Leadership Weekend by JCI Poznań
Join us for the upcoming JCI Poznań Leadership Weekend 21-22 February 2020 which will help you develop your leadership and project management skills with experienced internarional trainers
JCI Poznań Leadership Weekend is the unique opportunity to network with likeminded people who care about business, positive and effective leadership and making a positive impact through their business or local engagement. The weekend includes LinkedIn Networking pro tips, Effective Leadership, Project Management seminar as well as the "Innovate and Act - Advocacy Training".
During the Leadership Weekend you will:
- identify the kind of effective leadership that you need to address the challenges you're facing,
- learn about the foundations of project management and
- develop persuasion skills that will help you lead your project team and involve external partners and supporters in your activities.
FRIDAY - Business Networking Evening
VENUE: Chmielnik, Żydowska 27, Poznań - at 18h30
(*Friday event is free of charge but registration is required at [email protected])
18.30 - Open Networking with special guest speaker - Mark Smith, the JCI Vice President assigned to Europe who will share pro tips on Networking via LinkedIn
SATURDAY - Leadership Trainings
VENUE: GRONOWA 22, Poznań (flow2code office)
(*you will need to purchase a ticket in order to participate in the Saturday trainings)
9.30 - Registration and coffee
9.45 - Introduction of trainers
10.00 - 12.00 - Effective Leadership by Mark Smith, Vice President of JCI assigned to Europe, professional trainer
This course will define the kind of effective leadership needed to address the local, national and global problems of the modern society. Participants will be provided a foundation on which they can build their capacity and character to motivate others to take action for common purpose.
12.00 - 13.00 - Break
13.00 - 16.00 (incl. coffee break) - Project Management by Mark Smith
This course goes over the basic components of project management related to planning, executing and evaluating projects. Participants will develop their skills to create a project statement, define clear objectives, identify and target meaningful partnerships, plan action steps and evaluate a project's success.
16.00-18.30 (incl. coffee break) Innovate and Act - Advocacy Workshop by Joanna Mamczur, National President of JCI Poland and Attorney-at-law
Leadership and Project Management are the skills you need when working in a team. In order to get a project done, you need to convince your team, business partners, social partners, local community, sponsors and sometimes public administration that your project will be beneficial and that it's worth to trust your vision and plan of action.
In this session, you will design the project which is in line with the principles of sustainability as defined by the United Nations (GlobalGoals.org) and prepare action plan on engaging the local community and partners.
The workshop will end with a pitching session of your idea where you will be advocating for the project that you designed in order to convince your audience to support your project.
SUNDAY - JCI Leadership Brunch
10.30 - 12.30 - Meeting of JCI Poznań Founders and Leaders (participation in this event is optional)

Trainers
MarkMark holds a bachelor's degree in psychology with counseling. He runs a training and consultancy company that works with businesses and NGOs. Smith also works for Healthwatch Sheffield and has worked with several NGOs in senior management positions as well as his local Chamber of Commerce. He resides in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Mark joined JCI United Kingdom in 2012 and served as Local President in 2015. At the international level, Mark is a qualified JCI Trainer and was recognized as the Most Outstanding JCI Member in 2014. Experienced as international trainer and attendee of numerous trainings, incl. Europe, Japan and the USA. He runs Make Your Mark UK, a training and consultancy helping businesses and charities to grow and develop.
Joanna
Joanna Mamczur - National President of JCI Poland, Business Lawyer & entrepreneur with extensive international experience of over 14 years in corporate transactions advisory with leading international financial institutions and in the startup world. Joanna worked and advised on multimillion projects as well as tailored solutions for SMEs.
Educated at the Law Faculties of the Universities in France (Paris, Tours), Germany (Institute for Law and Finance of Goethe Universitaet in Frankfurt am Main) and Poland. Joanna graduated from the Executive MBA program with the French Institute of Management in Warsaw which gave her a unique perspective on developing business strategies and inventing innovative projects. Member of several professional organizations, including the Warsaw Bar of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie) and the French Chamber of Commerce. Joanna speaks English, French, Polish and German.
What is JCI?
JCI (Junior Chamber International) is the international NGO which associates young entrepreneurs, leaders and active citizens.
JCI is accredited with the United Nations; throughout its over 100 years of history it became present in over 120 countries, now gathering almost 200 000 members worldwide.
JCI's mission is to provide development opportunities that empower young people to make a postive change.
We welcome active people who enjoy creating business environment and getting proactively involved in projects of importance for their local communities as well as for personal growth and development of their teams and colleagues.
The vast international business network of JCI enables you to participate in great trainings, helps in getting new friends who are likeminded and thus expand your ideas, projects and businesses internationally.
JCI takes active part in projects that meet the Global Goals of Sustainable Development of the United Nations.
More about JCI: www.jci.cc
More about JCI: www.facebook.com/JCIPoland
