I had a trip to Dnipropetrovsk to work for National IS Team. Right at railway station I was met by guys and seconds after we had a nice chat. Working in one room for three days made us being real team and I really want to say big-big thanks to all people, whom I met during this days - they all are real Personalities.
Of course, at Dnepr we had not only hard work, but a hard play. No, I'm not talking about FIFA 2006 and Magic Card games, but about it too. I'm talking about nice party we had at first day. Thanks for all people, who came to it, sorry for not remembering all of you, I was so drunk that don't remember largest part of party :) I remember party partly. Nice calambur. Still, I saw that AIESEC in Dnipropetrovsk are very friendly, funny, great and easy-going people. Without a doubt, they can work just as good as relax.
Luckily, next morning we had no headache and continued our productive work. New ideas appered in our heads, we shared them, brainstormed, another ideas appeared, and the main thing I liked was sharing expirience.
That is the most great in every trip and try to take every opportunity to learn something new from other people, see your daily thing from another angle and be happy sharing your knowledge with other people. For example, I've promoted my and Vitalik's favourite thing for last month - podcasts.
What else? Enlarge your network - you do not need anything to do it, just come to person, say "Hi, my name is..." and heart will advice you what to do next.
After meeting we had a big analyzing conversation after which our work in platform made a large step forward. So, that's another my conclusion - always analyze anything and try to critisize it - just to make it better.

but... you know... still Kyiv is the best :)

With great respect,
National IS Team Art-Director
Anton Chornyy

P.S. for more info about my hot summer visit my blog at http://chornyy.blogspot.com

 
Posted by Anton Chornyy at 9:41 PM  | 1 comments

I was about finishing my previous post when light turned off. ****
But I think it's a sign, now I'l write better. =)



I'm happy!!!
Why?
Because I could see that my idea is still alive.
I could see that all that things that u write here is about REAL LC Kyiv and about Real people, who are my friends and my team.
I could see that all my words in description are True.
I'm sure that this Blog part of our life now, here all of u write that things that usually u can't find time to tell about them. This thing are very important, for me, for u, for everybody in @Kyiv.
I'm sure this @Kyiv Blog in the future helps us to make newes change their mind about to be or not in AIESEC.
Because when they read this posts there won't be doubt that they won't find so many interesting, kind, different and hardworking people in their life.
I love u all.

p.s. thank u very much for "award", I think I'm worthy of it.=)

 
Posted by Raffaelka at 12:16 AM  | 0 comments

Yesterday I had a very special feeling about our LC.
Something very warm and excited, becuase of us, AIESEC Kyiv.

The feeling, the wave of emotions had been rising for several weeks, starting from, maybe our 1 Discussion Club, maybe the second one, maybe from one of the Project Planning Days, I don't remember exactly, but it rose.

The feeling of something new being DONE. In capital letters.

Those emotions, work, challengers, everything they create good things.

Honestly, I couldn't even imagine that we would have such cool projects and their presentation in the end, that we would have such outstanding Discussion Clubs with such interesting topics to discuss.

Not that I didn't trust and believe in us, but my own box just couldn't give me an opportunity to imagine all that. Even though I always believed it would be something great :)

And now, when our Entrepreneurs are among the GCPS of Project Planning in Ukraine and all the rest are distinguished for their excellence, everything that was before seems just a wonderful story of our experience. Oh, well, better to say, the introductory word of our projects' realisation.

And our Discussion Club... That's something incredible. Especially yesterday's. Just don't want to repeat Vitalik and Alyona. But the most incredible thing about it is the passion and interest of Lena. Of coz, I have very special feelings about Discussion CLubs, but still :))

I'm so proud to feel I'm a part of you, AIESEC Kyiv!!! :)

 
Posted by Olga Kuznetsova at 10:36 PM  | 2 comments

That was the topic of today's discussion club (it was 3rd release of our educational project aimed at deepening our knowledge around enterpreneurship and changing some attitudes toward it using such tool as discussions).
Many of you've already heard that 97% of new enterprizes die the first 3 years and only 3% of them contninue their life. There many explanations why it is hapenning... Today I've heard another one and it is the goal of creation of those enterprizes. And for many of them the goal is wrong. It can be make money, get some attributes, realize your dream and so on.
Dima Melnik (our expert for today) thinks that business should be created with goal of future selling...
In general the idea is next: when somebody wants to buy business he will check and recheck everything before doing it because purchaser must be sure that every information is correct and that business is what it is declared to be. And buyer to be sutisfied and willing to buy your business it should be ideal and it should be autonomy system where you can change any part of it and it will stay the same.
Let me explain the idea about changing any part. Really often business is working because of some starts (people) which are key person and part of that system and when the person leaves whole system is going to fall down. It can be welknown person in certain circles, it can be really good professional in something, it can be very energetic person... And usually it is the director (owner) who makes the whole system to work and give money and without this person your business is not going to work.
So, the idea is that your business should be system where every element is replacable! That was another challenge of worldview for me. And it can seems a little bit contrary to principle that our people is our main active. But it doesn't...
Just try to think about it...
That's all for now...

