Spring Seminar 2008

Hey guys!!!!

Here is a bit information about Spring Seminar 2008.

We are waiting member candidates and internship candidates (all you new people :) ) at 10.30 in TTÜ.

AIESEC members will have more information soon (tonight).

At 23.00 (Saturday) we will all move to the Tudengimaja which is located in Raekoja plats 16. There we will have a party and election results announced.

We will all sleep at our homes, so people from outside Tallinn, who have no place to stay, have to write Elina an e-mail and we will definitely find you a place or there is possibility to stay in Tudengimaja for the night :)

On Sunday internship and member candidates will have their sessions in Tudengimaja. We use public transportation for moving.

We have also changed the fee:

• 100.- for member and internship candidates
• 50.- AIESEC members 50 kr (because they will stay only for 1 day).

If you have already paid, then we will pay you back.

So see you there ;)

 

On behalf of the OC,

Elina Peek

Q&A forum is now officially opened

Hello eveybody!

AIESEC Tallinn LCP and EB VP candidates 08-09 Questions and Answers (Q&A) round in the special forum is now officially opened. You can ask questions March 1-6 and the candidates have time to answer until March 7.

You can find LCP candidates' applications here:
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10007689

and VP candidates' applications here:
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10007687

Firstly all candidates are to shortly introduce themselves in the forum - who they are (name, current position), what do they expect from the application procedure and whatever else they find necessary to say.

I recommend you to subscribe to the forum and add it to your bookmarks:
http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewforum.do?contentid=10007718

Good luck everybody and waiting for lot of questions!

Riina
LCP 07-08

And the brave ones are...

(drums please)

I'm truly happy to announce the candidates for the Executive Board of AIESEC Tallinn for the term 2008-2009.

For the LCP position we have two candidates:
Oliver Immato
Liise Valma

For the EB VP positions we have four candidates:
Ott Niggulis
Jaan Lainurm
Merilin Piik
Nele Koduvere

You can find VP candidates' applications here:
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10007687

and LCP candidates' applications here:
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10007689

For all you full members out there - well, you know what to do, I'm sure! ;) Read the applications, look out for more information coming soon and keep yourself up-to-date with all that's necessary!

PS! If you haven't registered to the Spring Seminar yet, you can do it here:
http://www.eformular.com/niggulis/springseminar.html

Good luck to all the candidates!

Cheers,

La presidenta Riina

Epilogue

I felt that previous two posts were sort of incomplete without bringing out what I learned most from these two special events - applying for EB VP and for LCP.

(1) There is never enough time for filling in the application. Especially when it gets just a bit thorough each year and requires more research for knowledge.

(2) There is never enough time for writing the MOST PERFECT speech. Everything just happens so quickly after sending in the application.

(3) There aren't right or wrong answers for the application, in the Questions&Answers round, during VP candidates' interviews. There are just answers which suit AIESEC Tallinn reality more or less.

And if I was to give few recommendations based on these, that would be it:

(1) Look at the application as soon as possible after it comes out. Then you what is waiting ahead and how to divide your time between your responsibilities so that you would have fair amount of time for answering questions.

(2) If you're not so sure what should the speech be like, ask around. There are plenty of members around who have given speeches when applying for EBs and they would be most delighted to chat with you and help you. If you don't know where to start - look up some general information about writing speeches in Google for example. All in all - talk about things you know, if you don't know - find out and make sure you know what you're talking about ;)

(3) Make sure you know how the process is like (what has to be filled in, when is something happening, etc), then it's a whole lot easier to focus on the content and quality!

As I have mentioned before - I would be happy to help you if you have any questions, so feel free to contact me :)

I wish you best of everything on your journey!

Riina Maisa
President of AIESEC Tallinn
2007/2008

Some links:
made a spontaneous speech? in English
being an example? in Estonian
had to come up with a speech? in English
almost done with the speech? in English
coming to an end? in English
Speech tips

Thinking of applying for EB* 08/09? 2/2

If you thought that the second part would be about applying for EB the second time, you are absolutely correct :)

I'm not quite sure anymore when I first started to get ideas that I could apply. I guess somehow it came from seeing how well Siim managed our team. And most likely from the fact that people had high hopes for me. There were a lot of people who tried to convince me that I should apply to become the next LCP**, but I had all my life planned already and LCP year didn't really fit the plan.

I remember so well those conversations with Siim and something he  told me once - if I want to get the kind of leadership experience that would help me in the future managing for example my own family, then LCP year would definitely be IT. Ahh, yes, I haven't mentioned yet - my other option was to apply for MC VP, but that wasn't so facinating either, I suppose.

