Training at the JCI World Congress in Hammamet, Tunisia

Every year JCI members worldwide meet in one place, this time was between November 16 and 22 in Hammamet, Tunisia.

As always was a great experience where I had the opportunity to deliver training, JCI Trainer, 15 minutes of Fame for Trainers, Self-knowledge and JCI Head Trainer.

Fun and personal development were together in Tunisia.

On the last day I had the opportunity to present my JCI experience to JCI Tunisia members in Tunis.

Book signing of “Networking – Guia de Sobrevivência Profissional” by Filipe Carrera

On November 12, at 6.30pm, will take place on the famous book store FNAC Colombo in Lisbon the book signing of “Networking – Guia de Sobrevivência Profissional” (Networking – Professional Survival Guide), edited by Edições Sílabo 2009, by Filipe Carrera.

As special guest at this book signing will be present Dr. Eduardo Catroga (author of the preface) and Paula Machado (RDP journalist).

In the world one lives in being competent is not enough: one needs market recognition. A professional of excellence cannot be confined to his space, so networking has become indispensable as an intelligent method of managing contact networks.

This book is intended for all professionals who want to push their careers and businesses forward. For this purpose, simple and efficient networking techniques are presented, with the goal of preventing crises and performing a well-succeeded personal and business plan.

Throughout this book, you will be able to find multitude of examples of situations experienced by the author and by professionals from 18 countries, in different backgrounds, situations, countries, and cultures, thus illustrating the various tools and techniques presented.

A particular emphasis is given to the use of new technologies in networking, chiefly the tools made available by Web 2.0; within this environment, you may find a Facebook page (Networking – Your guide for professional survival) which works as an interactive space between the readers and the author and provides access to new resources in multiple formats.

The Great Romanian Tour

From October 25 till November 4 I had the opportunity to deliver seminars and trainings in Bucharest and in Iasi.

On the October 26 I had a press conference followed by the Art of Networking seminar which was attend by around 70 people.

Two days after I was delivering JCI Presenter in Iasi, where on the 29 I deliver a second Networking seminar to 100 entrepreneurs sponsored by Post Privatisation Foundation of Romania.

Also I had the opportunity to deliver two seminars about Self-knowledge at the JCI Romania National Conference.

Finally on November 2 and 3 I was Head Trainer of JCI Trainer, in Iasi.

It was a great experience thanks to a great organization and great participants. I will for sure repeat great Romanian Tour.

My First Time in Malta

I was between October 14 and 18 in Malta delivering JCI Trainer and my own seminar about “Managing Virtual Teams” and I found great participants very motivated.

Also organization was great, a big thanks to Rachael Blackburn Sciberras for organizing all so well, to my two assistant trainers (Stephen Camilleri e Michael Pedersen), to JCI Malta president Maria Zahra and all the other participants from Malta and Cyprus that created a great learning environment.

See you all in Tunisia :-)

The Oktoberfest Experience!

I had the privilege to be one of the trainers at the first Wiesn School, a training event that was organized by JCI Munich, at the wonderful training centre of IHK placed at 35 Km from Munich.

This training event took place from 2 to 4 of October and of course included going to the Oktoberfest and having lots of fun. The training team had also as trainers Iris Barnert (JCI Germany), Martin Hlavacek (JCI Austria) and Per Stiling (JCI Norway).

Iris Barnert was also in charge of the organization with a devoted team, thanks to them the participants and I had a fantastic experience.

So next year you must go to the Wiesn School and feel the great Bavarian hospitality.

Doing training in Denmark

On the 18 of September I had the opportunity to give a seminar about e-Marketing in Aarhus to a very interested audience.

The next day I was very fortuned to be Head Trainer in a great JCI Trainer in Aarhus, thanks to a very committed group of participants that worked long hours to do their best work. Thanks to excellent Assistant Trainers Mikkel Salling and Aldis Alliks (from Latvia) and finally we got a great organizer Per Freitag.

Also it was an opportunity to check the beautiful city Aarhus that will have the 2010 JCI European Conference. I didn’t have much opportunity to see all but I can tell that has a good night life :-)

I end my trip to Denmark in a fabulous way thanks to Mikkel, for the first time in my life I flew a motor glider and it was fantastic, especially landing with no engine running!

Again in Denmark

I have been in Denmark to deliver training before, but this time I will do it for JCI, with the support of my friends Mikkel and Aldis we will do JCI Trainer in Aarhus on the 19 and 20 of September.

Today, the 18th, I will give a course about Digital Marketing to JCI members in Aarhus, looking forward for this Danish experience.