And Now JCI Italy Conference!

After a short stop in Portugal, after coming from Iceland, it was time to fly to JCI Italy conference that was held in the beautiful Varese area, near Milan.

Varese, a region with big aeronautic tradition, gave the theme to the conference, even the two trainings that I delivered, Networking and e-Marketing, follow the theme.

The reactions to the seminars were great, with many requests to do it again in other regions of Italy and Switzerland.

A special thanks to Emanuele and Chiara for all the good care they had with me.

Being at the Most Northern JCI National Conference

It was great pleasure to discover a wonderful country that is Iceland, a country that only is cold in its name, because the water is hot and the people are warm.

Also it was a great experience to be the invited trainer for the National Conference JCI Iceland a true Viking event, full of opportunity to meet all of my Icelandic friend, that was held between the 26^th and 28^th of September.

I delivered my Networking training with great results, thanks to the help of two good friends, Aldis from Latvia and Arni from Iceland, which gave me the privilege of having them as my assistant trainers.

Also a special thanks to Helgi (the best tour guide in Iceland), Anna Maria and Brigit for creating a great Icelandic experience for me.

Being Head Trainer at the Russian Leadership Academy

Great Experience!!!

Is how I can define the feeling of being at the Russian Leadership Academy, as head trainer. This Academy was held between the 13 and 18 of July at the resort on peninsula Urman, on Pavlovskoye lake 100 km from city called Ufa, in the middle of Russia. By the way a beautiful place almost untouched by man.

I had many different experiences, like livening the forest in a Yurta (traditional house of the Republic of Bashkortostan), swimming in lake, walking on fire, giving training to a Russian audience, experience the regional cuisine and many others.

For the almost 50 participants, the academy was a big success, thanks to the organization team, trainers and of course to Galina Mushtrieva founder an soul of this academy.

On my way back I had the opportunity to meet in Moscow members of JCI Capital (Moscow) that made us a short and interesting tour of downtown Moscow.

A Wonderful Gala Night

A Gala Night with so many friends, after great trainings, receiving two awards and the ITF plaque is a dream that came true.

In the photo beside you can see my wonderful training project directors from left to right: Aurelija Muzaite-Zavanelli (JCI Lithuania), Ela Burcu Ucel (JCI Turkey) and Eda Suurorg (JCI Estonia).

To make things even better during the Gala, the Portuguese team won the match against Turkey in the Euro 2008, which made me loose the rest of voice I had from the awards.

Receiving ITF Plaque

Just before Gala Night I was deeply honoured by receiving my ITF Plaque from Edson Kodama (Secretary General of JCI) and Nicole Van Hooy (Coordinator of JCI University Europe).

For me being ITF is recognition of a work well done, but also a responsibility to help others to achieve the same level in JCI University.

The Unforgettable Awards Night

Being in the same night awarded as Most Outstanding Trainer in Europe and the project I developed with JCI Lithuania and NATO being awarded the Best International Development Program was at least unforgettable.

These awards are to share with all the participants in my trainings and namely with my training project directors Aurelija Muzaite-Zavanelli (JCI Lithuania), Eda Suurorg (JCI Estonia) and Ela Burcu Ucel (JCI Turkey), with whom I had the opportunity to take a photo during Gala Night.

Trainers Reception

Trainers reception is always a great moment for trainers to celebrate a work well done in a conference.

Danish Night a great time to celebrate

After doing my all my trainings, the Danish night was a great moment to celebrate great training experiences.

Also it was a pleasure to taste drinks and food from Denmark, Estonia, Iceland and Norway.

The Art of Networking – Having fun and training

On the afternoon of June 6 with the help of my good friend Kai Roer we delivered a 3 hours training “The Art of Networking – Go Beyond Expectations”.

I had so much fun, great participants, more than 50; many of those attended also my JCI Presenter course, so it was training among friend that wanted to learn and have fun in the process.

The German-Hungarian Night

After a day of training, nothing better than to go party, but not too late because next day is training day again.

It was a great time to see great friends in a fun environment.

Being Head Trainer at JCI Presenter

In Turku I had a fantastic experience by being Head Trainer of JCI Presenter, that was only possible with two great Assistant Trainers, Ismail Haznedar (JCI Turkey) and Kai Roer (JCI Norway) aka Mr. Freeze.

But a training course is only great with great participants and we got the best twelve, thank you all.