So this time I managed to help a little bit with the application and booklet and felt really good about it. I started to like the idea of applying - especially because I started to find out who were the people who thought of applying in other cities - Kribu and Mari. Ooh, that was nice how we already bonded before we were elected, in Synergy 2007 we saw the real synergy that we could create!

Guess what - I hadn't learned from applying the year before! The application was a little bit shorter in length, but a lot longer in it's content. The questions were harder, more information had to be searched than ever before. And during all this time - I was quite alone with my doubts. I even considered not sending in the application, but thanks to Siki who motivated me so much during these last few hours, I made it!

This time it was also tougher to make the speech. As in previous elections I reminded myself the magic of writing speeches, this time I wanted to take it a step further. So I decided to make sort of "spontaneous speech" :) It took a lot of self searching, finding out what would people want to hear, reading new information from the web, looking for puzzle images at 2am before THE DAY!

The competition was hard, votes divided between us - it really was a close call that I would not be writing this here today from LCP point of view. But I made it and it has been one of the best things that happened with me in AIESEC! And today I couldn't be happier about my decisions so far :)

I hope you have enjoyed these brief stories about my journey when I made these decisions and if you wish to know about it more - feel free to call me, e-mail me, skype me or msn me, I'd be happy to help you with your learning as well ;)

PS! There will also be a sequence for this story in the next post ;)

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*EB = Executive board
**LCP = Local Committee President

Thinking of applying for EB* 08/09? 1/2

Hello there my dearest AIESEC Tallinn members!

Today I wanted to share very personal story of mine with you :) It is about applying for EB, twice.

 When I became a member of AIESEC Tallinn, I was quite sure that I just want to meet some cool people and spend few hours per week doing some AIESEC stuff. Okey, so things didn't go quite like that :D I didn't even go to the very first Annual Conference when I was a newie...

Still I started to get some funny ideas about applying for EB after my first really awesome conference - Synergy 2006.

I had a lot of doubts: should I apply? What if someone else applies for the same position and I wont get elected? What if I don't know enough about the field I wanted to work with? What if...?

 

They were all crushed one way or the other and I applied. So the first really big thing that hit me hard was that there were sooooo many questions in the application. And quite honestly - for most of the questions, I had no idea what the right answer should be. So it took a lot of time to find answers and write them down so that others would understand my points as well.

Writing the speech was another thing that hit me hard. It was in high school when I last had to write and give a speech like that. Somehow I did it, got through from the interview and was selected to the EB 2006/2007.

And what a wonderful year that was!

You can read more about my journey from getting into AIESEC until I was selected to the EB 06/07 in my personal blog (posting is in English).

The end of part 1.

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*EB = Executive board

For all you trainers out there!

For now you can read the news in myaiesec.net where the host country of ITC 2008, Ukraine was announced. But for more information about ITC 2008 stay tuned or search for hints in myaiesec.net :)

Klapid eest! Tallinnas: Vägivald igapäevasuhetes

Üritus: Vägivald igapäevasuhetes

Aeg: 27.02.08 | 18:30 - 20:00

Koht: Rahvusvahelise Ülikooli Audentes 2. korruse saal

http://www.audentes.eu/?lang=ee

Esineja(d): Tiina Kilkson

Dimensioon: n/a

Kirjeldus: "Vägivald igapäevasuhetes"

Mis on vägivald?
Kui hästi oled kursis vägivallaga ning selle eri liikidega tänapäeva ühiskonnas?
Kuidas kajastub vägivald igapäevases suhtlemises?
Mis on vägivalla põhilised tegurid ja kuidas seda vältida?
Pane end valmis, sest aset leiab Doktorantide klubi esinemine avalik loeng, kus arutatakse laialdaselt vägivallaga seonduvaid teemasid, probleeme, lahendusi.
Samuti räägitakse ka vägivallast erineva vanusegrupiga inimeste vahelisel suhtlemisel, empaatilisest suhtlemisest ja paljust muust!
Teadmisi jagab Doktorantide klubi asutaja Tiina Kilkson!

Üritus on kõigile TASUTA!

Registreeru üritusele:

http://klapideest.aiesec.ee/kalender?evt_id=25639

Reeeeeeeeecruuuuuuuuiiitmeeeeeeeent

Hey AIESEC Tallinn

Check out our really cool spring recruitment posters

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2.

3.


Big thanks for those goes to: Evelyn, Aira, Triin

Yours,
Cristo
VP PR/ER/LnC

EB* 2008/2009 applications opened!

Helo!

