Communications Team....IM

The AIESEC Egerton Communications team also known as the Information Management team is awesome!!! here is what the AIESEC Kenya MC VP Comm & IM 2011-2012 had to say....

Let's keep the momentum high in the Comm & IM team......

The 2011-2012 Executive Board Report

Here it is...

Open publication - Free publishing - More 11 12

Please have a look at the above link, there you will find what went down during the just concluded term.... It's awesome, trust me....

My AIESEC Exchange experience in Uganda

I joined AIESEC in June 2009 after meeting the president on a lunch lecture session about AIESEC during the orientation week in campus. I never took the organization seriously because I never imagined the kind of impact it would make in my life. My perception of the organization changed when the first guys went for their exchange, coming back as different individuals, with different perspectives and focus of life. The interaction with them made me think through the tunnel to see the light in taking the exchange program.

My internship experience in Uganda last year gave me a different focus of life, meeting with people from different walks of life, knowing how to accommodate them in my life was so challenging since I had never ever in one time lived with a friend from far even for a minute. 

Working in an NGO that’s establishing itself in the country was so challenging in that we had to do some introduction of the organization to people. My work as an intern involved going out to the field-community- carrying out a research on the levels of hygiene then coming to analyze it to help the organization develop services that would improve the living conditions of the community. Delivering career guidance and counseling to high school students with aim of empowering them to excel in life, visiting patients in hospitals gave me a reality of the Health Sector in Africa which needs to be worked on appropriately. The most challenging part was when going to the field in that we used to walk long distances and by the time we were done for the day @ noon, we had to wait for the shade since the areas were so unbearable with the sun scorching heavily on the inhabitants and us. Writing reports was the odd of the day, week and month.

It was called the “Pearl of Africa” rich in culture and tradition, sites, fashion and many more. We were shocked of the country’s culture the first time we realized that women had to kneel every time they were talking to men and they are to greet men not vice versa. Coming to food it was so shocking no Ugali for a whole three weeks which we had to ask for because of our Kenyan genes, crazy, crazy with the delicious delicacies of Ugandan brothers like rolex and Katiko…you can’t imagine all that experience being shot of words to express it out as we had to take some few lessons on how to prepare Katiko.

The internship brought out an experience in which I was able to appreciate my African roots-waking up early in the morning to fetch water from the river brought back my memories of the roles of men in society. It was so fascinating that under such circumstances you get to know people better and better. The river in the morning is so clean that you could think of the streams of river Jordan in heaven, but to your amazement you could kill yourself by noon if you saw the river.

I really appreciate what AIESEC has done in my life after that impactful experience that gets me guessing every time I see young people wasting their lives without prior knowledge of what they could do while impacting other people, as agents of positive change in society. The experience gave me a new lease to think differently to always ask why, speak out my mind, developed my personality, experienced a different culture, and showed me how to interact with different personalities, increase my network. If everyone could see where I was before AIESEC they could not believe the impact. That’s why I will always advocate AIESEC to every young person in the world.

If you think you have heard enough experience, think again because AIESEC is something you need to experience once more to get its experience.

The internship was in courtesy of:

Changed by AIESEC!

Just like most other guys, I was attracted by the good corporate and fun stories of AIESECers. AIESEC has different meaning to different people; others view it as an avenue to better one’s leadership and personal abilities and skills, others as a platform for opportunities in the corporate world, others a networking and diversifying platform in terms of culture and ideas……therefore AIESEC is what you make it, it depends on you as much as you depend on AIESEC.

To me AIESEC means a complete three sixty degrees change. In AIESEC one’s participation, commitment and passion counts. This has enabled me to strongly bring out my abilities, skills and talent, and get used to running my activities professionally enhancing the culture of punctuality and meeting deadlines.

I wanted to give more into AIESEC and benefit from its services as much as I offer my service. The only way I would do this successfully is by taking a leadership role. Early 2011 I took the responsibility of being the Team leader finance and administration (F & A). It wasn’t easy but I don’t regret, I learnt so much about finance at a professional level. LCVP F&A, 2011/2012, Kiprop Anthony, was my boss. Working with him was the best part; he carried out his role with integrity and demanded accountability.

