In this slide cast, you will find a reflection of the 5 seminars I attended this year.

1. Seminar slide cast
HÉLÈNE GAUDISSABOIS
2IBM04

2. International sales in practice by Eline
Blanchaert
I chose this seminar because I am quite interested in sales and I wanted to know
how they were done in real life, so in practice. Despite my enthusiasm for the
seminar, I was quite disappointed. Our guest speaker was Eline Blanchaert, who
works for the company Klingele, which is a chocolate manufacturer that produces
healthy and honest chocolate bars. I thought she would give more real life
experiences, but in fact she told us more about the history of the company she was
working for. Nevertheless, I thought she was very enthusiastic and I could remain
focused. Of course, she receives a bonus point for the chocolate we got after her
presentation!
Date: November 10, 2015
Time: 3PM
Place: Kantienberg, Aula 5

3. Working and living abroad by Dirk Buyens
Date: December 1, 2015
Time: 6.15PM
Place: Kantienberg, Aula 4
The working and living abroad seminar was one of the five that most interested me. I choose the
course IBM because I want to live and work in another country, so it was quite obvious to me that I
had to choose this seminar. Dirk Buyens was a very enthusiastic speaker and I really liked listening to
him because he could keep my attention. I already knew some of the things he told, but one item
really surprised me. It was the fact that no one is really interested in your stories when you return. I
thought that everyone would just listen to you and keep asking questions but in reality, they only
listen for 5 minutes and then you start to bore them. The explanation is actually quite simple. During
the time that you are abroad, the lives of the people who stay in Belgium continue and they also had
some great experiences. When I reflect more upon this, I have to admit that I agree with this
explanation. My aunt travels a lot and when she returns, I am always very interested in her stories
but after a while I want to talk about something else.
In that case, I think it is quite handy that all of my friends are going abroad next year, because then
you can tell each other stories about your experiences. They will also experience the same feeling
when they return and then you can be there for each other.

4. Five first steps to finding a job abroad
1. Research thoroughly
2. Use your networks
3. Make sure your job application stands out
4. Prepare fully for your interview
5. Consider the practicalities

5. Ambitieuze Meisjes Ghent: ‘Invest in
you!’ by Angelique Foré
Date: December 15, 2015
Time: 7PM
Place: Emmy’s, Sint-
Pietersnieuwstraat 97,
9000 Gent
Motivation
I saw this event passing on my Facebook page and it immediately interested me. In my opinion, it
is still not very common that a woman starts her own business or that she is the head of a
company. I wanted to know how she did it and what the difficulties were she had to face. For that
reason, I choose this event as my personal seminar.
Reflection
Angelique Foré is the co-founder of Belmodo, which is a mixture of a magazine and a blog but is
also present in the media. This seminar was my favorite one because the subject really appealed
to me. In the future, I also would like to have a nice career and maybe start my own company.
Angelique was the perfect person to tell about the whole process. She told us about the hard
beginning, when the company was set up in her kitchen, but also about the growing process of the
company. She also mentioned the struggles of dividing time between work and personal life.
Angelique definitely made a positive impression to me because she constantly emphasized the
importance of believing in your dreams and yourself.

6. The three founders: Angelique Foré,
Michaël Schockaert and Tiany Kiriloff

7. Applying for a job abroad by Kyra
Veldkamp
Date: February 16, 2016
Time: 3PM
Place: Kantienberg, Aula 2
Kyra Veldkamp works for Eures, which is a company/online platform that helps people find jobs
across Europe. In my opinion, this seminar was the least interesting of all. I thought that we
would get more information about applying for a job abroad and some tips and tricks, but in
reality, she only explained the services of the company she is working for. I could not really keep
my focus to the presentation.
Next to that, I think it is quite interesting that there exists a platform such as Eures. I had never
really heard of it but I like the services that they offer. I think that via this platform, the
European job market becomes more available to people.

8. Cross Generational Marketing by Joeri
Van den Bergh
Date: March 1, 2016
Time: 3PM
Place: Kantienberg, L03.01
I choose this seminar because the title interested me. Marketing is not really one of my
favorite subjects but I wanted to know what was meant by cross generational.
Mister Van den Bergh made the seminar very interacting and that helped to keep my
focus on the presentation. He explained a statement and then we had to guess
between the right answers. Sometimes the answers really surprised me and I liked it
that I learned something from the statements. He showed us how you have to
approach the several generations with marketing and I found it remarkable how many
differences there can be between two generations. At the end of the seminar, I
understood what was meant by cross generational and I also understood the
importance and impact of marketing. If you use the wrong marketing strategy, you can
loose a lot of customers or target the wrong groups.

9. References
Angelique Foré. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Google Images:
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Dirk Buyens. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Linkedin:
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Eline Blanchaert. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eline-blanchaert-
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Homepage. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Belmodo: https://belmodo.be/
Homepage. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Eures: https://ec.europa.eu/eures/public/en/homepage
How to live abroad? (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX0cg5KbOjM
Jobs abroad . (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/25/jobs-abroad-advice-leadership-careers-employment.html
Joeri Van den Bergh. (2016, April 26). Retrieved from Linkedin:
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