- We want extensive exchange of information about study-requirements and -conduct
- We want the exchange of internships across borders
- We want to make it easier for students across borders to get in touch with each other
- We want visits for studies and sports activities
- We want extensive exchange of information about study-requirements and -conduct
- We want the exchange of internships across borders
- We want to make it easier for students across borders to get in touch with each other
- We want visits for studies and sports activities
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We need your inputs!
As AIESEC is a student driven non profit organization and the average AIESECer is active for about 2 years within the organization, student marketing and member recruiting is an essential part of our work. So far, we tried to attract the students at the university with mostly "classical" means like flyering and informations desks.
As we got feedback, flyering seems not to be appreciated and we would like to shift our activites more into the world wide web. If you think, you can give us your valuable inputs and if you are up to a virtual brainstorming, we would be more than happy to discuss with us in the talk section "Student Marketing / Member Recruitment"!
I'm looking forward to an interesting discussion! If you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
Philipp
As we got feedback, flyering seems not to be appreciated and we would like to shift our activites more into the world wide web. If you think, you can give us your valuable inputs and if you are up to a virtual brainstorming, we would be more than happy to discuss with us in the talk section "Student Marketing / Member Recruitment"!
I'm looking forward to an interesting discussion! If you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
Philipp
Blog AIESEC Zurich
25.10.2008
At the "60th anniversary of AIESEC" event in Bern last week we heard the keynote speech from Mr. Heinz Allenspach who is the founder of AIESEC in Switzerland and was National Councillor from 1979 - 1995. Fortunately, we got a copy of his speech so I can share it with you! Have a look at it, I liked it a lot!
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Dear friends,
AIESEC celebrates its 60th anniversary. I congratulate AIESEC and I hope, that it continues to thrive and to prosper. AIESEC is a success-story. Started as a small student organization, carried by student bodies of a small number of universities, it has devolepd into a global organization.
I'm pleased, that I could contribute to the establishment of AIESEC and I'm even more pleased that as a founding member, I have the opportunity today to witness and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the organization we brought to life back then.
Let me take a look at the formative years
Why was AIESEC brought to life?
After the second world war, everyone of us, especially students, wanted to overcome the ditches created by it. We missed the exchange of ideas across borders, the personal contacts between universities, but also the opportunity to do internships abroad in order to get to know the culture and the people of other nations. Today, it's hard to understand how closed the physical, economical, mental and cultural borders were during the time of the second world war.
On the 19th/20th of September 1946, Students from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia came together in order to found AIESE. By doing so, they were convinced to contribute to the reconciliation between nations. The University of Prague was chosen to host the presidency. However, due to the communist takeover in Czechoslovakia at that time, AIESE was unable to establish and maintain any activities.
The western members of AIESE couldn't accept this failure. The student body of the commercial college in Stockholm called for a conference from the 3rd until the 5th of March 1949 with the objective to either find a way to deal with the challenges faced by AIESE or to create a new organization. 15 delegates from 8 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) decided to establish a new organization, following closely the way AIESE tried to operate. The goal of those two organizations stayed the same in principal:
Student initiatives often don't live for a long time. Often, they disappear again within a few years. AIESEC clearly is an exception. The founding was decent, nothing big or spectacular, no ceremonial act with speeches and celebrated signing of statements. The special thing about AIESEC is not it's founding but the fact that it is still alive after 6 decades and that it has endured the storms of time. Everyone who has carried and contributed AIESEC throughout the years and decades deserves recognition and special thanks by and of everyone.
Let me share with you some general observations
Free and responsible people - especially students - want to cross and overcome borders; they want to extend their knowledge and experiences, they want to tap into the unknown and to achieve the impossible. Only in this spirit, scientific, technical and economical progress is possible.
The founders of AIESEC have not relied on others to realize their goals, nor on the state, nor on universities. They realized their goals by themselves, with their own resources and within their capabilities. They embodied the prase: "Actions speak louder than words."
It is striking that AIESEC, back at the time, was mainly carried by students from small universities from small countries. The founders wanted to act immediately and didn't want to wait until all the universities joined in. A small step at the right time on which you can build upon is often better than big visions never realized, or realized too late.
The first attempt to bridge boundaries between nations in order to foster a global exchange of ideas and experiences failed at first due to the circumstances of contemporary international politics. AIESE remained as a dead letter. However, this was no reason to moan and stuff hands in pockets. A second attempt had to be made. If necessary, there would have been a third and fourth attempt. If something is the right thing to do, all obstacles have to be overcome.
If everyone wants to do something and if everyone acts united, there are always ways and means to achieve. Just by itself, AIESEC would have never developed into the global organization it is today. AIESEC has found companions, other organizations that sponsored and supported it, friends all over the world. Together we are strong and only with this mindset, we are able to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.