 
Posted by Виталий Дрозд at 10:22 PM  | 2 comments

Here are just my today's morning thoughts...
What have everything begun from?
Vitaliy and I visited progect of Victor Svistunov "Health - is our main asset". And there I heard one thing: "We can develop any habit, if we'll do one thing every day, during 3 monts". And then I decided to check this. I decided to get up at 6 in the morning, run to the stadion and then shower and then - cool mood for the whole day! And what do you think? From 14 mornings I got up/didn't get up at about 50/50. :) (it is really hard, even if you go to bed till midnight.
And today I decided to get up anyway! And I have done this.
While doing my morning exercises I was thinking about all this...
Last time, I begin to belive more and more, that our mind - is our best tool and best enemy at one time.
From one side, everyone and everywhere tell us, that our mind is most powerfull thing in the whole world. For example, we can take Bible, different films, such as "The matrix", etc.
But from another side, our mind is our enemy...
In different situations it begin offer to us only that things, which we put there before. For example, if I have a problem - my mind will give me only that solutions, which I put in it before, or heard somewhere.
And in my case, when alarm rang (budil'nik) my mind told me:
"O!", "F...k", "I want to sleep SO much", "I don't have to got to the stadion". Or "I can run only 2 circles, why have I run the third?" etc.
And now, after all these thoughts I am surely agree with our slogan "IT'S UP TO YOU!". And all...!!! Only the box of our mind don't let us to do, what we want. It tell us: "O! You can't do this!", "Nobody do things in such way, you're crazy!".
BUT! We are, who we are! And only we can decide what to do with our lifes!
Even our mood we can program in our heads - because our minds are the greatfull weapon, which we can remake in tool, which will make from us Change Agents. I really belive in this.
We just have to work about finding solution for one question:
"HOW TO GO OUT OF THE BOX, WHICH CALLED OUR MIND???".

 
Posted by Slavik at 8:03 AM  | 2 comments

2 brave girls from our Local Committee are approved as delegates for You Can! 2006. This is annual conference run together with International Congress with common opening, global village and so on. Delegate's profile: LC EB members all over the world. This year Ukraine will be represented by 11 people together with our girls. I am sure that will be best experience in their life as non of them was on international conference.
The last thing to say is that people don't miss changes AIESEC gives you, because time will pass and you will regret that you never was on big international conference, you wasn't OCP of project, you wan't on internship and a lot more opportunities.
Be conscious about all opportunities lying ahead and plan how you will catch them.

 
Posted by Виталий Дрозд at 9:21 PM  | 2 comments

 
Posted by Olga Kuznetsova at 12:59 AM  | 0 comments

AIESEC in summer is different. We don't have studies, we don't have work. We have loads of time to spend together and it doesn't matter would it be time working or having fun or lying on the beach.
This Friday we decided not to make LCM but to go to sunny beach and spend great time. Some MC members who was in Kyiv at that time also joined us.
The most challenging was to get to the Truhaniv island under such a terrible sun we have this summer. But we finally managed to do that and appeared on different earth. There was no traffic sounds, no crouds of people. Just we, river, trees and some other guys:)
Despite I was screaming and asking to play crocodile we spent almost all the time playing voleyball (not my game at all).
And, of course, we played twisters making all the people on the beach turning their heads in our direction.
In general that was great few hours, in great place and with great people. Don't miss such an opportunities.

 
Posted by Виталий Дрозд at 5:14 PM  | 1 comments

And this post is not about an event, its about a process

The processes we live in AIESEC: working, however different it may be and playing. I think they will never end here.

Only 3 days ago we were sitting on LCC , having fun, learning new information and presentating our work till then, and now we already have OCPs' positions opened and our projects are under further development.

That is about AIESEC and about life: you cannot stay at one place, you always need to develop just to be on time and in place.

 
Posted by Olga Kuznetsova at 12:01 AM  | 0 comments

Today in our local committtee we released application forms for Organizing Committee Presidents of 3 pboxes we were working on during last 2 months. It will be only one part of the selection process and it will be a difficult one. But I know you can make it. I know that you are sure about your future in AIESEC.
Being an OCP is difficult. It is difficult to lead people in your team. It is difficult because of thousands of situations you encounter first time in your life. But you also know that it is worth of it. This is what we usualy call life changing experience. And it is difficult to believe in such a big words now. You will believe only when you become.
I wish all of you good luck. And I am sure that we will make a right choice.

Stay tuned. Your Local Committee President, Vitaliy Drozd.

 
Posted by Виталий Дрозд at 10:49 PM  | 0 comments

Local Committee Conference is over. 2 incredible days full of new discoveries, new thoughts and ideas, new lessons and dreams. A lot of things. I don't know how about you, but I start understanding such events only in few days. I read sugar cubes only few minutes ago. Thoughts are different. Yep, sugar cubes is a cool thing and thank you AIESEC for letting me get familiar with it.
We tried to focus on future, on future of AIESEC in Kyiv, on future of every member. I do know that all of you had a lot of thoughts. I do hope that all those thoughts won't stay in your head. I do hope that as people say thougths will materialize.
Just want to thank everybody for participation and special thanks to our dear guests Tonya, Sveta, Alyona.

Keep moving...

 
Posted by Виталий Дрозд at 12:54 AM  | 1 comments