I am very proud to present on behalf of your AIESEC Tallinn EB 2007/2008 team that the candidates' booklet and the application form for applying to the new EB team for the next term are now opened!

Short summary about the application process:

• February 29: Full application package submitted to LCP**
• March 1: Candidates for LCP and EB VP*** positions are going to be announced
• March 2-6: Q&A**** for all the candidates in myaiesec.net forum
• March 5: LC meeting with introducing EB candidates
• March 8-9: Elections at the Spring Seminar 2008
• March 9-18: Selection committee interviews with EB VP candidates
• March 19: EB 2008/2009 selected and announced in LC meeting
  

EB 2008/2009 term runs officially from June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2009

If you have any questions, feel free to turn to your EB team :)

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* EB - Executive Board
** LCP - Local Committee President
*** VP - Vice President
**** Q&A - Questions & Answers

Heyyyyyy AIESEC!



You probably already know but we wanted this to be more personal!

Say what?















Yes - final selection is complete and now we have

brand new MC
for next term

Kristina Toms (President)
Maarja Nurm (Finance)
Marian Kuusemäe (Talent Management)
Lauri Lahi (Projects)
Aigerim Rustemova (Exchange)










As you already know then two of your current EB representatives applied to this team as well. We both were brave enough to take this ultimate challenge and we managed to get your confidence - THANK YOU for believing in us!







Still we keep on fighting to the end and we will survive,
don't you worry about that :)


P.S. Please don't say you're sorry because we're not!!!
We are more than happy about the fact that we dared to say out loud what we dream about and shared all this with you just as we're happy about the experience of applying and the learning points we gained.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter!
Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
S. Beckett

Marina & Cristo

Klapid eest! presents: Leading your industry

Event: Leading Your Industry : Market Niche Opportunities
Time: 12.02.08 | 19:00 - 20:15
Place: Tudengimaja, Raekoja plats
Speaker: Justin Fidler (Sona-Systems)
Dimension: Entrepreneurship, Tallinn

Description: Imagine that you are the owner of a starting company and you have to work out a strategy in order to become the leader in your market niche.

If you have ever thought about how to start your own business and become successful, you are most welcome to come and listen owner of a software company in Estonia, Justin Fidler. He will share different success stories of different companies and gives advice how to find and use market niche opportunities. He will let you know how small software company has become world leader in their market.

You can also take part in interactive discussion about different business ideas and analyse their strengths and weaknesses.

As the number of place is limited, please register for the event here:
http://klapideest.aiesec.ee/kalender?evt_id=25003

NB! Event is happening in English and free of charge :)

 

Üritus: Leading Your Industry : Market Niche Opportunities
Aeg: 12.02.08 | 19:00 - 20:15
Koht: Tudengimaja, Raekoja plats
Esineja(d): Justin Fidler (Sona-Systems)
Dimensioon: Ettevõtlikkus, Tallinn

Kirjeldus: Kujuta ette, et oled alustava ettevõtte omanik ning pead välja töötama strateegiat oma turunishi liidriks saamiseks.

Kui oled kunagi mõelnud, kuidas alustada oma äri ja teha seda edukalt, tule ja kuula Eestis tegutseva tarkvarafirma omanikku Justin Fidler’i, kes jagab Sinuga erinevate firmade edulugusid ning annab nõuandeid, kuidas leida ja kasutada turunishi võimalusi. Kuula, kuidas on väiksel tarkvarafirmal õnnestunud saada maailma liidriks oma turunishis.

Samuti saad osaleda erinevate äri ideede interaktiivses diskussionis ning analüüsida nende tugevaid ja nõrku külgi.

Kuna kohtade arv on piiratud, palun registreeru ürituseks!
http://klapideest.aiesec.ee/kalender?evt_id=25003

NB! Üritus on INGLISE KEELES ja kõigile tasuta!

It's official - Kristina Toms is the next president in AIESEC Estonia

It's official - AIESEC in Estonia has only few moments ago elected new president for 2008/2009 and the lucky one is (drums, please...) KRISTINA TOMS!

Thank you ever so much Marko and Lauri - nothing's gonna change our love for both of you :)

We also received the results of the confidence votes for the vice president candidates and two of our own amazing members, both from my own team - Cristo & Marina have received confidence from all of the members. Now just some interviews and we'll know our future leaders.

Aigerim (from AIESEC Almaty), Maarja and Marian also received confidence, so whether they will be in the new National team will also be sure soon :)

Thank you all for your contribution during the whole process. We really couldn't have done it without the great suppport from all of you ;)

The very first LCM this year

We had LC meeting last Wednesday. It was the very first one of this year and we had some interesting conversations there.