AIESEC a student run organization, gives one a real taste of how an organization especially a multinational organization, really operates in the corporate world. In AIESEC one gets to acquire skills in IT, Business Management, Marketing and Branding, Communication and Public Speaking and Social relationship without necessarily attending a lecture like in campus; in AIESEC, it’s all practical and on job training/learning.

I had a chance to attend and participate in various events and conferences like NIS 2011, East African Pioneers Conference 2011, Planning conference 2011, E+L forum 2011, Business Summit 2011(INDIAFRICA) and various educative and fun team buildings. Life has always been different after every event having met different individuals with different perceptions about the  general life, the world and the business world…..SO WONDERFUL…….I always needed an incentive to make me step out of my comfort zone , thanks to AIESEC, a blessing from God, I have found the strength and direction.

“If you want to walk fast, walk alone but if you want to walk far, walk with others………..walk with AIESEC”

By Rosebella Oruko,

    Team Leader F&A,

                2011-2012.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO AIESEC?

What brought you to AIESEC,

The largest students run organization,

What brought you to the platform,

That activates leadership in the youth

What brought you to the worldwide organization?

Are you an AIESECer by mouth alone

Do you know the meaning of AIESEC;

Do you comprehend ASK, YES,and NIS;

OC, LC, LCP, LCVP and project SWITCH;

Are you conversant with AIESEC acronyms?

Do you share AIESEC values;

Or you didn’t know they exist;

Has leadership been activated in you;

Do you demonstrate integrity;

So do you enjoy participation by taking part?

I wonder what brought you to this platform;

For you seldom attend the MSS;

And you have no AIESEC responsibility;

Did you attend the last conference and enjoyed yourself;

Are you going with me on an OGX mission?

When do you think of AIESEC;

Have you visited myaiesec.net this week;

When did you log on to AIESEC’s blog;

Aiesecegerton2.blogspot.com

Have you liked our facebook page?

Does AIESEC entertain you when you are down;

How many roll calls can you dance to;

Are you aware of the talents in AIESEC;

The poets, the comedians and the dancers;

Tell us, what brought you to AIESEC?

T.L  comm. and 

                                                                                                              I.M                             

THE GREAT COMMISSION

Even as you are completing your exams and closing the campus this week,I want to commission you even as Jesus Christ commissioned his disciples when he was about to leave them: I send you as sheep among wolves, Go ye into all the world and preach the good news,he who believes and is baptized will be saved....

Now in the same way I commission you- all AIESECers-I send you as ambassadors of AIESEC among citizens go ye into all the world and spread the AIESEC news to all persons regardless of their age, gender institution of higher learning, political affiliation,social,financial or health status etcetra.This because :
[i]  AIESEC do not discriminate on the basis of the above mentioned factors or any other that haven't been mentioned above.
[ii]As the Messiah puts it, freely did you receive And so freely give

It is common knowledge that a society without new borns will sooner or later die out as the older generation dies out.As such every AIESECcer have a moral obligation to give birth and to reproduce and fill AIESEC just as the LORD GOD  commanded Adam and Eve in the proverbial garden of Eden.

I don't wish to bore you with long stories my main purpose for writing here was to wish all AIESECers and their family, friends and enemies, and all people a safe journey back home,merry Christmas and a happy new year.



The kisumuboy: TL comm & IM.

CAN THE REAL BLUE BLOODS PLEASE STAND UP!

A new semester is slowly unfolding. The first quarter of the 1112 EB term has come to an end already. We need to create the future and start walking towards it with each passing day…..

ACTIVITIES

This semester has a lot of activities coming up. It is our sincere hope that AIESECers in Egerton a.k.a the real blue bloods will utilize the opportunities that this activities will bring with them. In AIESEC it's partly what AIESEC presents to you and mostly what you do with it. In AIESEC its usually up to you….you either use the platform or not. It's the doing part that matters most.

