CEMS Student Board Newsletter [Warsaw Edition]

Student Board Newsletter Warsaw 2015

CEMS Student Board

NEWSLETTER WARSAW EDITION

CEMS Student Board Meeting April 2015

Student Board Newsletter Warsaw 2015

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Executive Team Marketing & Communications CEMS Club Support MIM Affairs Corporate Partners Alumni Relations Global Sustainability Student Board Representatives

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Executive Team (ET) The Executive Team provides a ground for communication and coordination both within the Student Board and stakeholders like the CEMS Clubs and the Head Office.

We would like to thank Warsaw School of Economics for hosting us and the CEMS Club Conference and by involving us in the V4 events. The Student Board was also privileged to be sponsored by McKinsey and P&G with a networking dinner and an informative workshop. Lastly, the attendance of Head Office representatives Wieteke Dupain, Monique Tison, Marcel Fuchs and Christina Theophilidou has helped us increase the effectiveness and outputs of the meeting and we are very thankful for their presence.

From the ET We, as the Student Board had this semester’s meeting in Warsaw, kindly sponsored by Warsaw School of Economics.

With KEIO University joining us for the first time, 29 representatives attended the meeting in order to raise the issues they have been facing in their schools, or that received as feedback from their cohort.

During this meeting, the Student Board has been focusing on projects like kicking off the first regional event in the Asia-Pacific, namely the Asia-Pacific Forum, increasing the awareness of the Student Board, integrating entrepreneurship into the CEMS curriculum and enhancing the existence of sustainability within CEMS students’ experience.

Thanks & acknowledgments Having presented our strategy in Brussels, the Executive Team has been working on one of the crucial parts of it, the Asia-Pacific Forum. Via coordination of the team, a workgroup has been formed and the agenda of the forum has been discussed. As another focus point of the strategy, a workshop with valuable insights about increasing the Student Board awareness among CEMS Students has been facilitated. At last, in order to increase the output of the Student Board projects, workshops differing by the seniority level of the Student Board Representatives have been carried out.

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Marketing and Communications (M&C) The M&C team facilitates communication within CEMS, thereby raising awareness and helping to activate and connect the community, which results in an improved overall CEMS experience.

M&C Update We worked hard to push our projects forward, to create new ones and to keep you, dear readers, updated on facebook about what is going on during the meeting. We are very happy to have now more than 1’000 likes for the Student Board facebook page, proving that we are on the right track to provide meaningful content. In this meeting we were also really happy to welcome Christina from Ivey.

Keep in mind: • Use the hashtag #CEMS if you want us to take note of your initiatives – we might repost them on the global pages.

• Like the “CEMS Student Board” facebook page to keep updated on main activities initiated by the Student Board and the local CEMS clubs.

After intense hours of team sessions, the action plan is clear! If you have an interesting story to share or you know someone for the Catching Up with CEMSies series, contact us: Marketing.studentboard@cemsmail.org

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Student Board Anniversary: We started working on advertisement material to promote the 15th anniversary of the student board, due in fall 2015

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New CEMS Instagram account: Look for “CEMS_Alliance” and you’ll soon see how we start creating content through competitions & ambassadors

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Continuous improvements: Rebalance social media activities to better include nonEuropean school, new internal & external newsletter formats

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CEMS Club Support (CCS) As the hard work put in was rewarded by the success of the mini CEMS Club Conference (CCC) in Warsaw, the CCS Team was energized to work harder on upcoming tasks, and also have fun along the way!

CCS Update The CCS Team had a very productive Warsaw meeting wherein we finalized the execution plan for our ongoing projects and new initiatives. The highlight of the week was the mini CCC where many CEMS Club (CC) Presidents joined us to discuss several key topics and ongoing projects of the Student Board. As an outcome, the CCS

team has come up with new initiatives which will help the CEMS Clubs across the world to collaborate closely and share knowledge seamlessly. The team also finetuned existing projects with the feedback from CC Presidents and the timeline of targets to be achieved until the next meeting.

