How to Join AIESEC Kenya NST…

A couple of people have been inquiring how they can be part of AIESEC Kenya National Support Team(NST) in the coming year….the good news is that AIESEC Kenya NST is a position that has a tenure of 6 months, so the next team will be assuming office in January 2013….Here is the process of joining AIESEC Kenya NST:-

• By application. Once AIESEC Kenya decides what roles needs to be filled in AIESEC Kenya, they open applications where prospective candidates can apply and get reviewed. Most calls for applications are publicized on social networks such as the AIESEC Kenya facebook page.
• By appointment, this happens once in a while when there is an urgent role that needs to be filled and the AIESEC Kenya MC VP responsible has identified a suitable candidate. The suitable candidate is thereby introduced to the NST Chair and is made part of the team.

That having been said, I hope as many of you as possible will be looking forward to be part of this amazing team….important:-

• For some role/job descriptions you do not have to be physically in Kenya or Nairobi in order to be part of the NST.(so you can still do it virtually.

#TYF…NST Kenya Amplified has also heard…!!!

Even after all the major developments in technology, word of mouth still remains the best way to adopt in promotion and advertising efforts….

It came to our attention that #TYF is the way to…. so even AIESEC Kenya NST had to #TYF the AIESEC family…..

Please, please….:-

• TYF that the AIESEC Kenya NST guys are the stars behind the AIESEC Kenya MC 12-13 stars…
• TYF that the AIESEC Kenya NST is the best training ground for those who are going to apply for the MC.
• TYF that the AIESEC Kenya NST does as important job and is an awesome team.
• TYF that the AIESEC Kenya NST will be present at the Amplified conference at cool rivers…are you ready to meet us?

Finally, #TYF’s to #TTF that it’s good to also use TYEP’s….see you people at the Amplied conference….

Regards,

AIESEC Kenya NST 2012.

One on One with: Mimo Geche, NST PR & Media Manager

Q1: Which role were you in, before you joined AIESEC Kenya Nation Support Team? Which LC(s)? Being in the NST is my first official role in AIESEC and I love every minute of it. I am proud to say I am NST, PR and Media manager, representing AIESEC Daystar.

Q2: How long have you been in AIESEC? I Joined AIESEC in the month of May, this year (newie in the house, whoop! whoop!) but I have been hanging around with the AIESEC Daystar members since I joined campus.

Q3: What does your role entail? Whom do you work with, report to and major responsibilities? My job, in a nutshell is to get people talking about AIESEC, through the media, social networks even by word of mouth. I work with an amazing team (Mo-mo aka Morris, Eric and Bob) and we report to Arnold. We focus on the BRAND! If we host a major event, lets say Social Conversations; it’s my job to generate hype about it.

Q4: Your key milestones so far in your role? I’ll let you know as soon as I get there, right now I’m learning the ropes and thank goodness I have amazing teachers.

Q5: Random thing about you?  I talk to myself (sometimes)

Q6: What are your plans after you are through with the NST role?

I want to really get to know the working of the organization through and through. I want to get back to the basics, TM to TL to VP and who knows, maybe even LCVP one day J

Q7: Parting shot to AIESEC Kenya? Thanks to my experience, my team, my LC I feel quite at home in AIESEC and I am grateful for the opportunities given to me, I do not take them for granted, I will work my butt off to show my worth.

The guy behind AIESEC Kenya Graphics….!!!

Proud to be an AIESECer…….

Well I have met a lot of guys who talk more than they do but this guy talks much, much, much less than what he does. His output speaks on his behalf. And makes the old adage ”actions speak louder than words ” to come alive in the NST 2012 circle….(# By the way this is an assumption that I have allowed the mongoloids in my mind to make; I am yet to have a physical meeting with Bob).

But seriouslyon a serious not,  he is one of the latest members to join the NST but is among those who have done the most. I know those people who have visited http://www.aiesec.or.ke have noticed some evolution that has been taking place on the site lately. The site is getting more interactive and more recent not to mention all inclusive.Each LC has a section on the site…..

And that is why the AIESEC National Support Team (NST) is such a vital part of AIESEC Kenya. Because we make it happen! We ensure no rock is left unturned in our efforts to support the MC to realize the AIESEC Kenya objectives for this term and stay on course in achievement of vision of AIESEC 2015.

All I can say is bravo to NST Bob and keep up the good work…..

