3 days

3 days – IASHINGTON 2009

Delegates testimonials

“I have been to a lot of AIESEC Conferences, but this one has been outstanding! It was my first international conference and apart from getting to know lots of amazing people and experiencing Romanian culture it gave me so many insights into the topics of leadership and interculturality. The speakers were the best I have seen on any workshop or lecture so far!
Multumesc for this great 2 weeks”
Lind Gerstmeyer
Germany

“For me coming to Iashington 2008 has been like the beginning of a journey. I guess it started with all of the delegates I met in the first day (more than 100), the multicultural environment, the speakers that inspired us with their lifetime achievements and continued with the firewalking experience. But it didn’t ended! There is so much more to be done with all the new things we have learned. And why not..see you at Iashington 2009!”
Elena Rionesei

“Enthusiasm, vision and avoiding routine can lead to perspectives for success.”
Manuel Dan Petrea

“As a foreign participant, it was a real experience for me! I had some challengesand very bright ans good memories. If I should be honest, this conference really changed something in my mind and consciousness. Great and unforgettable experience, real wonderful people and a spicy touch of other culture”
Alona Stepanova

“It was a great experience of meeting new interesting people. It brought many new ideas to my mind and it also a very good networking experience. I think this kind of conferences should occur more often and more people should attend it in order to open their minds.”

Eugen

“Although it’s very hard to put into words the experience I have to say that I’d probably “kill” for a chance to participate in Iashington 2009. This years’ event has been a lifechanger and I encourage everyone to apply.”
Great job OC!
Andrei Baghiuc

“There are so many people that I met here with whom we shared unique experiences, for example walking on fire”
Iuliana

“ Iashington 2008 has been for me a great event and a good opportunity to learn more and meet the experience of a couple of extraordinary people. Thank you dear organizers for making this possible and keep up with the good work at the next edition!”
Loredana Ciobanu

“The international conference Iashington really gave me a lot for my personality. The trainers had been very good in presenting their messages and the Organization Committee did an amazing job. I really recommend this event to everyone!”
Lisa

“I believe we all gained considerable experience from Iashington conference and shared something together. “
Yusuf

“Iashington 2008 gave me the possibility to come to Romania, a country I did not know much about. I learnt that many stereotypes do not fit and I liked to spend this time in an atmosphere of a global world with many friends of an amazing network in an amazing city. Thanks!”
Sebastian (Germany)

Testimonials

Jim Bagnola – speaker în top 30 mondial pe leadership
“I enjoyed once again the intelligence, initiative and creativity of AIESECers at IASHINGTON. I spoke to a “headhunter”, executive placement business owner in Bucharest after the conference and I mentioned to him what I had done in Iasi. He responded by saying that AIESECers are a preferred commodity when it comes to employees, managers and executives … “

Marius Ghenea – Preşedinte PCfun.ro şi business-angel
“Bucuria mea de a participa la un asemenea eveniment are multiple cauze, deşi probabil cea mai importantă este certitudinea că la un asemenea eveniment pot dialoga cu tineri remarcabili, care au iniţiative, interacţionează cu vorbitorii, le pun întrebări şi le lansează în plus chiar provocări.
Au fost în sală şi numeroşi participanţi din străinătate, (…) personal m-am aşteptat să vină numai tineri din Iaşi şi din zona respectivă, însă participarea a fost mult mai diversă.“

Andreea Pulpea – British Council Romania
“To me, Iashington was a great experience: lots of sparkling eyes, an almost tangible hunger for knowledge and interaction and huge potential. Well done to the organisers, all the best to all involved and I look forward to meeting you again!”

Andy Szekely – trainer român şi autor
“Conferinţa Iashington este un succes şi va continua să fie pentru că este construită pe valori cheie: contribuţie, implicare, echipă, flexibilitate, impact.
Pentru toate acestea, cred că Iashington va fi un reper important în istoria AIESEC şi în dezvoltarea liderilor. AIESEC asta face: Dezvoltă lideri.”

The Marvelous City

IASHINGTON Conference presentation

Videos from multicultural fair

Iashington 2008 | The Firewalking Experience

Here is a part of Bruno’s Session @ Iashington 2008. As you all remember the session was called Ignite your Life – The Firewalking Experience. Enjoy:

Iashington Diary – The Days Before (1/3)

It’s like we were waiting for an earthquaqe ) You know it’s coming but you’re not exactly aware of what is to happen. This was almost the same with our dear Iashington. The days before were full of emotions, stress but in the same time with a large doze of excitement. After all, we had to see the results of more than 6 months of work and planning.

The Days Before = working all day long.

The juice boxes are here: get them down from the truck. Put them in the elevator [best case scenario]. Get them to B614 Room [also called Resources Room - doesn't sound to you like nuclear stuff?:))]. The juice was nothing. One day, we received a huge fridge, about 100 200 kilos, where we were supposed to store the things. 5 guys were sacrificed to carry the fridge the Beast on the stairs.

We can’t find wood for Bruno Medicina’s firewalking session. With less than 1 day before the firewalking we hadn’t any wood. And we started looking and looking. We also went to Carrefour, to the Gardening Section to ask for some wood. A shop assistant comes to us: – For a nice barbecue, right? – Actually, for a firewalking session ! Should have seen the guy’s face =)) Finally we handled the situation pretty well and we managed to organize a fine Barbecue, sorry, Firewalking session! Besides some blisters no one was hurt.

Saturday, with a day before the delegates’ arrival, a quarter of AIESEC’ members we’re in the C1 dorms. We gathered for a drink to whipe the dust from the rooms, checking the hot water and room lights..

To be continued..

Romanian Version HERE

Is it really over?

Hey there!

Long time no see/talk/blogging. And being sincere, i really missed all of that.

Officially, from now on I should start my vacation Iashington has ended Tuesday, when we returned from Brasov; there aren’t many things to do from now, just to give back some banner-up’s and make the final evaluation reports. But this is fun comapting the stuff that we’ve done so far.

Overall? Great! As far as I know from the feedback’s that we received and from the impressions I’ve seen, Iashington was a success. Hard work, little sleep but the happy delegates and the nice sessions make you forget all of that. I promised I will write a Diary of the Conference and I will keep my promise. Most probably the one in Romanian will be posted on my blog and the English will be also available on this blog.

I also promiss to come with pictures, jokes, funny things and stuff.

Have a great weekend!

Dani