1. AIESEC Denmark | MC 0809 Newsletter
AIESEC Denmark hot spots 1st edition |
November 2008
Pocket recruitment suXess NOW
Pocket recruitment is the EP recruitment cam- Success Now is the raising competition between all the
paign that takes place right now in all the LC’s LC’s of AIESEC Denmark. With three weeks gone and
in Denmark, having a s a target 51 EP raises two more to go the current standing are as follows:
and involves 10 country partners (Poland,
Egypt, Columbia, India, China, Romania, Tuni- LC's EP Raised TN Raised
sia, CAS and UK)!!!
AIESEC AAU 0 0
AIESEC ASB 0 0
So far, we have more than 20 applicants and a
lot of mails coming up with questions at my- AIESEC CBS 3 0
internship@aiesec.dk!!! Congratulations to all 2
AIESEC SDU 0
the LC that are excited and putting in a lot of
1
AIESEC UNI 0
effort to raise more and more EP's!!!
AIESEC UNIC 1 0
Both CBS and SDU are having a tough competition at
the top. Let’s see which LC wins it in the end. However
the interesting thing to see is that none of the LC has
MC 0809: Letzu, Abhijit, Dora,
been able to raise any TN during this period, which is Morten and Prateek
something all LC’s should strongly focus upon. Also if
any LC has not uploaded their recent EP/TN raises on
myaiesec.net, please do that ASAP so that those statis- “It's hard to lead a
tics can be included in the competition. For more details
cavalry charge if you
please refer to wiki of suXess now on myaiesec.net!
think you look funny on a
horse.” Adlai Stevenson
Exchange Statistics External assessment Headlights:
AIESEC Denmark hot spots
During November
For the first time in the last five years AIESEC in DE- Updates
and December
MARK has grown over 100% in number of exchanges 2008 each LC will
Conferences & Opportunities
in Q4, followed by 80% growth in Q3. The result came participate in the
as a big milestone for the entire AIESEC in DENMARK External Assess- LC’s on stage
especially after constant decline in the number of ex- ment for students,
MC life
changes over the past few years. However the overrid- meaning running
ing commitment and efforts of all the members of AIE- minimum 80 ques-
Importantissimo
SEC in Denmark have surpassed all expectations. AIE- tionnaires in each
SEC in DENMARK needs two more realizations to University
achieve the overall 100 % since 1 July 2008. amongst non AIE-
SEC students.
After the data is
compiled, it will be
used for better preparing the Recruitment in
spring! The questionnaires came from AIESEC
International and you can find more information
about this on “AIESEC Denmark Communica-
tion & IM” wiki.

2. ER & Funds
Updates The activity has increased a lot, from market segmentation
to call outs and a lot of meetings!!! In the past days, there
were more than 10 meetings at companies like Nycredit,
Exchange
Wirtek, Job Supply Denmark or DSV, having as main rea-
All the LC's are busy
son TN raising!
raising EP's and TN's.
Also, a new campaign of writing funds has started! The list
All the LC's specially
of foundations is being updated and more applications will
Exchange and SR func-
be sent in!
tional team are busy
with Pocket Recruit-
ment, whereas the ER's
Finance & IM & Communication MCP corner
are busy with raising as
The finance people present at Citius took the commitment during the Nordic The next BoD (Board of Directors,
many TN's as possible.
Circle to meet in Aarhus for work and party during a weekend. As this is not comprised of the LCP’s in Denmark)
Also on the National
possible this year, we will work virtually to create the Finance Manual with meeting will happen in December,
front the MC is busy
serious regulations regarding money expenditure and finance responsibili- along with an early BoT meeting
coordinating Microsoft
ties! (Board of Trustees, comprised of
account and follow-up
On IM mainly transition happened, and now the action plan is to be created. alumni AIESEC Denmark). The meet-
on the country partner-
ings have mainly legislative and organ-
A new wiki has been created in order to facilitate the communication on this
ships from IC to be
area! Check it out, it’s called “AIESEC Denmark Communication & IM”!!! izational strategic management pur-
more efficient with the
Regarding communication, we launched the campaign “1st for Activating pose!
exchange delivery.
In December will be also launched the
Leadership”! The internal assessment already happened and we know how
The results have im-
MC 09/10 applications!!! So, if you
our members perceive AIESEC, why did they enter our organization and
proved drastically com-
want to be MCP, MCVP ER, MCVP
why are they still here. A report regarding this you can download from the
pared to the last year.
TM&SR, MCVP X&PJ or MCVP F&IM
same wiki mentioned above. Next, we are going to run external assessment
Hope this upward trend
of AIESEC Denmark, stay tuned for
campaigns amongst our stakeholders to see how AIESEC is perceived so
would continue for the
the applications, but use wisely your
far. After that, we’ll develop the customized strategies in order to make AIE-
rest of the year!
time to discuss with people that might
SEC Denmark the first choice for Activating Leadership and International
help you achieve what you want!
Opportunities!