Conclusion
This is the spirit of AIESEC. I hope that this spirit stays alive so that we can celebrate many more anniversaries like this. This is what I wish AIESEC, this is what I wish everyone who works in this spirit, this is what I wish all of you in this room.
Ad multos annos.
Heinz Allensbach, founder of AIESEC in Switzerland
("60th anniverary of AIESEC" event in Bern, 17.10.2008)
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Dear friends,
AIESEC celebrates its 60th anniversary. I congratulate AIESEC and I hope, that it continues to thrive and to prosper. AIESEC is a success-story. Started as a small student organization, carried by student bodies of a small number of universities, it has devolepd into a global organization.
I'm pleased, that I could contribute to the establishment of AIESEC and I'm even more pleased that as a founding member, I have the opportunity today to witness and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the organization we brought to life back then.
Let me take a look at the formative years
Why was AIESEC brought to life?
After the second world war, everyone of us, especially students, wanted to overcome the ditches created by it. We missed the exchange of ideas across borders, the personal contacts between universities, but also the opportunity to do internships abroad in order to get to know the culture and the people of other nations. Today, it's hard to understand how closed the physical, economical, mental and cultural borders were during the time of the second world war.
On the 19th/20th of September 1946, Students from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia came together in order to found AIESE. By doing so, they were convinced to contribute to the reconciliation between nations. The University of Prague was chosen to host the presidency. However, due to the communist takeover in Czechoslovakia at that time, AIESE was unable to establish and maintain any activities.
The western members of AIESE couldn't accept this failure. The student body of the commercial college in Stockholm called for a conference from the 3rd until the 5th of March 1949 with the objective to either find a way to deal with the challenges faced by AIESE or to create a new organization. 15 delegates from 8 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) decided to establish a new organization, following closely the way AIESE tried to operate. The goal of those two organizations stayed the same in principal:
Student initiatives often don't live for a long time. Often, they disappear again within a few years. AIESEC clearly is an exception. The founding was decent, nothing big or spectacular, no ceremonial act with speeches and celebrated signing of statements. The special thing about AIESEC is not it's founding but the fact that it is still alive after 6 decades and that it has endured the storms of time. Everyone who has carried and contributed AIESEC throughout the years and decades deserves recognition and special thanks by and of everyone.
Let me share with you some general observations
Free and responsible people - especially students - want to cross and overcome borders; they want to extend their knowledge and experiences, they want to tap into the unknown and to achieve the impossible. Only in this spirit, scientific, technical and economical progress is possible.
The founders of AIESEC have not relied on others to realize their goals, nor on the state, nor on universities. They realized their goals by themselves, with their own resources and within their capabilities. They embodied the prase: "Actions speak louder than words."
It is striking that AIESEC, back at the time, was mainly carried by students from small universities from small countries. The founders wanted to act immediately and didn't want to wait until all the universities joined in. A small step at the right time on which you can build upon is often better than big visions never realized, or realized too late.
The first attempt to bridge boundaries between nations in order to foster a global exchange of ideas and experiences failed at first due to the circumstances of contemporary international politics. AIESE remained as a dead letter. However, this was no reason to moan and stuff hands in pockets. A second attempt had to be made. If necessary, there would have been a third and fourth attempt. If something is the right thing to do, all obstacles have to be overcome.
If everyone wants to do something and if everyone acts united, there are always ways and means to achieve. Just by itself, AIESEC would have never developed into the global organization it is today. AIESEC has found companions, other organizations that sponsored and supported it, friends all over the world. Together we are strong and only with this mindset, we are able to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.
Conclusion
This is the spirit of AIESEC. I hope that this spirit stays alive so that we can celebrate many more anniversaries like this. This is what I wish AIESEC, this is what I wish everyone who works in this spirit, this is what I wish all of you in this room.
Ad multos annos.
Heinz Allensbach, founder of AIESEC in Switzerland
("60th anniverary of AIESEC" event in Bern, 17.10.2008)
25.10.2008
At the 60th anniversary of AIESEC event in Bern last week we heard the keynote speak from Mr. Heinz Allenspach who is the founder of AIESEC in Switzerland and was National Councillor from 1979 - 1995. Fortunately, we got a copy of his speech so I can share it with you! Have a look at it, I liked it a lot!
----------
Dear friends,
AIESEC celebrates its 60th anniversary. I congratulate AIESEC and I hope, that it continues to thrive and to prosper. AIESEC is a success-story. Started as a small student organization, carried by student bodies of a small number of universities, it has devolepd into a global organization.
