The memories and experiences that I gained in my four years as an AIESECer are uncountable and priceless. Now when I turn back, all I could see are the confidence, strength and skill I’ve been left with; that same strength and confidence with which I was walked by senior AIESECers when I first joined AIESEC. …
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Team Leadership – Learning from your team is far more important than teaching them
“AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-led network creating positive impact through personal development and shared global experiences.” – from AIESEC Global Website I have been an active AIESECer from 2010 to 2014 holding various leadership positions from local to national level. In the last active year of my AIESEC journey, I was the Member Committee President of …
Where is the switch off button?
Hello, my name is Ricardo Vitorino and I’m Portuguese. I joined AIESEC in March of 2009 and went through many different experiences from team member of a local project to MCP of my home entity in 13/14. After that, I went to Poland for a 2 months Teaching Portuguese Professional Internship, followed by another 8 …
Facilitation & Innovation – Why facilitation skills are needed in the work place?
Disruption and changing business models are the hottest topics among C-suits in the modern digitized world. The competition is global, from even day 1 for many start-ups, not to mention industrial leaders. Innovation is the key to disruption and changing business models. However, innovation is usually not something totally new. It is usually based on …
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Four Lessons and One Year Later
So one year after my “AIESEC graduation” I’m starting a new exciting journey in a social enterprise which is on its path to become the next Alibaba. A chance to make money by doing good, having real positive impact on unprivileged communities – isn’t that what AIESECers are looking for in life? It seems I’m …
