CEMS Alumni Soireé at VŠE

Hi all, we have 69 Alumni registered for the reunion at VŠE to celebrate 15 years of CEMS at our home university. Great news! Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Your Czech CAA team.

List of participants

CEMS Alumni Soiree to 15 years of VŠE in CEMS

Dear Alumni,

as you might have already seen in the official email from VŠE, we have a great opportunity to meet together on the occasion of celebration of 15 years within CEMS alliance and 5 years since the official opening of CEMS MIM master program.

We would like to draw your attention to this event once again and invite you to take part in it. We see it as a great opportunity to bring all CEMS Alumni together, meet and share experience, open door to new contacts and friendships and revive our CEMS spirit.

Moreover, you will have a unique chance to meet all CEMS Alumni Club board members who will personnally present a very challenging and exciting event plan for the upcoming year. We simply believe that it´s worth being CEMS Alumni and adhering to the Club and we want you to share the same opinion.

The event take place on Thursday, 20th June 2013 from 6 p.m. in the premises of Rajská budova(Paradise building) at VŠE. You can view the official invitation page here.

Please don´t forget to register until 10th June so there is enough food for everyone.

The registration list has already more than 50 Alumni registered, if you want to see the actual one, please let us know.

We really do hope in your attendance and we will be looking forward to meet with you on June 20th at CEMS Soiree and throughout the whole year.

Sincerely, 

your CEMS Alumni Club Board Team 2013/2014

Saying goodbye

Dear all
I have already announced the results of the elections.

 

I would like to share with you the last e-mail I sent to all alumni in the president position:

 

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all board members and people who cooperated with us:

• board members: Olga Nydlova, Valerie Schaferova, Katerina Chodounska, Pavlina Simurdova and Richard Bejlek
• people who supported us by organising various events, bringing some creative ideas and also taking part in the board activities: Vasek Duda, Honza Kubik, Judita Bihellerova, Lucie Zadrazilova, and Klara Miksickova (I hope I haven't missed anyone)
• and also all people who participated at the events - both speakers and audience

 

I would like to give special thanks to

• Richard Bejlek who was a treasurer since the foundation of CEMS Alumni in Prague and was the one who kept the knowledge from previous terms and passed it to the new boards including ours
• also, my big thanks go to Olga Nydlova who, as my vice-presidnet, did a great job both in supporting me in "operational" management as well as organising some of the greatest and most successful events like Networking Dinner or Coaching Seminar.

Last but not least, my thanks go also to David Kolesa and the whole CEMS Club team as well as the representatives of the university Jiri Hnilica, Gabina Bohmova and Martina Fischerova for great cooperation and support.

 

THANK YOU ALL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - YOUR COOPERATION MADE THIS YEAR FOR ME EVEN BETTER!

 

I feel honoured to be allowed to do this job. I believe we have moved to a new level especially by organising some quality events which required intensive preparation: Networking Dinner, Networking Seminar, Wine Tasting, Travellers Brunch, Student Profile Roundtable or Meet the Luxury.

 

There were also some other parts of our work which are less visible yet still pretty important: establishing a new shared drive accessible to the new boards with all relevant knowledge, promoting experience with our events among other local committees or obtaining the membership fees from the previous years.

 

If you have ever the chance to participate in the alumni activities do not hesitate - and use the opportunity as much as possible.

 

I will pass my duties to the new president officially on 1 May. After that I will remain in the CEMS alumni world, however I will be the one who rather enjoys the benefits :-). I am looking forward to meeting you at one of the events organised by the new board or at any other cems related opportunity.

 

Best regards

 

Vojtech Oplestil"

Meet the Luxury - pictures from one of the best events recently

Luxury as a topic...
5 speakers...
Some 40 participants, both students and alumni...

Election results

As you know the election of the new board of CEMS Alumni Prague took place during the Gala Night. It is my pleasure to announce the results.

All candidates were elected so the board will be quite broad - the more activities and results we can expect.

• Jan Plajner President
• Lucie Zadražilová Vice-President
• Olga Nýdlová Regular BM
• Judita Bihellerová Regular BM
• Tomáš Mucha Regular BM
• Karolína Štochlová Regular BM
• Petra Píšťková Regular BM
• Katarína Paulíčková Regular BM
• Jan Horáček Treasurer

Honza Plajner will take the chance and introduce his board as well as their plans soon.

Congratulations and good luck in your term!

Vojtech

And the candidates are...

Originally, I was a little bit afraid of not having enough candidates for the new board of CEMS Alumni Association Prague. Fortunately, the result is different.

8 alumni have taken the challenge and run for all positions:

• Jan Plajner (class of 2011) - for the President position
• Lucie Zadrazilova (2012) - Vicepresident
• Olga Nydlova (2010), Judita Bihellerova (2010), Tomas Mucha (2012), Karolina Stochlova (2012), Petra Pistkova (2010), update: Katarina Paulickova (2010) - Regular Board Members
• Jan Horacek (2011) - Treasurer

Two candidates - Lucie and Olga - are members of the current board so there will be a good knowledge transfer combined with the new "fresh blood".

How can you vote? There are two options

1. At the galla night organised by students and taking place 13 April or "on-line".
2. Or just send an email to Marie Biancon, our former president, list the candidates and indicate whether you are in favour, against or abstain. Please send your votes by Th 11 Apr 6 PM.

I am looking forward to your voting!