I'm pleased, that I could contribute to the establishment of AIESEC and I'm even more pleased that as a founding member, I have the opportunity today to witness and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the organization we brought to life back then.
Let me take a look at the formative years
Why was AIESEC brought to life?
After the second world war, everyone of us, especially students, wanted to overcome the ditches created by it. We missed the exchange of ideas across borders, the personal contacts between universities, but also the opportunity to do internships abroad in order to get to know the culture and the people of other nations. Today, it's hard to understand how closed the physical, economical, mental and cultural borders were during the time of the second world war.
On the 19th/20th of September 1946, Students from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia came together in order to found AIESE. By doing so, they were convinced to contribute to the reconciliation between nations. The University of Prague was chosen to host the presicency. However, due to the communist takeover in Czechosolovakia at that time, AIESE was unable to establish and maintain any activities.
The western members of AIESE couldn't accept this failure. The student body of the commercial college in Stockholm called for a conference from the 3rd until the 5th of March 1949 with the objective to either find a way to deal with the challenges faced by AIESE or to create a new organization. 15 delegates from 8 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) decided to establish a new organization, following closely the way AIESE tried to operate. The goal of those two organizations stayed the same in principal:
Student initiatives often don't live for a long time. Often, they disappear again within a few years. AIESEC clearly is an exeption. The founding was decent, nothing big or spectacular, no ceremonial act with speeches and celebrated signing of statements. The special thing about AIESEC is not it's founding but the fact that it is still alive after 6 decades and that it has endured the storms of time. Everyone who has carried and contributed AIESEC throughout the years and decades deserves recognition and special thanks by and of everyone.
Let me share with you some general observations
Free and responsible people - especially students - want to cross and overcome borders; they want to extend their knowledge and experiences, they want to tap into the unknown and to achieve the impossible. Only in this spirit, scientific, technical and economical progress is possible.
The founders of AIESEC have not relied on others to realize their goals, nor on the state, nor on universities. They realized their goals by themselves, with their own resources and within their capabilities. They embodied the prase: "Actions speak louder than words."
It is striking that AIESEC, back at the time, was mainly carried by students from small universities from small countries. The founders wanted to act immediately and didn't want to wait until all the universities joined in. A small step at the right time on which you can build upon is often better than big visions never realized, or realized too late.
The first attempt to bridge boundaries between nations in order to foster a global exchange of ideas and experiences failed at first due to the circumstances of contemporaty international politics. AIESE remained as a dead letter. However, this was no reason to moan and stuff hands in pockets. A second attempt had to be made. If necessary, there would have been a third and fourth attempt. If something is the right thing to do, all obstacles have to be overcome.
If everyone wants to do something and if everyone acts united, there are always ways and means to achieve. Just by itself, AIESEC would have never developed into the global organization it is today. AIESEC has found companions, other organizations that sponsored and supported it, friends all over the world. Together we are strong and only with this mindset, we are able to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.
Conclusion
This is the spirit of AIESEC. I hope that this spirit stays alive so that we can celebrate many more anniversaries like this. This what I wish AIESEC, this is what I wish everyone who works in this spirit, this is what I wish all of you in this room.
Ad multos annos.
Heinz Allensbach, founder of AIESEC in Switzerland
(at the 60th anniverary event in Bern, the 17.10.2008)
----------
Dear friends,
AIESEC celebrates its 60th anniversary. I congratulate AIESEC and I hope, that it continues to thrive and to prosper. AIESEC is a success-story. Started as a small student organization, carried by student bodies of a small number of universities, it has devolepd into a global organization.
I'm pleased, that I could contribute to the establishment of AIESEC and I'm even more pleased that as a founding member, I have the opportunity today to witness and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the organization we brought to life back then.
Let me take a look at the formative years
Why was AIESEC brought to life?
After the second world war, everyone of us, especially students, wanted to overcome the ditches created by it. We missed the exchange of ideas across borders, the personal contacts between universities, but also the opportunity to do internships abroad in order to get to know the culture and the people of other nations. Today, it's hard to understand how closed the physical, economical, mental and cultural borders were during the time of the second world war.
On the 19th/20th of September 1946, Students from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia came together in order to found AIESE. By doing so, they were convinced to contribute to the reconciliation between nations. The University of Prague was chosen to host the presicency. However, due to the communist takeover in Czechosolovakia at that time, AIESE was unable to establish and maintain any activities.