Firstly we discussed shortly about LC meetings in general - why are they important? Why is it that usually there aren't so many people attending? How come there were hardly any people from Exchange side? What made those 4 team leaders come to the meeting out of 11 team leaders that we actually have? Some interesting thoughts came up and now the hard work starts to make conclusions from them and really make the meetings more interesting and worth the time.

We also received some information about Annual Conference - what's the status with the organizing? What kind of difficulties have come up and how are they dealing with them? How many people have already registered and so on. A lot of information there as well. Liise also shared with us what is happening from the agenda side.

Some more information about MC elections - the applications are out:

(http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10003713)

and two AIESEC Tallinn EB members have also applied: Marina Vilop, our VP Exchange has applied to become the next MC VP Exchange and Cristo Pajust, our VP ER/PR applying to become the next MC VP ER. You can ask them questions and for that post all your questions here:

(http://myaiesec.net/content/viewforum.do?contentid=10003185)

If you have problems getting into myaiesec.net, let your team leader know immediately!

Just before our guests arrived, there was briefly information about applying to AIESEC Tallinn EB as well. The elections will happen a bit earlier this year - March 7-8 and this year AIESEC Tallinn is organizing the event. We will keep you updated on that topic as some preparations have to be made still.

Last but not least - we had some alumni there telling us their stories: Siim Juks and Jaan Aps. They shared with us funny stories from their time in AIESEC, where and what are they doing now and how being in AIESEC has helped them to get there. As we didn't have much time to chat, they said they'll answer all our questions at Annual Conference - so be there ;)

All in all, I felt quite happy to see all of you who came - I hope you got something out of it and you also had a chance to share your ideas what we could do better for next LC meetings.

PS. The next LC meeting is happening Wednesday, February 13 - more detailed information will be available soon ;)

Congratulations, Helena!

A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what they want to do.

Bob Dylan

Just few moments ago I found out that our dear Helena Rebane from AIESEC Pärnu has succeeded big time - she is the President of AIESEC in Finland for 2008/2009.

On behalf of AIESEC Tallinn I wish you the greatest successes during your year and the greatest failures to learn from ;)

Best of everything for your term!

5 actions that can change your life in next 5 months

In my previous post, I was talking about importance of making plans, thinking things through and trying to find out what's the best thing you can do for yourself, for your own good. Well, here you have 5 opportunities all brought out for you to think over and perhaps even to act upon ;)

• Members Committee applications for AIESEC Estonia MC 08/09 have been opened. It's really one-of-a-kind opportunity to make things happen in the whole AIESEC in Estonia. (1)
• AIESEC Tallinn is searching for the people who have the most courage and willingness to work on the Spring Recruitment 2008 campaign. It's specially designed campaign to recruit new members who wish to experience the life of AIESEC. (2)
• Do you have a great idea for a project based on exchange? Want to see how your idea could become one of the greatest things in AIESEC Tallinn history? Are you ready to become the a Project Manager in AIESEC Tallinn? (3)
• Become a facilitator in Baltic Conference Synergy 2008. The target group of participants consists of newies, elected leaders (Coo., OCP, teamleaders, project managers), elected EB members, EPs and all other active members (current EB, current leaders, MC, NST, NTT, other active members who are members of the teams). (4)
• If your resolution for 2008 is to find out how you can positively impact society and experience another great AIESEC conference abroad, then Solution 2008 in Austria is something for you. It's a conference about "Sustainable Leadership" with a very special atmosphere and purpose to find your inner calling for positive impact on society! (5)

(1) Deadline is Tuesday, 22.01. You can find more information about it here:
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10001313

(2) Deadline is Wednesday, 9.01. Detailed information will be sent to the list. If you're interested already, e-mail Siret.

(3) Deadline is not set yet. Action starts next week with project planning. Detailed information will be sent to the list. If you're interested already, e-mail Marina.

(4) Deadline is Friday, 11.01. Detailed information can be received from Liise.

(5) Deadline is Sunday, 20.01. Detailed information can be found here: http://www.aiesec.at/solution/community/

I wish you the year full of great actions and emotions. In the end of the day, it's not the things you own, but the things you have experienced, that really matters :)

The Unknown

It is absolutely good to be back in business, the feeling is awesome :) I have managed to relax a bit, be with my family and friends, thought about my next steps and so on. I have to admit, my year so far has been quite bumpy, but also refreshing. I have had time to realize that making plans is necessary at times, but absolutely pointless at other times. You know what they say "life is what happens while we're making plans" ;)

Anyhow, plans are still important. For example I cannot imagine making new year resolutions without a bit of planning. It's one thing to write down what I want from the coming year, a whole lot of other deal is to really make it happen. To see the dreams come true. No, I won't write down my own dreams here, sorry to disappoint you :) I'm only here to provoke your thoughts ;)

I remember the time lets say about 5 years ago - it was quite the same, quiet new year's eve with family, missing the loved ones, etc. Then I decided for the coming year - that's the one where I renew my relations with my good friends. Guess what?! Didn't quite happen, cause I just thought that thinking about it is enough. It wasn't. It never is! It's the action plan that will make it happen! That year I lost quite a bit. Some friends, lost touch with family, just minded my own business instead of focusing on what is important.