One on One with: Kinya Kiunga,NST Sales Force

Kinya Kiunga with a friend while still in Puerto Rico…

Q1: Which role were you in, before you joined AIESEC Kenya Nation Support Team? NST OGX  AIESEC PUERTO RICO

Q2: How long have you been in AIESEC?  Since September 2008, i.e. 4 years

Q3: What does your role entail? Dealing with externals securing partnerships and conducting research on potential employers for graduates.

Whom do you work with, report to and major responsibilities? I work with Achieng’ Aringo (MC VP BD). My major responsibility is the AIESEC GRADUATE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE AWARDS DINNER.

Q4: Your key milestones so far in your role? Researching on potential employers of choice, as well as coming up with an Organizing Committee (O.C.)

Q5: Random thing about you?  I love traveling and have been to 20 countries+ in the last 6 yrs since I started traveling when I was 16years old.

Q6: What are your plans after you are through with the NST role? I would like to start a personal project within my community to impact it positively as well as go on exchange again.8 weeks GCDP and afterwards a 6 month GIP.

Q7: Parting shot to AIESEC Kenya? We are the difference that we seek in our country therefore we must leave an impression, mark, and positive legacy.

Kinya Kiunga, all set to tour the beach….

Introducing, her highness…..Lady Tabiness!

In the photo, her highness…. lady Tabiness poses for a photo during Natcof 2012…..

Just what is in a name? maybe she is called Tabiness because of her ‘finesse’…. well i don’t know why… but you only need to interact with her once and you will understand why i used the word ‘finesse’ to explain where the name could have come from.

Now to serious matters, she is the NST TT incharge of Project Management. Notice she is NST TT…why? you may ask…well it means she is a National Technical Trainer(NTT)…

She was an LC VP OGX in AIESEC Moi before joining the AIESEC Kenya NST TT 2012 Team. But she is also currently the LC Director at AIESEC Moi still… In our uNSTopables circle she is also know as one of the few who has multiple TMP/TLP experiences.

And so AIESEC Kenya is lucky to have someone with ‘finesse’ to handle the area of project management…

 

One on One with: Sami, NST oGCDP Impact East Africa.

As shown above, Sami was picked as the OGXer of the month in August, 2012 by the MC VP OGX…

Q1: Which role were you in, before you joined AIESEC Kenya Nation Support Team? Which LC(s)?

I was the LC VP Communications and also Alumni manager at AIESEC Egerton.

Q2: How long have you been in AIESEC?

I joined AIESEC in November 2010. So i have been an active member for about two years.

Q3: What does your role entail? Whom do you work with, report to and major responsibilities?

My roles as the NST oGCDP EA entails working hand in hand with the MC VP  OGX to ensure her plans for this term are realized.In short anything concerning Global Community Development Programme (GCDP) in East Africa that is in her Job Description can be delegated my way.

On a typical day, i can expect to receive email(s) from her with tasks she wants me to execute/assist her. I am based in Rift Valley and therefore our physical meetings are few so emails and skype meetings are our main means of communication.

We have been carrying out a massive bus campaign which is aimed at taking as many members of AIESEC Kenya to other countries especially those in East Africa.

Bus campaign poster.

Some of the routine tasks i have been doing include updating the EP list forms, keeping track of the performance of LC’s in terms of Raising, Matching and Realizing which we do by periodically filling a google spreadsheet and sharing this with all the LC VP OGX’s and hence they can see how their efforts are fairing. (The list is not exhaustive however)

Now to even more interesting tasks, I am also involved in Facilitating local conferences/Seminars and joining the MC VP when she makes coaching visits to the LC she is coaching.

Q4: Your key milestones so far in your role?

Compiling an oGCDP Booklet containing GCDP opportunities in East Africa countries has to be one of the milestones so far. Check it out here(http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewfile.do?contentid=10229238#)

I have also been behind the implementation efforts of the ”I am uNSToppable” campaign. The impact of this effort will be seen much later.

Q5: Random thing about you? 

I was born on March 1st. Imagine if i was born 24hrs earlier, i would have to be  celebrating my birthday after a couple of years when it was a leap year.

Q6: What are your plans after the NST role ends?

I intend to go for an internship/exchange….that way i will have gone through all the experiences that AIESEC offers apart from lifelong connection i.e. My plan is to go through Engagement with AIESEC, GIP, TMP, TLP, & GCDP …..

Q7: Parting shot to AIESEC Kenya?

”Believe, together we achieve” – AIESEC International, 12-13.

