GETTING STARTED

AIESEC AGroups

Agenda Today

I. Introduction to AGroups 2:00 (30 min)II. Personal Introductions 2:30 (30 min)III. Life Map 3:00 (45 min)

I. (Coffee Break 3:45)

IV. Personal Updates 4:00 (45 min)V. Sample Presentations 4:45 (45 min)VI. Housekeeping & Wrap-up 5:30 (30 min)

Before we start, basic courtesies

Switch off all mobile phones (incl SMS beeps).

Stay in the meeting.No disturbance from waiters.No smoking.No alcohol, until end of meeting.

I. Introduction to AGroups

What are they?Who can join? Who

shouldn’t?What do we talk about?How often do we meet?How much does it cost?How safe?How much commitment

do I need to make?What will I get from it?

Commitment to Confidentiality

Basic Confidentiality: what has been discussed here cannot be mentioned outside of the AGroup. Not even with partners or spouses.

“Attila The Hun” confidentiality – absolute confidentiality, cannot be discussed even among ourselves outside this room.

II. Personal Introductions

Go-around 1: Name, nicknames, how to remember me School, AIESEC involvement Work Family Hobbies , projects, groups and interests Why I’m here. My expectations.

Optional Starters (if you have time)

1. What did you want to be when you were young?2. If you had to dabble in the arts, what would that be?3. What would I want to do for my next adventure?4. Name three people who have been your mentors.5. What was your relationship with your father and

how has it influenced your life today?6. What did you do on your first job and how has it

influenced you today?7. How much of a risk-taker are you? Give examples.8. About how many times have you ever cried in

public?

III. LifeMap

Spend 5 min drawing your own LifeMap. GoAround 2 and present it (5 min each).

Age >>

IV. Personal Updates

Go-around 3, Updates:1. On a scale of 1 (Total Disaster) to 10 (Super Fantastic)

tell us first your Ratings - how you feel - about Business, then about Family

2. Business/Career – why you rated it as # and tell us about your ups and downs in business, job, or project.

3. Family/Personal – why you rated it as # and more about relationships with spouse, children, partner, or siblings or parents.

4. Issues to Parking Lot -Look back above and focus on what issues came up and what may merit a discussion or presentation later. Have someone list the Parking Lot issues on a flipchart.

IV. Personal Explorations

Review the Parking Lot listPrioritize for presentations

V. Sample Presentations

PresenterCoachScribe

Art of Listening

Let presenter lay out problem and what he wants from group

Explore the feelings rather than the logic. Normally a presenter knows his options and his logic but needs to explore his feelings. Echo and amplify his feelings.

Always use “I” or “My understanding” or “My experience”. Never “You” or “your problem is …” or “what you should do…”

Allow the presenter to summarize his analysis and his feelings toward each alternative “solution”

V. Housekeeping & Wrap-up

Name of this AGroupFrequency of meetingsWho to invite as additional membersNext meeting date Appoint Moderator, Treasurer, next Meeting

OrganizerWeb Group medium (Facebook Groups,

Yahoogroups, Ning, etc)

V. Housekeeping & Wrap-up

Final Go-around: How I feel about this first AGroup meeting.