NIS

The much awaited AIESEC Kenya Newees Induction Seminar(NIS) is around the corner. Reports coming in indicate that the recruitment efforts are bearing fruits and there are a lot of newees attending our meetings/MSS's. The NIS conference is meant to give our new members an opportunity to experience AIESEC Kenya. And what more, the conference will take place in Nakuru, so you can bet I will be so very much in the house.

PROJECTS

AIESEC EGERTON ASK project is still on going and we look forward to receive more interns just like we did last semester. (The three interns from Brazil and China were super awesome by the way…..10 bozas to that). Other projects in the making are Go Green and guess what? We shall be swITching on high school students with IT skills using the project known as SWITCH!(drum rolls to that). As a member, it's up to you to take part in this projects by making yourself available to be assigned a role and make an impact. Be part of this awesome experiences. Trust me, one day you will look back at the AIESEC experiences you will have taken part in and get fulfilled like the many Alumni's I've been honored to meet in the past.

And speaking of Alumni's…..

EVENTS

The Alumni management team is working on an AIESEC EGERTON Alumni dinner….this is also another opportunity for AIESECers to be part of honoring the past so that we can have a prosperous future. Like it's popularly said, :we can't afford to forget where we have came from".

This is just a small preview of the four months ahead of us….this quarter is going to rock like never before…. Isn't AIESEC the place to be?

Isn't AIESEC the place where Bill Clinton, Amos Wako etc are so proud to be part of?  YES IT IS! YES IT WILL BE! Will you be part of it? It's up to you……..

By

COMM & IM Crew 1112.

IC Kenya 2011 XP

20th August 2011 was the date and KICC was the venue. Virtually all countries that AIESEC is present had sent at least one representative to this congress. The International Congress(IC) is the biggest it can go as AIESEC. This is one event where all MCPs, LCPs and PAI not to mention AI is well represented. If one wants to see the full picture of AIESEC physically, the IC is the picture that one needs to have a glimpse at.

Looking to the left, to the right, to the top and to the bottom of KICC, one could see young people from 100 countries located in all continents of the world, all excited to be members of AIESEC. I must admit, I have always told people that AIESEC is big but experiencing the bigness of AIESEC was something else altogether. Unfortunately very few guys out of the 60 members of AIESEC Egerton were present.

Opening Ceremony

In the opening ceremony that was between 09:00-12:00, we listened to speeches from the Vice President of the Kenyan Government, the MCP AIESEC Kenya and the PAI….yeah you heard it right, the current PAI was in the house. It was nice to see her physically. I mean, as part of the EB, you see a lot of publications in myaiesec.net for AI but you can't really picture the real persons behind the publications. And the more interesting part was when the guy chairing the session said that the PAI has a security team deployed around him/her in such occasions. It might be a useless fact but it's good to know for the hell of it.

Youth Forums

The session that was just before the lunch break was known as 'Youth Forums'. This is where all the delegates engage in a forum about leadership, who inspires us as citizens of the world and we were joined by four invited guests from DHL and the Corporate world to give us their perspectives into the topics in discussion. My defining moment was when the chair shot a random question that anyone in the conference centre could answer….I shot up my hand from the second floor to answer. I gave my answer and the 'whole world' applauded my response. Take note of the fact that I used the words 'the whole world'. This is because anyone who made a contribution in that session had the attention of representatives from all over the world. You can imagine how Obama felt when he was addressing American citizens in his inauguration speech knowing that virtually the whole world was paying attention. But it was until I was in the bus on my way back to Nakuru from Nairobi that it occurred to me that I had addressed the whole world during my one day experience at the IC. Funny huh?

Global Village

In the afternoon session, it was time for the Global Village. The Global Village involves setting up stands to showcase the culture of the country you come from. For example, in the Kenyan stand we showcased Irio, Maasai artifacts and those in the desk had dressed the African way.

