30 Sept 2009

CEMS Alumni Association Survey 2009

Wanna win a stay in a hotel in the Alps? And give your feedback to the CEMS Alumni Association (CAA)? If yes go on and read the following letter from CAA headquarters.


Dear CEMS Alumni
Your CEMS Alumni Association continuously strives to fulfill three goals for you
  • Provide a professional network and opportunities for its members
  • Promote the CEMS MIM reputation (e.g., through events and P.R.)
  • Create and maintain friendly lasting contacts among CEMS alumni
Every two years, we would like to challenge our way of delivering this aspiration. Hence, please find enclosed the link to our CEMS Alumni Association Survey 2009, which we ask you to fill out until October 30. It takes approximately 10 minutes and is the best way of giving your input to shape our association to become more attractive and grow stronger. Here is the survey.
Besides some demographic data, we have organized it in 4 Sections:

  1. Assessment of Strategic Positioning of CAA: Express your points of view on what you consider the most important priorities for the CAA
  2. New communication tools: We have already launched an initiative to improve the usage of existing professional and social networking tools. Here, we would like to learn more about your usage priorities.
  3. CEMS Magazine: Let us know what content is most relevant to you and how would you like us to deliver it.
  4. Local Events: Share your priorities on local events and why you participate in then
In case, you are willing to share your name and e-mail address, you can participate in winning on of the prizes in the three categories (your answers will certainly not be disclosed):
  1. One weekend for two in a High-Class Wellness Hotel in the Tyrolean Alps, 5 minutes from the glacier Hintertux – Thanks to the hotel who sponsored this to the CAA!
  2. One of three free participations in the Annual Events in Cologne
  3. One of three free membership fees for the CEMS Alumni Association in 2010

We are looking forward to your input and hope to see many of you at the Annual Events in Cologne. Don’t miss them, we have prepared a top professional and social program for you!

CEMSationally yours
Andrée, Agata, Line, Robert and Stefan

29 Sept 2009

October CEMS Alumni Monthly Digest

Mili CEMS Alumni, dear CEMS Alumni,

English version follows.

Rozhodli jsme se, ze vas nebudeme zahlcovat velkym mnozstvim emailu o poradanych akcich. Problem je navic umocnen tremi komunikacnimi kanaly (email, Facebook, Linked-In), ktere pouzivame a u nekoho se navic mohou setkat ve stejne emailove schrance. Proto budeme vsechny novinky, akce a upozorneni psat na blog a jednou mesicne rozesleme CEMS Alumni Monthly Digest spojujici vsechny tyto informace s odkazy na ne. Na blogu (http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/) naleznete take reportaze z jiz probehlych akci a odkzy na fotky z nich.

Tento mesic bychom vas radi upozornili na nadchazejici aktivity, ktere poradame jak sami, tak spolecne s CEMS klubem.

Abychom zkoordinovali vsechny planovane akce, vytvorili jsme spolecne s CEMS studenty kalendar, ktery naleznete na nasledujici strance: http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/calendar-of-cems-alumni-events-in.html

Akce na rijen:
- 3.rijna – 22:00 – Sasazu (http://www.sasazu.cz/) - Party se zahranicnimi ucastiky European meeting of CEMS Alumni Association
- 5.rijna 18:30 – Seminar „Do I realy want to work in … Marketing?” + networking drink se studenty (http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-is-it-like-to-work-in.html)
- 12.rijna - CEMS Alumni Grill Party v Dejvicich Registrace na jan.kubik@reuters.com (kvuli zasobam). Jidlo z rozpoctu CEMS Alumni, piti si doneste.http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/mili-cemsaci-dear-cemsies-english.html
- 20.rijna - 19:30 - Prvni letosni CEMS Alumni SaunaPlan je poradat saunu pravidelne kazde 3 tydny – viz calendar.
- 8. a 21. rijna - CEMS drinky poradane studenty, ktere jsou otevrene pro CEMS Alumni
- 29. rijna - Gala Casino Night poradana studenty, CEMS Alumni jsou partnery

Stejne jako letos je na vikend 19.-21. unora predbezne zarezervovana chata na Spicaku v Jizerskych horach. Vsichni, kteri mate radi snih a lyze, si toto darum zapiste do kalendaru! Ubytovani zajisteno viz http://www.domecekmajka.com/.
Pokud mate nekdo napad na podzimni CEMS vikendovou akci, kterou bysme mohli uskutecnit 6.-8. listopadu, budeme radi, kdyz nam ji pomuzete zorganizovat.

Radi bychom vas na zaver upozornili na clanek o akci v Lanovem centru s fotkami.
http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/nine-meters-above-ground-with-adrenalin.html

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We have decided not to spam your mail boxes too often and will sum up all the forthcoming events in a CEMS Alumni Monthly Digest with links to articles on the blog.
On the blog you can as well find articles about past events together with links for pictures (http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/).

This month we would like to highlight October events organized either by CEMS Alumni Association Prague or by local CEMS Klub.

