The new AAI EB is moving forward as a team, developing plans and gathering momentum. One of our key initiatives is to develop signature programs for alumni that harness the power of our global network and bring unique value that attracts more alumni to join us.
In Budapest, we had a couple of opportunities to brainstorm on global alumni programs. Click here to view a slide that summarizes several of them. As you can see, some great ideas were generated and captured, but we are looking for more!
Help us develop the best ideas by providing input on alumni programs that you think AAI should focus on in the coming months. As you think about an idea, it may be helpful to ask yourself the following questions:
- Does it leverage AIESEC’s global network?
- Does it provide unique value to NAAs/LAAs and alumni (something they can’t do on their own)?
- Does it leverage our circle of trust and values?
- Is it unique and does it differentiate us?
- Does it have a unifying effect?
To contribute to the discussion, simply post your program idea on this blog by responding below. Once we’ve received everyone’s input, we will categorize the ideas and rank them. Then we’ll get to work on implementation. As we do, we’ll be looking for volunteers to help with the planning and execution. If you’d like to volunteer, please let us know that too. Thanks for your help!
Great initiatives again! More on getting the execution out and rather than doing it on the global scale at the outset, let’s try creating the regional blocs and getting a core team in each region to administer and be a contact point. We have the AAAPC upcoming in July 2012 and can definitely study the implementation process for A-P. Once the engines in the regions are in place, easier to link up the global network. For the eight signature programs, perhaps you can quickly set up a survey again and we can ask the NAAs/LAAs to respond if they can/will participate. Thanks, Andy and team!
I agree and support Gavin Ng idea.
Thanks, Gavin. Moving forward regionally makes a lot of sense. In fact, there are probably lots of programs that are already being offered to alumni in Asia that can be adopted across the globe. We’d love to hear those ideas, along with any recommendations on priorities.
Note: the ideas that in the attached link above are just some of the ones that are under consideration. We’re interested in expanding that list and gaining as much input as possible from NAAs and from the regions. Feel free to add them here and ask others to join in the discussion. Thanks again!
i really like the idea of consulting missions … as they are aligned with AIESEC purpose. Some of the other initiatives either already exist or can exist really without AAI really having to put resources into them. i think the key is to have a central database of global Alumni, their @ and professional involvement/skills, and allow the use of this for Alumni and @ LC/MC members around the world.
I think it would be interesting to have a brainstorm session around valuable Alumni services in Moscow.
Great ideas, congrats! Here’s a suggestion from an entrepreneur perspective. AIESEC Alumni startups could GREATLY benefit from AIESEC’s network and scale. Startups can generate amazing social impact – in many ways, more than big corporations. That includes global inter-connectivity and collaboration, generation of jobs (even in remote areas where big co’s aren’t typically present) and AMAZING internship opportunities that give real opportunities for the youth to CHANGE things and IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE solutions for real problems with their own hands and minds – far more than a regular big corp. job. You may argue “fine, just go ahead and hire some AIESEC interns”. I want to and am planning to very soon. However the AIESEC internship programs are thought for established companies that have a regular cashflow, which is quite different from the startup reality. In fact, even though the Aiesec experience is extremely entrepreneurial, the whole system is still mirrored in the big corporation model. I would highly recommend (and would be happy to help) AI and AAI to think, with the help of Alumni entrepreneurs and other connections in the Startup circles, how AIESEC as a whole can benefit from the Lean Start-Up model and how might we all help each-other start-ups to design the best solutions, gain scale and be more efficient in solving the world’s problems. One way of doing it which I’m facing right now is how to make the AIESEC Internship programs more “start-up friendly”, since startups often can’t commit to fixed expenses but would gladly pay variable fees for high value-added services. I can also think of another 2 or 3 ideas off the top of my head which we can discuss further. We have an AIESEC Alumni Entrepreneurs group on LinkedIn where we try to exchange experiences as entrepreneurs. Everyone who is interested in this area is welcome to join. Regards from Santiago, Chile (where my start-up is being incubated by the awesome http://www.startupchile.org)!
AIESEC’s key focus “product” is and allways had been the exchange of students. I am an alumni since 1995 and had ever since I started my first own business AIESEC trainees in my company and department. I just today accepted a new student.
AIESEC alumni groups should support the Local active AIESECs in providing new trainee ships and vice versa LC should be able to rely on a decent platfrom of Alumni.
Alumni could support LCs to teach and train other company staff how to work with trainees. In giving not only testimonials but basic expertise in how to place an AIESEC trainee right.
Alumni should not only “reconnect their own passion” but also find other Alumni to give traineeships. Just open your address book, could me more valuable than you cheque book.
BUT with now almost 25 years in exchange the current xchange IT plattfrom I found to be intolerably slow and inefficient. Perhaps alumni could help to improve the tooling.
I think one of the best chances we have for acting strong at global basis is to become active players of THE BLUE ECONOMY, a global economic and business movement started two years ago by the very well known belgian alumnus Gunter Pauli, current head of the ZERI Network. The subject has a lot to do with entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, ESR and Economic Development among other areas. I am personally heading a Blue Economy initiative for AA IB (IberoAmerica) and it is gainining momentum fast.
I suggest David and the Board to invite Gunter to Moscow to array a presentation on his exciting subject and determine further actions. This project could bring lots of enthusiasm to our members who could get engaged in truly important activites and projects all over the world.
Why don’t we have a Library of Videos and articles about what are we doing, as AIESEC’ers, about creating positive change in our environment. What problem have we taken into consideration? How are we tackling it? Problem understanding and Problem solution implementation according to our expertise. We could have a huge source of information to search for ideas or solutions, withing a very rich variety of thinking approaches from all over the world, and help each other to broaden our perspectives. All know-how from every corner of the world available to us all, to become much more effective in our endeavors. Soon, we will no longer be dealing with cross-cultural issues, but we will create a very rich Global Culture.