Communication between CEMS Clubs: A new dedicated and exclusive Facebook group for active Presidents to share ideas and collaborate on projects easily with continuous assistance from the SB

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Asia Focus: In line with the overall SB strategy, the plans for the upcoming Asia-Pacific forum were finalized to bring the CEMS Clubs and cohorts of the region together

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Ongoing Projects: A new Facebook page to promote the CEMS Global Ambassador Program; Revised evaluation criteria for CC Awards and Best Practices; CC Awards Ratings’ Analysis Report to track progress of Clubs

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If you have any thoughts or ideas on how we can help and support your CEMS community locally, do not hesitate to reach out to any of us, or the whole team as ccs.studentboard@cemsmail.org

The CCS Team welcomed Sander, ZsĂłfia and Jakub this meeting, 3 great new members!

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MIM Team (MIM) Working constantly to make sure that CEMS becomes as strong as we know it can be.

MIM Update The MiM team welcomed two new amazing members to the team: Olga from SGH and Milka from Aalto. With their support we focused on completing a student lead research analysis regarding potential new CEMS schools across the Asia Pacific region. In cooperation with the Alumni team we continued to develop the Local Governance Structure project where we are looking to foster communication among all stakeholders in every CEMS school. Finally we continue in our quest to support the schools Peer Review with a complementary student lead Peer Review that has already began at HKUST. 1

Delivered the research into potential new CEMS Schools in the Asia Pacific region 2 Analyzed the feedback from the original rollout of the LGS project in Helsinki and Vienna. Followed by a commitment to simplify the documents presented to stakeholders 3 Presented to the HO the SB perspective on why and how CEMS should include a larger tailored entrepreneurship focused element

It was a great addition to have Christina from the CEMS Head Office joining into our discussions. Based on those interactions there was a mutual commitment to look into how CEMS can incorporate a fresh perspective regarding how entrepreneurship should be integrated into the CEMS curricula at a school level and across the alliance.

To contact us: mim.studentboard@cemsmail.org

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Corporate Partners (CP) The Corporate Partner or short CP-Team serves as the interface between the students, CEMS Corporate Partners and the CEMS Head Office to facilitate and continuously improve the quantity and quality of CEMS students’ exposure to the corporate world.

CP Update To improve the communication and interaction between CEMS CPs and the students it is crucial to have the necessary IT-infrastructure in place. Hence the launch of a new jobmarket was and will continue to be the focus of our attention.

We were extremely happy and grateful for your feedback in order to make the CEMSjobmarket, your jobmarket.

Together with the CEMS head office and leading IT providers, the CP team is confident to launch an entirely new, stateof-the-art jobmarket with a dramatically improved interface and functionality in the near future. Besides this main project substantial improvements can be expected regarding CEMS' usage of IT-channels.

1 Creating a new CEMS-jobmarket to establish a suitable IT-infrastructure and enhance the CEMS experience for students and alumni alike.

2 Create and streamline the CEMS corporate communication strategy across all platforms according to your feedback and recommendations.

3 Analyze and incorporate feedback from CPs on CEMS IT-channels to improve the quality and quantity of interaction with all CEMS students.

Janik and Christian were the new additions of this meeting.

The great engagement of SB Reps & the students not only underlines the significance of this project but more so allowed us to enjoy the beautiful Warsaw for a bit. Thanks Reps!

Any feedback for the CP Team?

Write them at cp.studentboard@cemsmail.org

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Alumni Relations (AR) Alumni Relations aims to improve the visibility of the CAA and engagement between alumni and CEMS stakeholders to enhance student development through close cooperation between the CEMS Student Board, CEMS Clubs and the CEMS Alumni Association (CAA).

AR Update In the Warsaw meeting we have used the presence of all team members to redefine our team strategy, prioritize ongoing and kick-off new projects, and draw an action plan until the Annual Events in Saint Petersburg in November. With the finalization of one of our most impactful projects, the Local Governance

The AR team happily welcomed Eimhin McEvoy and Mascha Sorensen this meeting.

Guide, the projects we will be focusing on in the next months include the new ‘Mind the GAMP’ promotion, the finalization of the Business Project Brochure, the continuous work on the Global Alumni Week, which is planned for next spring, and the completion of the AsiAlumni Contact Book.

