Amazing Kick-Off 2010!

KickOff 2010 Swiss National Conference, Fiesch

From April 29^th to May 2^nd, 250 delegates from all over Switzerland and the world gathered in the Swiss mountains in Fiesch for 4 days of intense learning, connecting, sharing, and having fun.

And how was it? So amazing!

Here are some highlights that made it such a legendary conference!

· Many inspiring speakers, who gave us good advice, new skills and lots of motivation for our future.

· Getting to know a lot of amazing people from all over Switzerland! And of course most of all, bonding with our amazing LC Zurich!

· The Global village, where we had the world in one room! The many delicious specialities and the crazy games everyone brought to Fiesch were quite an experience.

· We must mention the chair's singing... :)

· When suddenly the whole cafeteria throws themselves onto the floor... Fortunately I was warned and told about it before, but I think many of the newies were quite confused. The better part is, that we were all joining them the second time it happened!

· The parties of course, in the AIESEC motto of “work hard, party harder”. But I must say the “ladies” at our first party “gender bender” looked the most splendid!

· And the last night, at the formal dinner, the moment was to come...
Congratulations Julien Weber for the Most Progressive New Member Award!!! Congratulations Adrian Richle for the Leadership Award!!!
Congratulations LC ZURICH for the ROLEMODEL AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Three awards, well done! It's Zurich Baby!

And of course, we can't forget our amazing OC who worked so hard to make this conference so successful.

Here are some impressions from our delegates!

The one thing that impressed me the most in those amazing days of KICK-OFF 2010 was the astonishing spirit of cheerfulness and friendship among the participants. From the first moment of the conference to its very end, you could virtually feel the eagerness to interact and improve all around you. People were keen on discovering something new and to form an active part of this event in general. This “drive” not only made the excellent mood persistent even throughout the most exhausting hours, but it also assured the gained experiences to remain in our heads as vivid memories of a great time.

Michael Hunkeler

I was fascinated, astonished by the fact, that everything was done by everybody! If it was said to men: “You all have to change your clothes with girls” and the other way round – nobody rejected and everybody was similarly crazy at that party, and other as well.

It was quiet a shock when during the first party night some kind of strange music began to play. Everybody began to dance ONE DANCE! As if everybody apart from me knew how to do it! I was called in one of the row (which was really sweet of them) and I began to study, how to dance to the craziest, funniest and coolest song ever – Tunak Tunak Tun! =)))

It was really cool & funny! Now, when we meet in Zurich we have our common jokes, things, that only we do understand and laugh at. We are like-minded persons, we are cool, young and funny, we are friends, we are AIESECers. And thank you for all that! Thank you for being my new friends, and thank you for new emotions and experiences!

Margarita Pechkina

Thanks to all the participants who made it such an unforgettable experience!

But Kick Off 2010 is over. So what now? Don't just forget about all we have learned and got inspired by during the 4 days, now it's time to use that. I'm hoping to see you all taking advantage of the opportunities that are coming up!

May Yoshikawa