Monday, November 13, 2006
FEEL 2006
This is a very late update, but I still think that my time at FEEL 2006 in Slovakia is worth a posting.
The past weekend was also interesting, but the update about that one is coming later this week.
FEEL 2006 is the biggest national conference of both Slovakia and Czech Republic. Because the 2 countries have this conference for their new members together it actually becomes an international conference.
Over 300 people participated and I got the opportunity to join a team of over 20 facilitators to make this conference a success.
Getting to the conference was a lonely train and bus trip of almost 12 hours, but that was soon forgotten when I arrived to the premeeting. The atmosphere was great and people were getting creative to make this event unforgettable for the new members.
The next day we officially opened the conference with one of the most energetic plenaries I've been in. JC from Norway was an excellent chair who managed to raise the energy level even higher.
Then we went into the team building games, which were the start of an intense simulation block which included a large range of AIESEC skills and knowledge.
One of the main sponsors of the even was L'Oreal. This allowed the organising committee to host a Funky hair party which was an amazing sight. Literally everyone was participating in this hairdressing extravaganza.
TopAlky is the most loved AIESEC tradition in both Slovakia and Czech Republic. This drinking competition is almost a religious event here. Even with 4 teams racing at a time the competition still took several hours. For the first time I participated in this game. My team only made it to the second round, which allowed me to wake up the next day without a headache.
For the rest of the conference I enjoyed the time in the simulation with my group, in the plenary representing the point of view of an AIESEC intern and in the Global Village representing Belgium.
Ted uz musim jit spat... (Now I already have to go to sleep...)
Kevin
The past weekend was also interesting, but the update about that one is coming later this week.
FEEL 2006 is the biggest national conference of both Slovakia and Czech Republic. Because the 2 countries have this conference for their new members together it actually becomes an international conference.
Over 300 people participated and I got the opportunity to join a team of over 20 facilitators to make this conference a success.
Getting to the conference was a lonely train and bus trip of almost 12 hours, but that was soon forgotten when I arrived to the premeeting. The atmosphere was great and people were getting creative to make this event unforgettable for the new members.
The next day we officially opened the conference with one of the most energetic plenaries I've been in. JC from Norway was an excellent chair who managed to raise the energy level even higher.
Then we went into the team building games, which were the start of an intense simulation block which included a large range of AIESEC skills and knowledge.
One of the main sponsors of the even was L'Oreal. This allowed the organising committee to host a Funky hair party which was an amazing sight. Literally everyone was participating in this hairdressing extravaganza.
TopAlky is the most loved AIESEC tradition in both Slovakia and Czech Republic. This drinking competition is almost a religious event here. Even with 4 teams racing at a time the competition still took several hours. For the first time I participated in this game. My team only made it to the second round, which allowed me to wake up the next day without a headache.
For the rest of the conference I enjoyed the time in the simulation with my group, in the plenary representing the point of view of an AIESEC intern and in the Global Village representing Belgium.
Ted uz musim jit spat... (Now I already have to go to sleep...)
Kevin