Then another picture - Christmas 2005, at Kivi talu (you know the place where the traditional AIESEC Tallinn Christmas party takes place), I hardly knew anyone, but I had a blast. The evening was wonderful, I felt almost like home :) I guess I knew it already there and then that I have given my finger to AIESEC, it's now up to AIESEC to take the full hand :) And it did! Step-by-step it got me into everything more and more.

January 2007, exactly one year ago - whew, I had to start thinking what's next! It was a tough call, I was sure that I won't apply for president, then I was sure that I was absolutely the only candidate and I must do it, then I started to feel that it's actually something that would really suit to be the next step in my own growth. Today I feel that I'm the luckiest person to be in this position and it took me about 9 months to realize that. The good thing is that for the first time I feel that my family has started to appreciate it. They are finally beginning to understand what it means to me, what it means for the organization, heck, what it means for them ;) To have your family support you in what you are doing - I really wish all of you to experience that - the feeling is awesome :)

What is the meaning of all this?! Well, we all give the meaning to our words and our actions ourselves. And most of the time it's just a matter of time when we are able to put it to reasonable words when we explain it to others. Once I'm able to talk in my parents' language and explain what is it exactly that I'm doing here, I'm on top of it, because then I can be sure that I really know what I'm doing and it's not something totally random.

So feel free to explore your options, think things through, act on your emotions if needed and find the best (or the next best thing if that's going to get you the best thing) available action that really helps you get to the point where you can say - it's great to be back in business, my friends and family support me on my way and the feeling, the feeling is totally awesome!

AIESEC Estonia MC 08-09

Applications to MC 08-09
of AIESEC in Estonia are opened!

This is your chance to...

- work in a country with fastest growing economy in Central and Eastern Europe and that is globally ranked on 20th place by IT sector development

- grow professionally in ambitious, financially sustainable and well established organization

- get more than you expected from the next year. You will be positively surprised, guaranteed.

We are looking for young , ambitious , adventurous and skilled people, who want to make things happen in a dynamic and growing organization.

Our goal is to be number one organization in Estonia to be appreciated for its leadership experince opportunities and role modelling among small AIESEC countries in global network.

If we have a match check out the application package here http://myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10001313

Send the application by 22nd of January to

marjam(.)vaher(at)aiesec(.)net

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by.
And that has made all the difference."

Robert Frost

AIESEC Estonia MC 07-08
Marjam, Inna, Kadi, Alisa, Inga

Keep it simple and make things happen

Klapid eest: juhiomaduste hindamine tööintervjuul

AIESEC Tallinn esitleb!

Aeg: 13.12.07 18:30 - 20:00
Koht: Estonian Business School (Lauteri 3) ruum 309
Esineja(d): CVO Recruitment värbamiskonsultandid Heli Zilensk ja Kerli Tiik
Dimensioon: Ettevõtlikkus ja CR, Tallinn
Kirjeldus:
Kujuta ette, et sul on vaja läbi viia tööintervjuu otsimaks ettevõttesse keskastme juhti.
Kuid mille järgi otsustada, keda valida?
Käid ise ülikoolis ja mõtled, mida enda tulevikuga peale hakata?
Tahad kasulikke näpunäiteid, kuidas tööintervjuul edukas olla?

Pane end valmis, sest üritusel leiavad aset rollimäng ja juhtumianalüüs, kus pealtvaatajad on tööandja rollis ning peavad endale uue töötaja leidma. Lisaks sellele räägitakse üritusel ka tööjõuturu olukorrast ja trendidest üldisemalt, peale mida toimub arutelu. Teadmisi jagavad seekord CVO Recruitment värbamiskonsultandid Heli Zilensk ja Kerli Tiik.

Teid ootab ees hulganisti interaktiivsust!

Üritus on kõigile TASUTA!

Registreeru üritusele:
http://klapideest.aiesec.ee/kalender?evt_id=24247

Kohtumiseni,

AIESECi õppesari Klapid eest!

MyAIESEC.net launching soon!