AIESEC

yesterday,

today,

tomorrow .

1945

one of the

worst moments

in the history

of humanity

...

one of the "leaders” responsible for what

happened.

one of the scenes at the time

1948

Europe is debilitated

afterthe war

There is a general feeling of anger and hate

among the countries involved ...

and an intense desire to avoid

another war at all costs

an entire generation of leaders

are dead

A new generation of LEADERS would have to emerge from the universities with the

responsibility of rebuilding their

countries

... it was necessary to prepare

the youth of Europe for the challenge awaiting them.

a small group of university students discovers in exchange the solution that would help develop leaders

and alleviate the tensions amongst

countries ...

they created what would one day be the

largest student organization on the

planet ...

they created ...

1949

The original group of AIESEC members meet

at the first International Congress in Stockholm...

…and exchange 89

traineeships !

That same year ...

... China becomes communist

1950

The Soviet Union detonates their

first atomic bomb.

1953

AIESEC is already in 14

countries including the adversaries of the last

world war and one communist country

(Yugoslavia)

705 InternationalInternships!

1954

AIESEC is present in Turkey and

Israel

AIESEC is now considered

International rather than European

1957

AIESEC expands to all of Europe

1958

AIESEC expands to the AMERICAS !

1961

AIESEC is established in North Africa

1963

AIESEC is present in Asia

1964

“The aim of the association shall be carried out by the members arranging trainee exchanges, and providing

contacts and other facilities for student visitors, and undertaking exchange

visits of students”

1966

AIESEC is present on all of the

continents.

…there are no borders

1969

a man is capable of doing

what many thought impossible...

he sets foot on the moon

“…from space you cannot see any borders ...The spectacle is unimaginable ...

You see the beauty and unity of our planet.”

- Neil Armstrong

1971 and 1972

Poland and Hungary ... two of the countries

following in the political ideologies of

the Soviet Union enter AIESEC.

1977

Apple creates and markets the first microcomputer,

allowing the general

population easy access to the

power of large scale

information.

factory automation

begins having an impact on the

life of the average

factory worker;massive layoffs

take place

decade of the 80s

Latin American debt crisis;the entire

continent enters into a deep recession.

1989

the Berlin wall is no longer ...

many communist countries adopt a capitalist ideology

and open their markets

AIESEC becomes even more relevant in these countries because of its

capacity to help in the adjustment

process

decade of the 90s

emergence of a global economy

there no longer exists the economic safety of borders.

companies now face increased competition

1993

a network, until recently academic,

becomes commercial, allowing many more people to access and share information...

THE INTERNET PHENOMENON

1995

plans emerge for an information system that

would link all AIESEC chapters and activities via

INTERNET...

…and the unlimited possibilities that such a system would offer an organization such

as ours...

There are NO limits

AIESEC today

Present in over 1700

institutions of higher learning

over 5,500

exchanges annually

Partnerships with over

4,000 organizations

Over35,000

members

AIESEC today

today

AIESEC is as relevant as it

ever was

What are tomorrow’sleaders learning today?

“companies should not beconcerned with social responsibility”

Being an entrepreneur is too difficult

SORRY isn’t good enough

“Man is born free but feels chained from everywhere he turns to.”

- Rousseau

All barriers can be over come

the real

barrier is

presentin

ourminds

… limits are dictated by our thinking.

All changes begin with thinking that is different

At this moment

we aren’t even thinking.

…at this moment

we are “allowing” this to happen...

At this moment...

…we do not tolerate “difference”.

At this very moment...

…they have

no place to

go

“If I myself do not go, who will go for

me?

If I go only for myself, who am I?

If not now, when? ”

- Talmudic proverb

Global problems...

Global solutions…

qual a nossa direção ?

Entrepreneurship

Cultural understanding

amizade e entendimento

Corporate Social Responsibility

In the last half century, business has become the

most powerful institution on the planet. The dominant sector of society must take

responsibility for the whole ... This is a new role

which is not yet well

understood or accepted. Willis Harman

Co-founder World Business Academy

Higher education and learning

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Interdependence

partsThe perfect integration of the

parts determines the success of the whole

Interdepedence is

a fact

integração

We all have our own path

to follow...

sernão he was not born a leader

he learned

how to

be one

VISION

And it is not always clear which path to

choose...

visão unificada.

…but together,

we find it

and get to where we want to go.

The FUTURE

is ours.