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.

Gala night in Bursa

Because of an early flight I didn't enjoyed the gala night until the end, nevertheless I can say that I got the best good-bye ever with a real tunnel of people shouting my name and saying good-bye.

Also the President of JCI Turkey Alp Limoncuoglu and project director Ela Ucel were very kind to me. My thanks go to them for inviting me to this wonderful opportunity to meet in action the members of JCI Turkey.

Also I'm thankful to all the members of JCI Turkey that were great to me during my stay, hope to see you all soon.

Original Pick-Up Tour

After a seminar nothing like a Pick-Up tour across the Mudanya (Bursa) with great people from JCI Turkey.

Fun all the way!!!

Seminar in Bursa

With a new traveling companion added, Abidin, we continue to Bursa to a national training event of JCI Turkey where we got a great reception.

After a lunch in great companion, as seen in photo, it was time to deliver the "Self-Knowledge" seminar for 20 participants. It was a great sharing experience.

Seminar to JCI Eskisehir

After 4 hours driving with great companion, Turgul and Arif, we arrived to the heart of the Asian side of Turkey, where I was invited by JCI Eskisehir to deliver my 'Self Knowledge' seminar to an audience of about 80 members and non-members of JCI.

All were very nice to make me feel at home, namely the JCI Eskisehir president Ozgur Ozdemir.

Back to Turkey!!!

By invitation of JCI Turkey I returned to Turkey to deliver trainings in 3 Turkish cities.

First stop was in Istanbul where around 20 participants from JCI Istanbul -JCI Eurasia participated in 'The Art of Networking' seminar.

A great experience also thanks the great care of Ismail Haznedar of JCI Eurasia and Kudi my host.