Out of Office... working!
In Switzerland we would do LC visits inbetween the work. The furthest was Lugano (4hrs away).
In Brazil I have 3 LCs to coach and they are much further away. So yesterday I board a coach bound for Vitoria (16hrs on the coach!).
I manage to actually sleep OK and the time passes quicker than expected and so I am in Vitoria, again the beaches, hot weather, friendly people (great LC office) etc. I really like LC visits!
Conference -
I am a bit of a meglomanic really and I like controlling the agendas of Brazils conferences (well chairing the MC Conf. Task Force anyway). But the last few weeks have been manic, we have 4 regional conferences (each happening one week after another). The organisation (OC) is done in the regions, the content done by the National Team (MC) (I was told by some former AI who were visiting Sao Paulo people that it is very similar to managing Expros!). So we had to select 4 different Chairs, coordinate and prepare 21 different facis (from 28 applications!), organise 4 suited Regional Days (similar to GN day), prepare all the sessions (involving the facis from different regions etc.). Check on 4 different OCs etc. Across 4 different conferences!
Will it work... well see in 1 week when the first one starts!
The benefit of this - I get to go to 2 of the 4 (yes half!) of the conferences. So now I am in Vitoria (16hrs bus) - Belo Horizonte (8hrs bus) - Goiania (14hrs) then back home (15hrs)... see you on a bus seat soon!
In Brazil I have 3 LCs to coach and they are much further away. So yesterday I board a coach bound for Vitoria (16hrs on the coach!).
I manage to actually sleep OK and the time passes quicker than expected and so I am in Vitoria, again the beaches, hot weather, friendly people (great LC office) etc. I really like LC visits!
Conference -
I am a bit of a meglomanic really and I like controlling the agendas of Brazils conferences (well chairing the MC Conf. Task Force anyway). But the last few weeks have been manic, we have 4 regional conferences (each happening one week after another). The organisation (OC) is done in the regions, the content done by the National Team (MC) (I was told by some former AI who were visiting Sao Paulo people that it is very similar to managing Expros!). So we had to select 4 different Chairs, coordinate and prepare 21 different facis (from 28 applications!), organise 4 suited Regional Days (similar to GN day), prepare all the sessions (involving the facis from different regions etc.). Check on 4 different OCs etc. Across 4 different conferences!
Will it work... well see in 1 week when the first one starts!
The benefit of this - I get to go to 2 of the 4 (yes half!) of the conferences. So now I am in Vitoria (16hrs bus) - Belo Horizonte (8hrs bus) - Goiania (14hrs) then back home (15hrs)... see you on a bus seat soon!
1 Comments:
Sounds amazing! Don't forget to enjoy yourself a bit too, okay? :-) Saw Verena at ACT, was a cool conference...Btw, are you learning any Brazilian Portuguese? Hehe...
Take care, and keep up the good work!
Greetings from Switz',
Carissa
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