To better organize the time a common calendar has been created in cooperation with CEMS Klub, which can be found here: http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/calendar-of-cems-alumni-events-in.html


October events:
- 3rd October – 22:00 – Sasazu (http://www.sasazu.cz/) - Party with European meeting of CEMS Alumni Association participants
- 5th October 18:30 –„Do I realy want to work in … Marketing?” Seminar + networking drink with students (http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-is-it-like-to-work-in.html)
- 12th October - CEMS Alumni Grill Party v Dejvicich Please register at jan.kubik@reuters.com (to prepare enough food). Food covered by CEMS Alumni Association, please bring your own beverages. http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/mili-cemsaci-dear-cemsies-english.html
- 20th October - 19:30 - CEMS Alumni SaunaPlaned to take place every 3 month - see the calendar.
- 8th and 21st October - CEMS drinks organized by students, open for CEMS Alumni
- 29th October - Gala Casino Night organized by students, CEMS Alumni are partners

Just like this year a winter skiing weekend has been booked on 19th to 21st February, so put this into your calendars! The location will be similar http://www.domecekmajka.com/.
In case you have an idea where to go for the weekend of 6th to 8th November or would like to help us organize it, please let us know.

Please have a look at the article covering the Rope-Course including pictures:
http://cemsalumniprague.blogspot.com/2009/09/nine-meters-above-ground-with-adrenalin.html

Best Regards/S pozdravem
Honza Kubík

27 Sept 2009

CEMS Alumni Grill Party

Mili CEMSaci, dear CEMSies,

The english version follows.

Rad bych vas pozval na CEMS Alumni Grill Party, kterou usporadam u me na zahrade 12.rijna od 18:00. Jidlo bude placeno z rozpoctu CEMS Alumni, piti si doneste svoje.

Zahrada je velmi blizko metra Dejvicka. Nejsnazsi doprava je 2 zastavky autobusem c. 107 nebo 147, zastavka Ve struhach. Viz obrazek, kde A je misto Grill Party, B je zastavka autobusu a C je metro Dejvicka.

Velice se tesim na hojnou ucast!

I’d like to invite you to a CEMS Alumni Grill Party, which will be organized at my garden on 12th October at 18:00. The food will be organized by CEMS Alumni so all you need to bring is your own beverages.
The location is close to the Dejvicka metro station. Best transport is buses nr. 107 and 147 to Ve Struhach station. Please follow the map bellow.

A – Grill Party Location
B – Bus stop
C – Dejvicka station

Best Regards
Honza Kubik

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12 Sept 2009

Calendar of CEMS Alumni events in Prague

There are two updates in October, see below.
Here is a calendar of planned CEMS Alumni (an not only, students are welcome too) events. If you have any interesting idea for a socializing event let us know! The list below will be updated as we set the details.

October

Joining us for a drink?


November

Or for sauna perhaps :-)?

December
  • 2nd CEMS Alumni Sauna
  • 7th Do I realy want to work in … + drink
  • 17th Christmas CEMS Drink
January
  • 12th CEMS Alumni Sauna
February
  • 1st Do I realy want to work in … + drink
  • 4th CEMS Alumni Sauna
  • 19th - 21st CEMS Weekend in the Mountains - Spicak - Albrechtice v Jizerskych Horach

11 Sept 2009

What is it like to work in….?

Aiming to help CEMS students to choose their future professions, CEMS Alumni Association Prague in cooperation with CEMS Club Prague have launched a project of “Do I really want to work in…” seminars on various topics.
On October 5th the first session will be held focusing on Marketing. A series of monthly seminars should follow, taking place first Monday of each month. Further topics would cover Investment Banking and Advisory, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Investor Relations, Logistics… Together with Czech CFA Society a seminar focused on the benefits of CFA certification in various professions is planned as well.
The content of the seminar should be delivered in 3 presentations of about 20 minutes held by specialists in the field covered, followed by a Q&A session. Eventually a networking event will be held in one of the nearby restaurants to foster the relationships.
The preferred group of speakers should be CEMS Alumni in order to strengthen the networking throughout the CEMS community.
To provide heterogeneous views the speakers should come from various segments of the profession, e.g. the plan for “Do I really want to work in … Marketing” seminar is to provide B2B, B2C and Viral Marketing specialists.
We are looking forward to a curious audience and enlightening debates which we believe will become attributes of this project very soon.

Nine meters above the ground with adrenalin in our blood

On Thursday August 20th CEMS Alumni Association Prague organized a socializing and team-building event at a Rope-Course Center Proud (http://www.lanovecentrum.cz/). Altogether 18 CEMSies participated, majority of whom were CEMS students.
Rope-Course Center Proud is an adrenalin park with rope obstacles nine meters above the ground, where you are belayed as if climbing on an artificial climbing wall. The participants could decide if they go for individual challenges (you have to get over the obstacle your-self) or team challenges (where cooperation is necessary).
All CEMSies showed their passion for challenges and great teamwork and so there was almost no obstacle stayed unconquered. After the event all participants reunited in local restaurant “Klid” (“Rest”) with an eye-opening motto “Get some Rest after work”.
Here you can find a lot of nice pictures taken by Petr Dvorak, one of the CEMS students.
http://cemsevents.rajce.idnes.cz/Lanove_Centrum_-_Petr_Dvorak/