The western members of AIESE couldn't accept this failure. The student body of the commercial college in Stockholm called for a conference from the 3rd until the 5th of March 1949 with the objective to either find a way to deal with the challenges faced by AIESE or to create a new organization. 15 delegates from 8 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) decided to establish a new organization, following closely the way AIESE tried to operate. The goal of those two organizations stayed the same in principal:
Student initiatives often don't live for a long time. Often, they disappear again within a few years. AIESEC clearly is an exeption. The founding was decent, nothing big or spectacular, no ceremonial act with speeches and celebrated signing of statements. The special thing about AIESEC is not it's founding but the fact that it is still alive after 6 decades and that it has endured the storms of time. Everyone who has carried and contributed AIESEC throughout the years and decades deserves recognition and special thanks by and of everyone.
Let me share with you some general observations
Free and responsible people - especially students - want to cross and overcome borders; they want to extend their knowledge and experiences, they want to tap into the unknown and to achieve the impossible. Only in this spirit, scientific, technical and economical progress is possible.
The founders of AIESEC have not relied on others to realize their goals, nor on the state, nor on universities. They realized their goals by themselves, with their own resources and within their capabilities. They embodied the prase: "Actions speak louder than words."
It is striking that AIESEC, back at the time, was mainly carried by students from small universities from small countries. The founders wanted to act immediately and didn't want to wait until all the universities joined in. A small step at the right time on which you can build upon is often better than big visions never realized, or realized too late.
The first attempt to bridge boundaries between nations in order to foster a global exchange of ideas and experiences failed at first due to the circumstances of contemporaty international politics. AIESE remained as a dead letter. However, this was no reason to moan and stuff hands in pockets. A second attempt had to be made. If necessary, there would have been a third and fourth attempt. If something is the right thing to do, all obstacles have to be overcome.
If everyone wants to do something and if everyone acts united, there are always ways and means to achieve. Just by itself, AIESEC would have never developed into the global organization it is today. AIESEC has found companions, other organizations that sponsored and supported it, friends all over the world. Together we are strong and only with this mindset, we are able to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.
Conclusion
This is the spirit of AIESEC. I hope that this spirit stays alive so that we can celebrate many more anniversaries like this. This what I wish AIESEC, this is what I wish everyone who works in this spirit, this is what I wish all of you in this room.
Ad multos annos.
Heinz Allensbach, founder of AIESEC in Switzerland
(at the 60th anniverary event in Bern, the 17.10.2008)
24.10.2008
10.10.2008
Hey AIESEC!
I am sending you my best wishes after an amazing 7 days conference in Bratislava! EuroCo is the conference for all the LCPs from Western Europe / North America and from Central Eastern Europe. Almost 200 people from 36 countries took part and made the whole event for me and the Swiss LCP team an unforgetable experience.
7 days full of skills workshops, training, sharing and networking were quite exhausting, but therefore very intense and informative. We were talking a lot about actual trends within AIESEC and the external environment, we were sharing our Best Case Practices and we were working for a stronger network!
It was really cool to talk to people who are the LCPs from one of our beloved interns! „Oh, XY is doing an internship in your LC at the moment? How is she doing?“ Another thing which was very motivating was the fact that we realised how strong we are as Swiss LCs! In terms of incoming exchange, we are one of the leading countries in Western Europe and I was really grateful to see that we are actually doing very well and that we play an important role in the AIESEC network!
Unfortunately, I will not be there at the next LCM, but I will send you some special greetings from Slovakia... ;) I wish you all the best and have fun at the Job Fair!
I am really happy and proud to name myself the LCP of Zurich! You guys are doing a really good job!
Philipp
I am sending you my best wishes after an amazing 7 days conference in Bratislava! EuroCo is the conference for all the LCPs from Western Europe / North America and from Central Eastern Europe. Almost 200 people from 36 countries took part and made the whole event for me and the Swiss LCP team an unforgetable experience.
7 days full of skills workshops, training, sharing and networking were quite exhausting, but therefore very intense and informative. We were talking a lot about actual trends within AIESEC and the external environment, we were sharing our Best Case Practices and we were working for a stronger network!
It was really cool to talk to people who are the LCPs from one of our beloved interns! „Oh, XY is doing an internship in your LC at the moment? How is she doing?“ Another thing which was very motivating was the fact that we realised how strong we are as Swiss LCs! In terms of incoming exchange, we are one of the leading countries in Western Europe and I was really grateful to see that we are actually doing very well and that we play an important role in the AIESEC network!
Unfortunately, I will not be there at the next LCM, but I will send you some special greetings from Slovakia... ;) I wish you all the best and have fun at the Job Fair!
I am really happy and proud to name myself the LCP of Zurich! You guys are doing a really good job!
Philipp
What is AIESEC?
AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society.
In addition to providing over 6,500 leadership positions and delivering over 350 conferences to our membership of over 28,000 students, AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 4,400 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country.
In addition to providing over 6,500 leadership positions and delivering over 350 conferences to our membership of over 28,000 students, AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 4,400 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country.
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