Next to the Kenyan stand was the AIESEC in UK stand while on our left was AIESEC in Turkey.(Hope that gives you an impression of the arrangement). I tasted chocolate all the way from you tell me….can't even remember whether it was from Ukraine or Portugal….I shook hands with AIESECers all the way from Greece and you could realize that you had a lot of things in common. The session made the world to feel truly like a global village.

Then we went back into the conference centre which is more than an auditorium…..this time to watch the Global Village presentations. We listened and watched rollcalls made by all the countries present. This involved countries like Russia singing their national anthem to us and you name it. You can watch videos in you tube by the way if you realy want to see part of what I'm talking about. That marked the end of the opening ceremony and the attention shifted to Multi Media University(MMU) where the plenary sessions were kicking off the following day.

FYI

Tonnes of photos are in FaceBook and YouTube and you should browse and have a look incase you joined AIESEC after the IC…

And by the way, we now have a new myaiesec.net which can be accessed using this link (http://www.test.myaiesec.net) I' ve logged in once and I think its super awesome. The new @.net will mean that we shall be able to access our @aiiesec.net email accounts directly just like you access your other @gmail.com email account.

We'll keep you posted as soon as we get a briefing from our LCP who as you very well know was in the IC from the beginning to the end(10 days)….we shall keep you posted…as for now keep the 'blue bloods' spirit high. We are the true blue blood aka real AIESECers …..

Comm & IM Crew,

          11/12.

''I'm a cooperator''

Yesterday we were all at Egerton university, Kilimo complex where we had a powerful training on leadership from the perspective of cooperatives. The training was dubbed 'I'm a cooperator' and was a joint initiative by CIC Insurance and Edge Consult. This was a training with a difference. We learnt that one of the strongest route to financial sustainability is through joining the cooperative movement.

PLO Lumumba was present virtuously and gave a hot talk on getting rid of the jiggers of the mind. He was very disgusted by the fact that the young people are getting more and more infested by the jiggers of watching soap operas and Arsenal while their fellow colleagues in the Western countries are busy learning Nano technology. At this rate, we are not headed in the right direction.

Personally my point of highlight was when AIESEC EGERTON  got an opportunity to show the audience a short video. I mean leadership and AIESEC go hand in hand. And when talking about training university students about leadership, there is no  better platform to work on other than AIESEC. This is because AIESEC is ran in universities and one of our values as AIESEC is 'activating leadership'. As an employer, you would be very delighted to employ a person who has had previous experience in leadership through AIESEC. Such an employee won't need much of your organizations time and resources doing on the job training.

AIESEC Team Leader

Watching a team of young facilitators from Edge consult managing this project excellently from start to finish was also a nice experience. And their project manager was also young and the kind of coordination her team exuded was worthwhile. I know most people didn't take too much note of this fact but I did because this is the kind of leadership we desperately need in Africa. The kind of leadership that is excellent regardless of whether the leader is a youth or an elderly person. This is one of the situations where a youth team made the youth proud.

The other huge lesson learnt from the training was in the form of demystifying the whole idea of cooperatives. Like someone in the audience commented, the training made us see cooperatives as what they are, not what we have been made to perceive them to be by some few bad examples out there. These training was one of those trainings that ensures you leave as a more enlightened person if not different than the way you came.

-By S.K.

(VP Comm & IM)

LEADERSHIP VS RELATIONSHIPS

(Disclaimer: This post is based on the opinion of the author and should not be taken to necessarily mean the opinion or beliefs of AIESEC Egerton as a whole.)

Since I joined AIESEC in Egerton, I must say I've learnt a lot by doing a lot. But little did I know that this was just the tip of the iceberg. I have a couple of areas I needed to learn about. Obviously when you produce good stuff in an organization, you in one way or another trigger some attention towards your line of duty. Now, ifyou are in the introduction to AIESEC stage or better still, in the taking responsibility stage(TR), then this article is not meant exactly for you.

This post is meant for those in the Leadership role(LR). Yeah you had it right, those in the LR level. This is because when you are in that level in the AIESEC experience, what you do or say can either build or tarnish the image of AIESEC in your respective LC or MC. I don't mean to be harsh or naïve but as indicated in the title, leadership and relationships don't mix. Relationships in this context mean "an emotionally close friendship, especially one involving sexual relations".

