Before you came to our conference, you already caught my attention since:
1) I worked at RIM before and loved it
2) I’m in computer engineering
3) You are a UVic alumni
4) We were going to AIESEC conference!

During your speech I found:
1) You started with telling us you didn’t know such great organization existed, and you said “you guys are doing real work in the real world” – that’s exactly what I thought as an outsider, right before I got involved with this org.
2) You mentioned engineering, RIM, quantum computing, design of MAC, EA, American’s sales strategies and all those areas that I’m excited about.
3) “Dinner’s the worst time to give a speech” – I found the same during our last conference, and I told my team member to watch out all these details when we are planning for an event
4) “When you are at school… try to see all the other things going on around you” – I always try to do this and I saw a lot more after taking my leadership role in AIESEC
5) “You decide what’s the most important to you” – I always try to do this for myself; “People will try to talk to you out of it” – happened in the past all the time, and still going on, especially among my families; “…but stick with your vision” – the biggest challenge, but I felt more support after your speech. 🙂
6) “What you read today is the person you’re going to become in six months” – I remember one of my favorite lines in the movie “You’ve got mail”: “You Are What You Read”.
7) “Volume of sales activities is not a good thing” – I’m against simply increasing volume and I was reading how it is not a numbers game anymore a few days before coastal.
8) “It’s not about you, it’s about other people’s self-interests” – I can’t say how much I agree with that. I always think that when working with others, whether to make a sale or to achieve certain goals together, we got to have something to offer that align with others’ interests.

I feel that I can never finish here. It is “where the passion takes you”…

After all, I just want to share my passions and feedbacks to your speech. AIESEC Victoria is holding a couple of events at UVic this year, the major one being the Global Village, a multi-cultural festival/exhibition. I hope we will have you again during one of our events or all of our events.

I will appreciate if you will email me at the address given.

Last, I want to say that we are indeed a great group and I’m proud to be in AIESEC. And I believe that with our efforts and talents, AIESEC will definitely become greater than great this year!

Eve (Pulin) Lin
VP External Relations
AIESEC Victoria

I plan on taking a look at the books you recommended.

Thanks,
Andrea