New Horizons 2007. A happy conference

Being a faci at leadership track was a very special experience. Two years ago my passion on New Horizons 2005 was to create a new track for people to discover thir leadership and prepare for leadership position. I remember a thrill of making that agenda happen. That was one of those few things I was proud of that year :)

In 2007 I am facilitating with two of delegates of THAT conference, who became LCPs. Two Katyas shared stories of other delegates who applied to EB, LCP positions..and I didn’t know half of impact that conference had on people! So here I am two years later facilitating on leadership track. Only this time it is much much better :)

It felt so good to deliver sessions, taking them much more seriously now, but still having fun, talking to people, share, dance, come back to sleep at 6 am, wake up at 8 :)..

It was amazing! It was so good to be back! To AIESEC conference, to AIESEC in Ukraine, to friends, to people I never really met, to the venue where two v important confernces for me happened - NH05 and NH06.

The venue was a complete dejavu! Every corner/hall/street/room had a memory. In Spring 05, Barakka movie reflections outside of plennary, TB games on th grass and life-reflections by Oksana Archypchuk on the benches outside, xerox and 1000s of papers of learning logs on the 5th floor hall :))) In Spring 06, when me and Sveta had coffee over transition talks, Kroychik's sales session outside of plennary, faci post meeting on the ground on the way from plennary to rooms :)))

This time I enjoyed being myself :) Enjoyed being happy, the very authentic way of being happy, being grateful, smiling to people and to myself.

I thought that as a faci I have gone through several stages: from being proud cool "I know it all" faci to being-myself faci :) From easily distracted by emotions to more construcitive faci. From other-people driven to purpose driven. I am happy of who I am now :) Excited to see what I will be :)

Tha faci team :) When MC released facis lists I realized I don’t know anyone, but my LC's current LCP. After the conference I have to say it was one of the most committed, passionate and FUN teams I have ever worked with :) And hopefully I got couple of new friends ;)

Thank you for the way we dealt with everything together, for the positive attitude that we faced all the difficulties with, for the jokes we made, the way we laughed till morning, for the support everyone was ready to give at any moment, for the Can-Do attitude :)

I don’t think this whole BPP thing would have happened if not YOU :)

Thanks to Zhenya for getting a great team together :) You wouldn’t make it without us :)))

Be PP! - the positive psychology session I was so crazy about, gave our conference a spirit, that gave at least to LDS a huge inspiration for positive attitude: though facis to delegates and back to facis. Amazing feeling when even delegates say that PP is one of the things they learnt to live at this conference and will take it for life. No wonder I still feel like smiling :))

Wouldnt b so cool, if not people. Starting with my bed-sharing friend Anya :), Chair - Adi, and the delegates.. so many amazing people were around me those 7 days :) ...The best delegations from Poland and Moldova that I have ever seen! LC Kiev delegation full of energy :)

Confernce events and agenda also brought some of my old friends to the venue, and that amazing feeling of hugging those special people, having great conversations, random talks..Adi, Max Nemesh, Arapetyan Antoha, Kesha, Nikolov, Solodov, Lora, Zhenechka :))

Me and AIESEC Ukraine. It was funny to hear how ppl see me even though I have been away for so long. It was great to meet new people who are making AIESEC alive in UA now - people I have no common history with before. Its like being an international faci, but being at home at th same time. Great feeling! Was funny to re-learn some of the traditions. Besides watching th conference I was thinking I am So proud of things MC and LCs are achieving now :))

And here I am two days after the expereince, still havent really slept, but still smiling, chatting to new facis friends :)) Thank you everyone for this amazing experience, Thank you for putting the smile on my face, for inspiration, for the energy :))

Love :)

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