In public offices, (at least I experienced this when I was in primary school) a married husband and wife are not allowed to work in the same school. Among the values of AIESEC is activating leadership and demonstrating integrity. How can a leader demonstrate integrity when he keeps getting into 'relationships' with members in his/her LC? Now I know some of us are wondering 'why is it an issue as long as you keep it well managed? My answer is simple, when you get into a relationship with someone, things cease to be business as usual. Your business becomes the business of the other.  And this leads into a conflict of interest. As a leader your interests should be first and foremost, to uphold the interests of the entity you are leading, which in our case happens to be AIESEC.

Now I know AIESEC is very involving and I also know no one is an island. Everyone of us needs someone to keep us going every once in a while. So my advice is simple, if you must get into relationships while in the LR stage, find someone in another LC or MC. That way, the risk of conflict of interest is minimized. Leadership is about guiding, influencing and leading people, and take note of the word people( not a person) but relationships are about one person being with another. Leaderships involves taking care of the interests of everyone while a relationship is about taking care of the interests of someone.

In conclusion, lets take stock of the many examples of good leaders who fell/got into scandals because of not acting right when it came to relationships. Some were even forced into resignation. You don't want to be forced to quit do you? I won't mention names due to the nature of this blog but I know we all have good examples of such leaders in our minds already. But again this post meant to act as a thought leader for those currently in the LR stage and those who will join this stage in the AIESEC cycle in the future. In one way or another, this topic will affect you and you need to know how to deal with this.

-By Comm. & IM team, 2011/2012

The master plan….

In university, we learn that planning is the core of all the management functions. But with my experience so far, I bet I've done a couple of plans and I know how the other side of planning looks like.

We all plan on how we are going to do this and that in the future. When we are planning, we forecast about how things will turn out. We do what is commonly referred to in economics as assuming all things are held constant. It's very rarely that all things end up being held constant. We spend a lot of time laying down 'master plans' only for them to be undermined by the immediate turn of events.

Plans in themselves play a key role in preparing you on what you are about to undertake. But be careful because what you are going to come across out there in the implementation stage tends to be unique in each case.

One of my friends used to tell me that 'we should plan for the best but expect the worst'. When you expect the worst, anything but the worst will be exciting to you. That's why you should not hesitate too much to get into the action stage. Too much analysis leads to analysis paralysis.

With regard to a plan getting faced by unexpected turn of events; a good example is the Kenyan government. Just a few years down the vision 2030 implementation, the 2007-2008 post election violence broke out and the gains made were reversed. What do you do when the unexpected happens? I guess that's when a plan B comes to the rescue. That's where risk management steps in.

You look at the plan from a pessimistic point of view and make provisions on how you'll approach these turn of events. Like it's said, that which has a likelihood of occurring will surely occur…..guess to be on the safe side, you need to prepare for the worst. This will prepare your mind on how to handle the unexpected turn of events and you won't be surprised when the worst happens.

This translates in a leader stepping up as the motivator in such situations. Since a leader is supposed to have a higher emotional  intelligence in times of trouble; being prepared subconsciously incase of any adverse turn of ev ent goes a long way in determining how you will react when the expected turn of events is not the one expected.

- LC VP Comm & IM
  By S K W

The end of the beginning….

It has been one full semester of hard work in rejuvenating the aiesec experience in egerton university…so far so good although more efforts need to be made in the main campus… seems the aiesec fire has been spread to town campus but the source has been getting colder and colder. That not withstanding, with the new breed/crop of EB members are showing signs of nothing less that a breathtaking year for aiesec egerton. Given that four out of the total EB seven are currently acting in the capacity of the portfolios they have been elected to assume office to…by this I mean, their predecessors were either themselves or were nowhere to be seen. Come to think of this, it is when it's completely dark that the light is about to set in…

I always like to tell my fellow aiesecers when the going gets tough and they start to utter not so fair comments about the future; I usually tell  them, aiesec is a brand that is destined/designed to excel and it's just a question of who will be in the drivers seat when the excel process takes place. Another thing many people fail to understand/comprehend is that real "progress is a slow process…" (funny enough I head that phrase in one of 50cents songs). Unfortunately most of us youths' expect to join today and see results tomorrow. It just doesn't work like that. Even those who win the lotteries will tell you it's not so easy as it may seem.

