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February 28, 2013

What is the Unreasonable Time?

It’s October 11th 2010, a day when an idea has been sent to me from Zero Generation… Next to a vimeo link to a nebulous Unreasonable Institute project, came the question: “What can we do with all the talents we collate?”
The mail was sent at 6:15 AM by the way.

More than my words, I think they are the best to explain who they are, what they do and why they do it.

Unreasonable Institute

Later on, October 11th 2010, 10:40 AM, I posted this: Thx to @salmaansana I disovered today the Unreasonable Institute (http://ht.ly/2RvVh ) on Episode 1! Awesome concept!

After many discussions, exchanges, a lot of time, and in our quest to develop and enhance the LSS learning experience, an idea about an activity has been submitted for the edition 2012: The Unreasonable Time.

“The Unreasonable Time is an opportunity for LSS participants to actively make use of the network of LSS, which sometimes happened in the past, on a more sustainable way.

LSS attracting over 60 ppl from different profiles from 25 different Organisations from a dozen field of higher education in Europe and the world.

We would unite them, trained in a similar location for 10 days, given time to develop solutions that could impact many.

Instead of mentoring, we could facilitate the process by providing a frame and feedback to their ideas.

Trainers would help participants not only in realisation, also in building and strengthening their ideas along with all LSS actors.”

All that said, the idea has been presented before the event, inviting participants to bring (im)possible ideas for collective implementation and, throughout the event, 1 hour was daily allocated for group work development.

“I’ve failed over, over and over again in my life that is why I succeeded.” Michael Jordan

As you can imagine, it didn’t work out as we planned:
– No responsible was initially attached to the activity as this was meant to be a free and uncoordinated time
– Low level of participation at first
– Frustration raising from the ones interested though not supported
– The follow up on the idea is very weak

Though, by failing fast, we managed to get the idea back on track.

filipe pereira lss2012 trainerFilipe Pereira, our Entrepreneur minded Trainer, took over to facilitate the process. He took part of the daily check-in of the Unreasonable Time.

Participants also took their part in by providing themes for the different Unreasonable Time: Open Space Technology, LSSx2, NGO Cooperation.

 

Together, trainers and participants organised and took part in a full day Project Creation Workshop (illustrated below) during which over 100 ideas were generated, about 20 of them were refined and made it through to a Business Model draft. By the day of today, a dozen have raised interest. As mentioned before, follow up should be improved.

project-creation-workshop-lss2012

We are still following the Unreasonable Institute project, learning from its failures as well as its numerous results and impacts. We will combine them with our own and improve the actionability of LSS actors ideas fulfilling one of the fundamental objective of the Leadership Summer School Project: to set an environment and a frame in which the organisation’s members will network and uncover possible new or better ways of cooperation.

If given the opportunity, would you join us?

Article by Hervé / Blog / creativity, leadership, lss, networking

January 12, 2013

Apply to organize LSS 2013

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# DL to apply: 21/1/2013

Would you like to take part in an innovative Leadership training event?

Are you keen to develop your personal & professional skills whilst empowering youth leaders from over 20 European and international organisations?

Are you enthusiastic, flexible, friendly and a good motivator?

… then Leadership Summer School is the event for YOU!

In July each year, we gather 60 to 100 students, young graduates and 15 trainers from all development path and field of studies, from all over the globe, in one venue, with one aim… to develop and inspire the leaders of tomorrow, today. For the past years LSS has lead the way in multi-disciplinary student leadership events!

LSS is made possible by the collaboration of around 20 different student organisations, with central coordination and support from Zero Generation.  Every year we look for ways to develop and improve this exciting event and this year should prove to be another awesome experience.

You can find more information and a photo gallery on the LSS webpage.

For the next edition, we are looking for a motivated and proficient Organising Committee in an exciting country; a team that will be able to make this event as successful as the previous ones and enhance participants experience. A quick Youtube search could show you how much people are enjoying this event.

Interested? Apply to host LSS 2013… and don’t just keep it for yourself! Partner up with other NGOs! Collaboration is one of the core elements of LSS, we are looking for different NGOs cooperating to make LSS 2013 shared success on a local level.

Leadership Summerschool by Zero Generation

Here’s what we are expecting from you, the Organising Committee, to be able to provide:

  • food and accommodation for about 100 people (70 participants / 15 trainers / organisers) for minimum 9 nights (+ 4 extra nights for trainers)
  • all the necessary training materials (post-its, markers, paper, flipcharts,…)
  • 4 training rooms, 1 working room for Trainers and 1 for OC event’s logistics
  • creative social/evening program
  • Period 8-31 July 2013
  • support LSS Supervisory Board in writing grants and raising funds from local cooperation with companies
  • open-mindedness and a sense for adventure in implementing ideas

Please check the link and download a copy of the “Organising Committee 2013 application form”; document including some important information about the application form to fill in and send it back to us (contact@leadershipsummerschool.org) and the criteria that will be used to select LSS 2013 OC.

Deadline to apply is 21st January 2013!

For ANY questions you would have about this great event, just write an E-Mail to contact@leadershipsummerschool.org.

What would you add to LSS history?

Yours,

Leadership Summer School 2013 Supervisory Board

Bianca Vicu
Julia Timofeeva
Milica Stankovic
Nicoleta Straton
Sara Wahnon
Herve Tunga
http://www.leadershipsummerschool.eu/
http://www.zerogeneration.org/

Article by Hervé / Blog / leadership, lss, lss 2013, organize, summer school

January 12, 2013

New LSS online space

Welcome to our new space on the web.

We’ve been working on this new design for a while and now we’re making it public. We hope this will make it easier for you to find information you need to apply as organizers, trainers or participants.

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We are also opening our blog to our LSS community, so if you’d like to post something interesting on the topic of leadership or share your personal experience, feel free to contact us here.

We’ll keep you posted on our blog about future updates.

Take care,

LSS team

Article by Lyda / Blog / leadership, lss, summer school, web-site

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