Conferences and Opportunities
WeGrow is the annual WENA conference
specifically for LC EBs and OCPs. The
purpose is to provide education & training ALTIUS is the first national conference
on the GN focus areas, and bring the Pro- in 2009, gathering all the leaders in AIE-
ject Managers from different AIESEC coun- SEC Denmark for 3 days of intense
tries together in order to facilitate country learning. Beside the agenda, during this
cooperation around the issues being pur- conference the MC 09/10 will be
sued in these projects. This year WeGrow elected!!! If you want to be there, you
took place in Malta, and AIESEC Denmark basically have three options: one, to
CITIUS conference was the first AIESEC Denmark
had 1 representative as facilitator (Prateek come as delegate, second, to apply for
conference for the 0809 term that gathered almost
Agarwal, MCVP Exchange & Projects) and the MC and third… to be part of the
120 delegates. The conference had several tracks
13 delegates!!! It was a challenging confer- OC!!! The application for OCP is out!!!
accordingly to the stages of the AIESEC Experi-
ence, with a lot of learning but also fun, in Fill in the application from [from AIESEC
ence, so the participants could get the most out of
a splendid location! Denmark wiki] and send it to
it! It took place in Nyborg, and it was the first mo-
teodora@aiesec.dk!!!
ment when the MC 0809 met the whole country and
had the occasion to celebrate during Official Dinner.
A lot of thanks and congratulations to the OC of Check the “WENA | Internal Opportunities” wiki and subscribe to it!!! There is where all
Citius, lead by Astrid la Cour Bennedsen, our beau- the hot things are announced!!! So, if interested in knowing more about conferences
tiful OCP! Nonetheless, the MC wants to thank all happening, facilitating opportunities, participation as delegate, being OC or go for an
the delegates for their involvement during the con- international internship around the world – just subscribe and stay tuned!!!
ference and wish to see them all at Altius 2009!

3. LC’s on stage!!!
AAU
Impressive activities! ER call-outs and training, wiki’s updates, Finance task-force, Pocket recruitment
running, 13 EP applicants already!!! Want to know more about this bunch of wolves doing amazing job?
Read the AAU newsletter!!! Already at the third edition!
ASB
Intense class presentations activity and info meetings for Pocket Recruitment!!! Also, the TN raising goes
pretty well as there are a lot of meetings established! Also, there will be elections for the finance position
in the EB next week, so the ones interested should apply and give it a try!
CBS
CBS is one of the lucky 5 LC’s in WENA that will be coached on exchange by Anula, WENA Exchange
Coordinator!!! They already had a meeting in Malta, during WeGrow, and the next one will happen during
February 2009 in London! Also, CBS will start Pocket Recruitment next week, while running an intense TN
raising campaign!!!
SDU
Is preparing for a new round of elections!!! If you want to join SDU’s EB, feel free to check SDU’s wiki to find out more about
how to do this! SDU is one of the strongest LC’s in Denmark, and their plan of activities suggests they will keep up the good
job!!!
UNI
AIESEC UNI has finished their promotion for the Pocket Recruitment last week and right now they are prepared to collect the
application before they run the SRB’s for the Pocket Recruitment. The LC has one of the strongest EB culture in the country
and have shown a lot of activities in the recent times!
UNIC
AIESEC UNIC just finished their promotion for Pocket Recruitment and celebrated it with a nice EB pajama party!!! The LC is
slowly and steadily picking up the pace again after a drastic and eventful start in July. Their enthusiasm and determination to
achieve high results is quite exceptional and inspiring!!! Good luck UNIC!
Importantissimo
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Random stuff
GN wiki’s
Letzu and Tabs, but mostly Letzu, are in an intense “office beautifica-
Western Europe and North America Growth Network wiki
tion” taskforce!!! We have new posters that motivate us more to reach
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10003757
“200% growth” this quarter! Thank you guys!!!
The MC went for a road trip and a Tiesto concert in Stockholm… and
WENA Internal Opportunities
what can you expect from a bunch of crazy people with big ambi-
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10023562
tions? IMAGINE!!! it was fun and relaxing, but what matters the most
is that the MC is more united as a team and full of energy for hard
WENA Exchange work!
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10021462
Letzu is leaving us for a week for a TMU meeting in Rotterdam. What
is Talent Management Unit? The Global Support team on Talent
AIESEC in Scandinavia Management (big WOW), in charge of coaching countries on devel-
Scandinavian cooperation wiki oping Talent Management system and their implementation globally!
http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10037783
Fool of the week competition
National wiki’s Every Monday morning meeting, we declare one/two/…/five fools of
AIESEC Denmark wiki the week out of the MC members. How does it work? We nominate
http://myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10003076: Ex- people; give reasons why and than vote for the fool of the week. It’s
change, External Relations, Talent Management, Finance and Com- really fun, the fool of the week’s name appears in the minutes, but the
munication & IM wiki [and more/the links are on the AIESEC Denmark
reasons are to remain confidential!!! The MC member who gets the
wiki]
fool of the month award buys one breakfast for the rest!!!