I think the thing with aiesec that makes it to be destined to succeed is the fact that it is based on uniform organizational structure. The organization itself being institutions of higher learning; universities to be precise. It is in universities that you expect to find the crème de la crème of the society. Any organization based on a standard structure will succeed all day any time. Aiesecers has gone ahead and come up with it's own culture overtime. Another stronghold of aiesec is it's online platform-myaiesec.net. This platform ensures that the knowledge management takes place all day anytime as long as you have internet access and a machine. I say machine because nowadays we have phones which do what a computer does if not better. This online platform ensures/will ensure that each new generation of aiesecers have a faster learning curve and don't spend time re-inventing the same wheel that was invented by past aiesecers who went ahead to be alumni's.

Anyway, the objective of this write up is to syke up my fellow aiesecers and the potential members of aiesec out there. There are alot of awesome opportunities in aiesec and the faster you connect your strengths to the opportunities the faster your journey to success will be. Aluta continua or so it's said…lets continue the good works, lets impact the society like never before. The laws of the kingdom are simple, 'give and you shall receive….infact above, exceedingly and abundantly, shaken together and running over'- like my pastor likes to say……

- By SK Wanjiru

AIESEC AT A GLANCE.

WE  STIRVE  TO  NURTURE  SELF  DRIVE

W - We

E  - Egerton Local Chapter of AIESEC Kenya.

S  -  Start Small-our journey begins with a single step.

T     -Think Big-by setting realistic goals.

R    -Reach a little Further Everyday.

I     - Invest our time and resources wisely.

V    -Venture to identify and seize all the available opportunities.

E     -Excellence is always our pride.

T    -Trust in God

O  - Organize our Resources.

N  - We Never Give Up.

U  - Unlock our potential.

R   -Results-our results motivate us to greater  heights.

T   -Team Up-together we stand, divided we fall.

U  -Unlock our Potential-by exploring every advantageous niche available to us.

R  - Research-to always be well versed with the on goings.

E  - Expect to Succeed-we are always optimistic.                                          

S   - Sacrifice-by giving our very best to ensure the success of AIESEC.

E    -Enabling Environment-equipping the youth with relevant skills and attitudes to enable them survive in the ever competitive world.

L    -Learn from our mistakes-that which can’t kill us only makes us stronger!                      

F    -Follow Through-we work on our projects to their completion.

D    -Discipline-Promoting  discipline amongst the members.

R     -Re-fire-always take a break to re-energize (Roll calls)

I      -Insist and Improve-we view every setback as a stepping stone to greater heights.

V    -Visualize our Success.

E    -Evaluate our goals against  the same standards-to find out whether we are making progress or not.

                                                 

-          By   Oga  Kidera.

In short, our message is simple….”we endeavor to transform the society as a whole through turning the youth from ‘passengers’ to ‘drivers’ in this journey called life….”(->I bet this can make a nice motto for aiesec egerton…)

MY AIESEC EXPERIENCE!

“AIESEC! What is it all about?” this was the question I asked the first time I saw an AIESEC poster stuck on one of the notice boards in campus. Luckily, a friend who also happened to be an AIESECer told me the basics and suggested I attend their meetings I later learnt were referred to as MSSes. A week later I presented myself at the meeting and guess what, the experience was …mhh cool. Three weeks down the line, an announcement was made in the MSS that there will be an NIS (National Induction Service) conference, which is newees stuff, and was to be hosted in Nakuru. Oscar; the LCP, added that it was a nice thing since it would teach me more about AIESEC. With no second thoughts, I decided to attend. I arrived at Cool Rivers where the conference was to take place and to my surprise, the number of delegates present from all the inclusive universities in the country, I was the only one from my LC.                                   