Regards

Vojtech

What will be the future CEMS graduates like

I believe one of the roles of alumni is to bring CEMS stakeholders together and let them discuss openly their concerns and ideas.

Therefore, a month ago together with VŠE we organised a roundtable aimed at the following questions.

All relevant stakeholders were present:

• corporate partners (ŠKODA AUTO, HILTI)
• VŠE representatives (programme management + teachers)
• Students
• and us, alumni

Together, 16 people + one child with various backrounds, professional as well life experience and lots of motivation to share their views.

Together we created the following SWOT

What I personally found interesting was the shift from promotion of the programme (which was one of the key issues of the first roundtable in November 2011) towards the academic aspects of the programme. It seems like the core - curriculum and learning outputs - is coming to the fore of attention.

Analysis is just the first part. We moved on and created a list of tasks for all stakeholders.

It will be a responsibility of all the stakeholders to accept their tasks and support CEMS. Alumni will definitely play an active role!

Vojtech

P.S. If you want to see the full presentation please just send me an e-mail.

CEMS Alumni Director

Dear all
based on the recent changes in the CEMS Alumni Association the CEMS headquartes is now looking for a new CEMS Alumni Director.
Plase share the job posting with anyone you think may be interested.

Position Overview
The CEMS Alumni Director (CAD) is a new role created whereby a professional manager will lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive alumni engagement initiative. Specifically, the CAD will focus on engaging our alumni community (7’700 alumni to date and growing by around 700+ per year), development and execution of a communication strategy for our alumni to ensure high engagement levels of alumni with CEMS. 
In conjunction with the CAA Board, the CAD is responsible to manage the alumni involvement with CEMS in areas such as mentoring, career development, communication, alumni social events, etc. One relevant focus will also enhancement of revenue sources for the CAA.

Responsibilities

• Build a scalable alumni engagement model that maximizes the value of being a member of the CEMS Alumni Association Develop and lead CEMS alumni communications initiatives (via Newsletter, website, magazine, social networks, etc.)
• Ensure that the number of paying members increases year on year in line with the growth of the membership base to achieve and maintain the financial self-sustainability of the CAA
• Support the local committees (LCs) of the CAA in event organization and communication
• Develop a strong, positive network of relationships with key stakeholders of CEMS
• Keep abreast of developments in Alumni Association best practice across the globe
• Ensure the proper maintenance of the CAA Accounts in compliance with the French law
• Sets up the basis for funds raising to ensure financial self sustainability and development of the CAA over time 

Competencies, Experience & Qualifications

• Previous experience of at least 5 years in having built or managed a successful project forengaging an alumni or member community, ideally within the business of higher educationenvironment; alternatively the candidate must have been an active member of the CEMS AlumniAssociation
• S/he will have successfully leveraged social networking tools (such as LinkedIn, Facebook,Xing, and Twitter) for community engagement
• Capable of working autonomously per identified and given targets, managing professionalactivities and relationship on a global level
• Proven ability as networker to build meaningful relationships with remote groups andindividuals as well as manage and energize volunteers
• Exceptional ability to communicate, collaborate with and influence at all levels of anorganization
• Self-starter personality with the creativity to launch and manage new initiatives that enhancethe value and connectedness of the alumni community
• Available to travel to CEMS key events and defined meetings; work on evenings andweekends might be required occasionally and on advanced noticed
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent written, spoken communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in English (any further language is an advantage, especially French)
• Graduate degree required (master degree is a plus)

Remuneration and Benefits
Competitive (Subject to negotiation) 

Location
Office location: HEC campus, Jouy en Josas (Paris, France). Remote working possible. 

Selection Process
First phone interview with selected CAA Board Members, followed by face-to-face interviews atHEC campus. 

To apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to yannick.migotto@cemsmail.org by March 15th, 2013. Please include “Reference: CEMS Alumni Director Application” as subject.

Profile of CEMS MIM students - a discussion roundtable organized by alumni

UPDATE: The event starts at 17:00.
We believe a part of the alumni role is to help developing the programme we are all graduates of. The best thing we can do is to gather various stakeholders of CEMS MIM and let them discuss openly all the issues the programme is facing and let them take responsibility for its future progress.


Come and join us on 27 Feb.

Becoming a member of CEMS Alumni Association Prague

Hi,

This time I am not posting an invitation to the event organized by CEMS Alumni Association Prague, CEMS Club or someone from alumni, nor offering you the opportunity to lecture at the University of Economics :-).

Beginning of the year is the best moment for registration and payment of membership fees of CEMS Alumni Association.

What are the benefits membership brings has been already written. To recap - it's e.g. discounts on events in the Czech Republic, access to various databases including EBSCO, for some of you the greatest benefit can be the possibility to participate on annual events.

We think, however, that the main reasons for membership in the association are different. It is mainly an expression of belonging to a growing number of students and graduates of all CEMS and what environment CEMS means. Opportunity to study at good schools meet during their studies and after with smart people who have different interests and motivation to do something extra. It also means supporting alumni activities not only on global, but especially on the Czech level.

What do you think? Does it make sense to you? If so, I encourage you to pay yearly (€ 60) or lifetime fee (600 EUR) or its variants for couples. You may pay via cems.org or by using our Czech account (more here).

Together with this and previous boards of CEMS Alumni Association Prague we devoted quite lots of energy to alumni activities, so we would be happy if the number of Czech alumni once again slightly increases and moves the Czech Republic to the front of the peloton.

Best regards

Vojta & Olga, Katka, Lucka, Klara, Richard