

acquire. However if I had to advise any future LCP left in the situation

where he/she has to choose between EuroXpro and IC, I would definitely

suggest EuroXpro as a conference more relevant for LCPs both in terms of

the content and timing.“

My leadership story... My leadership story started few years ago. Interesting fact – it was not in AIESEC My first

leadership experience comes from scouting when I was (15 -16) and I became „ an advisor“

a.k.a. teamleader of group of 5 girls. I don’t know if you know the organization, so just in

few words – its ambition is the overal development of children and young people (in all

aspects of the personality). Probably this was the experience that made me come to

AIESEC, and even more important – made me stay.

I joined AIESEC 2 and half years ago. By chance. I just came back from Strasbourg, my

semester abroad. I’ve always been andventurous and willing to travel, so I came to

infomeeting to get some information about internships. And out of nothing I just filled in

the application form for membership. I came to the assessment, then to the interview. And

I’ve passed

I started as ICP member, and truly - it wasn‘t exactly what I had expected. To be absolutely

honest I have to admit that I was thinking about leaving the organization. BUT then the

challenge came. I got offer to became an OGP teamleader. And my inner adventurer took

the control, I got transition and one month later also 4 scared newbies. Together, we

became the best team in AIESEC Skia for 2011/2012. What is more important – I found

out that this was „it“. My „it“ what I can do, what I want to do, what can I offer. Thanks to

the base that I had from scouting, learning point that I took from my poor ICP carrer and

motivation from my own OGP team, I found my new passion – leadership.

After my teamleader experience I became VP OGP and currently I am LCP of AIESEC Nitra.

More than 2 years I am in leadership positions, and I still love it. But don’t get my wrong –

it’s not so easy all the time. I still have some days when I am demotivated, even frustrated,

when the things go just wrong and I am asking myself „WTF??!! Is this really what I want

to do?“.

The truth is - being a leader sucks sometimes – and not because of many duties and

responsibility. In my case it was mostly because of learning – to let go, to admit when

you fuck something up, to accept when not everything is how you want. First point when

I really felt as a leader was a moment when I realized that I am totally not the leader

I want to be. This moment was the most important while in my leadership experience.

I defined the leader, or better – person I want to become, and since then I am working

on it – (not)suprisingly, it works!! And now I can say – accepting the „uncomfortable“

makes us better – it gives you opportunity to become the higher standard of yourself .

Well, as opposites to the bad days - there are days when EPs get home from great internship,

some super cool meetings are happening, or I just come at our office make some coffee

and talk with our members. Those are simply good days. When you can see the results of

your trying, you clearly see the relevance of AIESEC and importance of our actions.

But for me it’s not those days, what keeps me dedicated to the organization, neither

importance of our activities. It’s people. My team, the most. People around who share

my values and my vision. People who are working hard and party as crazy. People who

motivate me, inspire me, eventually make me mad, but also proud; people who turn my

worst days into the greatest.

AIESEC is constantly challenging organization, it pushes you forward and it’s good. Cause

thanks to that you can achieve things you would never dream about, it gives you space to

develop your talents and it teaches you how to eliminate your weaknesses. For me,

AIESEC is now a lot more than an organization where I belong - it’s helping me to grow,

to become a person I want to be. AIESEC is my lighthouse for finding the way how can

I achieve my ambitions.