In case of any questions or inquiries don’t hesitate to contact us via

ar.studentboard@cemsmail.org Best from the AR Team

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Redefined Strategy: In our redefined strategy our goal is to put more focus on improving the relationship between students and alumni.

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‘Mind the GAMP’: In accordance with our new strategy, one of our newest projects is the promotion of the Global Advisory Mentoring Platform, which aims at improving student alumni interaction.

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AsiaAlumni Contact Book: For the upcoming Asia-Pacific Forum in Singapore, our team is preparing a comprehensive alumni contact list within the Asia-Pacific region to foster alumni participation in this event.

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Global Sustainability (GST) The GST aims to enhance the CEMS program’s capacity to shape sustainably responsible citizens and leaders. We aim to offer students the opportunity to engage in sustainability issues in practical ways, grounded in an interactive and knowledge sharing environment with fellow students, social and corporate partners.

GST Update During the Warsaw meeting we worked on creating a strategy for New Generation Consulting as we are planning to externalize the organization towards CEMS students. We are also working on the CEMS Forest project which will be realized before the graduation at St. Petersburg. The CEMStainability booklet and Global Sustainability Week were also on the agenda in Warsaw.

We have welcomed and worked with 3 amazing new SB Reps from Keio, ESADE and Louvain and are looking forward to making a sustainable impact for this year

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NGC: We are in the process of creating a new board so look out for new and exciting board vacancies coming up!

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Global Sustainability Week: Like the FB page and start brainstorming on activities for this global awareness week.

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CEMS Forest: As CEMS students we are emitting CO2 through our travels – soon CEMSies will have the chance to plant a tree to offset this emission and help create a better world.

Keep in mind: • Like the NGC Facebook page and be on the lookout for interesting consulting projects!

• Keep in mind the Global Sustainability Week which is coming up very soon. www.ngccems.org https://www.facebook.com/ngccems To contact us: sustainability.studentboard@cemsmail.org

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AALTO Milka Hänninen milka.hanninen @cemsmail.org

CBS Tutku Altinbas zubeyde.tutku.altinbas @cemsmail.org

CUB Zsófia Simon zsofia.simon @cemsmail.org

EAESP – FGV Mascha Sorensen mascha.Sorensen @cemsmail.org

ESADE Juliette ten Brink juliette.ten.brink @cemsmail.org

GSOM Valeria Kovalenko valeria.kovalenko @cemsmail.org

HEC Arthur Brun arthur.brun @cemsmail.org

HSG Dominik Gerber dominik.gerber @cemsmail.org

HKUST Wing Yung chiu.wing.yung @cemsmail.org

IIMC Saurav Nandi saurav.nandi @cemsmail.org

IVEY Christina Lomazzo christina.lomazzo @cemsmail.org

KOC Merve Önbas merve.onbas @cemsmail.org

KEIO Takuya Takizume takuya.takizume @cemsmail.org

LSE Jaime Perez-Maura jaime.perez-maura @cemsmail.org

Student Board Newsletter Warsaw 2015 LSM Marius Declerck marius.declerck @cemsmail.org

NHH Aron Berhe aron.berhe @cemsmail.org

NOVA Filipa Correia de AraĂşjo filipa.correia.de.araujo @cemsmail.org

NUS Diana Ho diana.ho.shu.li @cemsmail.org

RSM Sinan Al-mansour sinan.al-Mansour @cemsmail.org

SGH Olga Gebka olga.gebka @cemsmail.org

SSE Sander Verberne sander.verberne @cemsmail.org

Tshingua Di Bian di.Bian @cemsmail.org

UB Andrea Marino andrea.marino @cemsmail.org

UAI Maria Teresa Montiglio maria.teresa.montiglio @cemsmail.org

UCD Eimhin McEvoy eimhin.mcevoy @cemsmail.org

UoC Christian Klingkowski christian.klingkowski @cemsmail.org

USYD Janik Hohne janik.hohne @cemsmail.org VSE Jakub Mazal jakub.mazal @cemsmail.org

VSE Karel Kotoun karel.kotoun @cemsmail.org WU TamĂĄs Petrovics tamas.petrovics @cemsmail.org

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Photo Credits: Takuya Takizume