International Projects
Instructors Team
Text: Marta Polec, LC Krakow
Photographs: Miloš Denic, LC Belgrade
The more you give and do, the more you can
get. Everyone who has ever been truly involved in a project knows that. It is also true
when it comes to EESTEC. Together with
involvement our experience grows, contacts
get expanded, invested time pays off. All of
that brings you to the point when you want to
do even more - share it with others and make
them part of it. And that’s what we do in Instructors team – we pass EESTEC forward.
The idea to create Instructors team was
brought up last year by Maciej Witowski (VCEA). He was thinking about the ways to reach
people joining EESTEC, how to help them to
become part of the organization. The answer
which came up, were online trainings. That’s
how the team was created – the team of experienced people who will through online trainings pass motivation and experience to Observers’ members.
Trainings we have been working on are Promotion and Recruitment, International Awareness, Fundraising, Project Management - key
steps to organize an event, Managing the organization and Knowledge Transfer. Hopefully the base will get expanded and topics will
cover more and more of EESTEC Commitments need.
Sharing is caring - EESTEC shows it in many
different ways when it comes to sharing our
knowledge and organizational experience. I
believe that Instructors team can find brand
new ways to do it.
Marta Polec - Instructors Team
Coordinator
After some time we realized that not only Observers need such kind of help. EESTEC as organization constantly changes, changes bring
new challenges to face. There is no doubt that
JLCs and LCs can also benefit from online
trainings. Hopefully in the future the team will
be working for the whole organization.
Working in Instructors team is a great chance
to try something new. It’s challenging and rewarding in the same time. It opens you more
for problems EESTEC faces and all kind of
ways we as EESTECers can solve them together. All of us have the same common goal,
we believe that by helping committees we will
help the whole EESTEC to grow. We also see
this as a great opportunity to develop ourselves. Sessions are designed based on all
the practical things we have learnt in EESTEC.
Preparing and delivering them makes us look
at things from a different perspective and use
diverse approach.
When it comes to trainings, there are two important things for us. The first one is flexibility.
Trainings have to be as useful for committees
as possible. We’re ready for changes if a session requires adjustments. The second thing
is individual approach. Thanks to having people from one committee per session we are
able to focus on their situation, problems and
questions. Individual contact help assess their
needs and check their expectations.
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