effective aiesec info sessions

Welcome to our Information Meeting!

Info Events: the DOs and DONTs

Your main sales pitch.We should understand the students first...

What does she want?? Where does she want to go to?? What are her biggest nightmares?? What are her excuses not to go?? What are the questions she has?? How can AIESEC help her??

of a student

• Failing exams

• Dropping out of university

• Not getting a job

• Being unemployed

• Losing a job if they have one

• Dependant on their parents

support• Not having any fun

My excuses.....

• Volunteer abroad? this is bullshit

• Don’t have free time

• It's not the right time

• it doesn't pay a salary

• I have my exams/studies

• I have a dissertation to write

• Can't leave my girlfriend/boyfriend

• It's not prestigious

• Doesn't offer the right countries

• I don't want to go alone

• I have a job

• Parents will not agree with this

• Don't want to leave my friends

• It's too expensive. Why should I pay?

WHAT IS AIESEC? activity

•Global

•Present in 113 countries

•World’s largest student-run organisation

•Non-political

•Not-for-profit

•24,000 leadership experiences

•20,000 international exchange

•AIESEC does not discriminate

•Peace & fulfillment of humankind’s potential

•international platform for leadership

•Positive impact

FEATURES

AIESEC IS AWESOME!GO ON EXCHANGE!

What are the BENEFITS of AIESEC? activity

• Expand your outlook• Improve your English• Explore new countries and cultures• Make new friends• Expand your professional network• Get some international work experience• Develop yourself by having challenges• Improve your CV• Develop your career skills• Make an impact on the community• All in all, it can help you get a job and have a better career

(AND see the world AND make an impact AND...)

•What’s the price?

•Where can I go? Can I go to the US?

•What would I do?

•What is the selection process?

•What happens to my money if I don’t get matched?

• ...

DELIVERY

Why???...

Long Introductions

Weird desktops

Technical failures

ApologiesAdmitting you’re nervous

MESSAGE• If you want to experience a new culture before you start your

career, go on exchange with AIESEC.

• By going on exchange with AIESEC, you will develop your leadership skills, which will help you get a great career.

• The unemployment is huge in Lithuania but you can easily get some international work experience with AIESEC.

• Don’t listen to your mother, go on Exchange!

Global IELTS School in Shanghai, China8 weeksTeach English, share your cultureAccommodation and Food provided500 LT application fee

1) Define their worst nightmare (create a problem)

2) Talk about their GOALS (what are their dreams?)

3) Show how AIESEC can help them

3.1) Show the benefits of AIESEC

3.2) Deny their excuses

3.3) Answer their questions

CHECKLIST☐ Define the biggest problems/nightmares that students have☐ Write down the message as a one-sentence pitch (it should solve the problems of students!)☐ Deny/reject their main excuses in the presentation☐ Show a few real examples of different projects ☐ If you do have a guest-speaker, tell him what to say! (must relate to your message!)☐ Give social evidence of exchange (past EPs/photos/videos)☐ Sell not on the features but on the benefits of @/exchange☐ Avoid boring templates, use visuals☐ Answer the most common questions in the presentation☐ And don’t forget to smile :)

http://issuu.com/adomasbaltagalvis/docs/powerful_presentations

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