Oman is in

Once again, AIESEC US has moved beyond the unthinkable. The grant came through.

Brace yourself Oman.

Travel Schedule

Got to NYC on February 11.

Chicago Feb 16 - 18.

Boston Feb 20 - 21.

Oklahoma City Feb 23 - 25.

Augusta Mar 2 - 4.

Belgrade March 15 - 26.

Anything for this organization.

Trend Setters

Just finished "Success Built to Last" and "The Leader of the Future 2". Still caught up in this...

"From the time I got home from WSC until I left for NYC, I’ve been reading, reading more than I ever have before. I’ve found that only after graduating comes all the time to read what you actually want. J The reading has really run the gamut: from conservative author Dinesh D’Souza to Barack Obama, from the Tipping Point to The End of Poverty, from BusinessWeek to Business 2.0. Truth is that within everything I read, what stood out most were the trends and trend setters that touch our lives in more ways than we can imagine.

From Dwayne Wade and the evolution of sports marketing, to Jeffrey Sachs and the fight to end extreme poverty, to leading edge companies like PyroGenesis making profitable business out of “green” technology, to Barack Obama inspiring millions behind his vision for America – whether we’re aware or not, the world is full of trend setters.

I couldn’t refrain from thinking about AIESEC through all of this. I began to wonder what kind of trends had been set in the past, of who had come into the organization, done something unbelievable, and inspired AIESECers all over the nation. I wondered if I had been in the company of those people – of the people that got us here. I wondered if my AIESEC generation would be a trend setter. I wondered what trend setters had attended SSC 2006, WSC 2007, or an orientation in the last few weeks. Finally, I wonder what trends AIESEC US will see in 2007, and who will set those.

What do you want AIESEC in the future to remember you for? To remember us for? As mid-February rolls around, the national conference high has past, and school takes its toll, I challenge this organization to see just what we’re made of – just to see what trends we can unleash."

NYC

Living in NYC now. It's official. It took a few days of work and the routine kicking in for me to realize I wasn't just visiting, but that I had truly finished with GWU, spent some time transitioning at home, and moved to a new city.

I took two suitcases from home to my new apartment. I also pictured Uhauls and business like that. Besides a few small packages coming in over the next few weeks, I'm actually living quite well with just two suitcases. I have this place for a lease of 5 months, then either a renewal or something different. We'll see if I can find new roommates. Hopefully new people joining the team full time. :)

I truly have the best job in the world. I was walking from my hotel room towards the plenary at the Rowdies regional conference, thinking about the 200+ people in the hotel there to learn from, contribute to, and expand the mission of AIESEC US. What other entry level job can you have working with young people, thinking entrepreneurially, developing an enormous network, all while thinking about the potential market share of your company - 12.8 million. Not 12.8 million dollars. Way more than that. 12.8 million students. Add on the 3+ million that graduate every year and it exceeds 20 million. Although AIESEC US has been around for 50 years, for all intents and purposes we are a start up - we're in a new world, a new era, a new structure, but with the same mission. I think it's about time we give the world what it's been patiently waiting for.