Our Mission statement!

AIESEC Kenya NST 2012 Mission/Vision Statement….

During our second monthly meeting, we came up with the above mission/vision statement. And yes we came up with it in less than 30 minutes…..(no typo, i said 30 minutes)

The Process

In case you are wondering how we were able to come up with the above mission statement in such a short time, this is how we did it.

1. Ask everyone(members of the team) to write down three statements/sentences that describe how you want your term to be. e.g ‘to be impactful’ . The statements should be guided by the role each team member will be playing. e.g Ogx, ICX etc.

2. Then ask each individual to underline key words in the sentences. (for example in my sentence above, i would underline ‘impactful’

3. Then ask each individual to real aloud the key words each has underlined. Note the keywords in one notebook. Then ask the team members to pick 5 or six words from all the key words that each individual said.

4. Then finally ask each team member to form a statement using atleast three of the keywords voted in ‘step 3’…

5. Then ask the team members to choose democratically which among the statements formed by team members is the best/describes the team in question….(you see, it was very easy…)

And ladies and gentlemen, that is how you can come up with a mission/vision statement as a team without having to go for an expensive one week retreat at the beach…..

LEAVING A LEGACY IN AIESEC KENYA!

The NST Chair Kelvin Kuria (dressed in the yellow t-shirt) leading from the front, or is it ‘being the show stopper’

One chilly Friday morning I was walking down the streets of Nairobi. My normal curious self notices a group of people hurdled in front of a public notice board scribbling notes and copying contacts frantically on their phones. Out of curiosity, I walked towards the board rest I missed out on some “once in a lifetime become a millionaire opportunity”. Imagine my surprise upon realizing that they were job adverts on a colorful public board. While walking away, I couldn’t help thinking how effective the board would have been if it was online.

Two years ago, I was just a random guy walking in the busy streets of campus. This was not till I met this great organization called AIESEC and my whole life literally changed. Just like the board, the benefits of being in AIESEC are both Public and somewhat disturbing.

Somewhere down the AIESEC journey, I stumble upon a role so profoundly labeled as NST (acronym for National Support Team) and off go applying with my curiosity at the fore front again. An empowering review and an acceptance email later, I am part of the team that supports the National Board of AIESEC Kenya in operations. (I wish this was a conversation so that someone can ask me how it’s been so far but I will answer the question all the same.). Working in the NST has been an enormous challenge that brings with it a satisfaction and learning experience so great you can hardly imagine.

Imagine a seventeen person team gathered deep from the most experienced of AIESEC points, all with a deep passion for personal development but possessing a specific and developed talent skill set. Now stop imagining and try remembering the notice board story. That is the NST team for you, very visible yet with a very simple job role to it. Aid the National leadership board in implementation of strategy and overall development of the AIESEC organization.

An enthustiastic Kelvin Kuria during the NIS 2011 photo session.

As the chair of this amazing team, my role is not supervisory but supportive, not management based but direction oriented. Mine is to make sure that these prolific individuals do their jobs effectively and have fun while at it. In more diplomatic terms, my role in the team is that of a driver, the car is owned by the rest of us (but please note that I have a share in the ownership as well)

In conclusion, the NST team is one that has been thought out with the precision of a surgeon and the design of an automobile. Without the engine, the car is pretty much just an idea. Without YOU, the NST is just a cool acronym without any real impact and meaning. This, my dear friends is my little way of saying thank you for being with us this far and my great way of asking you to keep on keeping on because as some of us will tell you” the rest is still unwritten”

Yours CHAIRly,

Kimani Kelvin Kuria

NST 2012 TEAM CHAIR.

NST Small Medium Entreprises

The uNSToppable Team!

Question:  What is the NST?

Answer: No concrete definition has been put forward yet, but if one may give it a shot; ‘NST is a team of individuals most of who have had EB experience and coordinate/implement the plans that the MC comes up with’. It’s a team that is in between the MC and the LC’s. The picture below explains it further.

Question: Who do we work with?

Answer: Just like the MC, the NST works hand in hand with the Local Chapter Vice President’s(LC VP’s) and LC Team Leader (TL’s) aka Management Boards (MB’s). With each MC VP having one or more NST member working under him/her, the NST’s also serve to coach the LC that the MC VP is coaching.

Still have any more questions about AIESEC Kenya NST? don’t hesitate to drop us an email via aieseckenyanst@gmail.com and we will be more than glad to answer you.