Being a newee and the only delegate sent shivers to my nerves since I felt let down by LC members and was lonely. The people there were all cheerful and seemed to be enjoying themselves, something I thought was absurd at first. A single man I was, and a single man army I convinced myself I would be.                                                              

 Thinking that securing a distant place from ‘them’ would help, I quickly did that. From this isolated table I enjoyed seeing them enjoy and take on each other like friends. ‘Man! AIESEC is a family. It is not all about me and you, but rather us.’  Then I saw this bunch of ladies from UON coming towards my direction and my mind psyched me to be the bold person I have always pretended to be when I am with strangers.  On being asked why I was alone, I told them I was waiting for ‘my colleagues who were on their way.’ Jordan, whom I knew later recruited me in their LC and insisted that I should perform a roll-call with them and because a ‘no position’ could not present itself, I joined them. From that moment I felt the need to belong and involvement. To my surprise everything these guys did, I became part of them and hey…I was in a home away from home in their company. ‘…and the journey begins’ was the conference’s theme. The ‘journey’ began with a bang; from funny roll-calls to serious stuff. A brief AIESEC history was presented then came the other agendas that were to be talked about. Fiona, the president (2009/2011), happened to know everything about AIESEC and jeez…she made me think she was giving her life history. I felt awesomeJ and everyone seemed too from the applause she received after the speech. The team she came with wasn’t an exception either. It comprised of very talented youths who tended to define the tagline, ‘a leadership potential for young people to discover their talents.’ I enjoyed branding so much because it taught me on how a person can brand him/herself or any other thing. I came back loaded with everything except regrets. From the fellow AIESECers I learnt that no man is an island and therefore we all need each other to survive. Back to our LC I was to give a report on the NIS and I felt whoa since it gave this newee a chance to stand before members and do what I thought was the most difficult to do. That day I also learnt that AIESEC doesn’t harbor cowards. Talking of non-cowards I met a team in our LC that is super-awesomeJ. These guys go out of their ways to make this organization a success without complains and grumbling. BIG UPS YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPERB WORK. To all AIESECers in Egerton, let us light other people’s candles especially those with flameless ones. THUMBS UP AND remember to read Philippians 1:6. (Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus ChristJ)

-By Atieno R. Onyango

VIP Alert!

Hello,
Below are the online platforms that AIESEC EGERTON is currently engaging in. This is part of our communication strategy which is in-line with our efforts to create and keep our communication channels as open as possible. It's only through such channels that information can be disseminated to members easily and like it's said, information is power.
Now here we go:-

1. AIESEC Home. (myaiesec.net)
-You need to sign up to in this website and get approved as a member. Terms and conditions apply.
-Once you have signed in. Search for 'Egerton university' you will find all the documents we have uploaded.
-We will upload our databases to this website and set access rights to leaders only especially Comm. n IM portfolio.
2. Website
    http://www.aiesecegerton.org/ - This will be up and running sooner rather than later .          www.aiesec.org/egerton -unfortunately this is yet to be sorted out. (Should follow up on this)
3. Facebook
1. AIESEC EGERTON - User account.
2. AIESEC IN EGERTON - Group.
3. AIESEC EGERTON - Fan Page.
4. Twitter
  - aieseceger2(this is our user name) i.e. @aieseceger2
5. Blog - www.aiesecegerton2.blogspot.com
   -this is where we speak out our minds regarding progress, our opinions, exchange stories etc.
6. Yahoo groups.
  -alumni_aiesecegerton@yahoogroups.com
7. Picasa
-Contains our photos. i.e. aiesec egerton.
8. Slide share
 -From now onwards we should be adding links after uploading our slides to this site and then add links to  this slides on our websites.
9. You tube.
 - From now onward we need to add links to the videos we upload as aiesec egerton. (Check out YouTube groups?)
10. Other social media platforms we might engage in in the future will be added.
 
-By TL, Comm. & IM 2011/2012