Life on the MC

I've been thinking recently about how much I've learnt being on the MC of Bahrain. In any one day I do a multitude of different things, here are some of them.

• Coaching VPTMs from all over the world
• Designing TM tools for Induction, Selection, Allocation and Performance Assessments
• Contacting media and writing press releases to get AIESEC's name in the corporate world
• Supporting the AIVP with my work through the TMU, running online classes
• Data analysis and management
• Contacting companies for sponsorships related to national conferences
• Coaching local LCVPs and National Support Team members
• Designing and releasing applications for the next team
• Developing intern reception tools for Web 2.0
• Communicating with Alumni to engage them in our activities
• Profiling AIESEC to people I meet on the street, at networking events or just people that pop into the office
• Designing Training and Education cycles

Above all, my work is challenging, creative and innovative, exciting and I'm learning new things everyday.
I'm Kay Willmore and I'm MCVP Talent Management and Communications of AIESEC Bahrain 2009/2010!

A message from AIESEC Bahrain to members in AIESEC Egypt

Catherine the Great , from the MC of the UAE, has been chosen to chair a conference in Egypt , Activate .

She asked us to put together a video as a message to the delegates. We huddled in a small corner in front of a webcam and made this short video.

My first post as MCP

Greetings everyone,

I just wanted to share some random thoughts about my experience so far.


Its been such a challenge, to come in and start running with the organization. Bringing in new ideas, new ways to work, and actually having everyone on board was something hard in my first couple of weeks. Then came Planning which clashed with IC then Ramadhan; and yet we're still here. With a team so dedicated to "Make it Happen", we finalized our national plan, and focus areas... and now its time to actually implement them.

Just to reflect back to the previous 3 months and describe it in 3 words.... Random, Challenging, FUN!!!

I don't want to blab on and on in my first post here...

You'll see more of me soon... don't worry!

Ciao Ciao

MCP Turbz

Pics from AIESEC Bahrain 2005-now

The Sunscreen Song - AIESEC Version

Thank you Luis from Portugal for this wonderful note I copied from Facebook!

Ladies and gentlemen of AIESEC, "Go on eXchange"

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, "eXchange" would be it.

The long-term benefits of eXchange have been proved by companies, where's the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own AIESEC experience.
I will dispense this advice NOW!

Enjoy the power and beauty of your Team.
Take that in your mind.
You will not understand the power and beauty of your Team until they've faded.

But trust me, in 20 years,when you'll look back at photos of your team buildings and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility layed before you and how fabulous your work really looked.
You Achieved more than you imagine.

Don't worry about the future.
Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to create a conference with a 2 days notice.

The real troubles in your career are going to be things that never crossed your worried mind, like that function in Excel you never needed before or a way to see your emails in the middle of no where
Do one thing every day that scares you.

Create a Roll-Call
Don't be reckless with other people's dances.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with your randomness

Work
Don't waste your time on jealousy of others results.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long and, in the end, you just need to learn.

Remember sugar cubes you receive.
And listen to the feedback you get,
If you succeed on applying it, you'll grow.
Keep your old badges.
Throw away your old and confusing post-its.

Risk
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.
The most interesting LCP's I knew didn't knew what they wanted to with their LC's
Almost every MCP that I know didn’t knew they wanted to be MCP some day

Do plenty BOAT races.
But be kind to your knees.
You'll miss them in a 8 days conference.

Maybe you'll raise TN's, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have lots of trainees, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll go abroad.

Maybe you'll dance the tunak-tunak at an international conference.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either.
Your choices are half chance.
So are everybody else's.

Enjoy the experience.
In every way you can.
I know that some people go further.
But it's only yours and no one will live it for you.

Dance
Even if you have never done it before
Follow someone's the directions, even if you don't know them.
Do not go to bed before everyone.
You'll only miss the party in the morning.

Get your parents involved.
You never know when they'll be the main sponsors of your trips.

Be nice to your members.
They're your best link to your LC and the people most likely to stick in your teams in the future.
Understand that people come and go, but some precious few should stay.
They'll work hard, bridge the gaps, understand the philosophy and lifestyle of the organization, because the older you get, the more you need the people that you met when you entered.

Work in E.R. once, but stop before it makes you hard.
Work in T.M. once, but stop before it makes you soft.

Travel
Accept certain inalienable truths:
International meetings are the best
Even if trainings are not that great.
Even if things are expensive,
You will have fun
And when two weeks pass, you'll fantasize that when you were there, the price for beer was reasonable, roll-calls were crazy, and members respected their facis.

Respect your leaders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you'll have lots of materials.
Maybe you'll have a wealthy LC.
But you never know when either one might fail you.

Don't mess too much with your processes or by the end of term you wont reach anything.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but look for people that supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia.
Dispensing it is a way of fishing the materials from your computer, writing it in a new template, correcting the places where you can sill read "SN" and giving it to someone that will use them better than you.

But trust me on the "eXchange".

By Luis Magalhães

Random times in the office

See the MC does have fun!!

We were asked by AIESEC Latvia to make a video for them, unfortunately the details of what it was supposed to be about were lost in the depths of our emails and the internet was down, all we could remember was that we were supposed to be showing the internationalism of AIESEC...this is what ensued!

Our introduction and Challenge the GCC

Welcome to the AIESEC Bahrain MC Blog for 2009/2010.

Your wonderful MC are:

MCP - Mohamed Ali

MCVP ICX + Finance - Ali Alshaikh

MCVP OGX + Projects - Hamad Taher

MCVP TM + Communications - Kay Willmore

From left to right: Hamad, Mohamed (Turbo), Kay, Ali (Alawi)

We will be profiling our experience, posting random thoughts and videos and cordially invite you to join us on our journey of MC for the next 8 months

...starting NOW!!...

Since IC in Malaysia 2009 we have been thinking of getting more

competition in the Gulf Cooperations Council

AIESEC Countries, Qatar, Oman, UAE and Bahrain.

Well...it's the moment you've all been waiting for!

FIND IT HERE

Within 4 hours we got 136 views and 5 comments, join us in our challenge to become the best AIESEC Country in the Gulf in 0910!!

Yours, AIESEC Bahrain 0910