visiting JCI Norway

One of the greatest things with JCI is to travel to visit other chambers and other national organisations.
I'm very lucky, I have two national organisations - JCI United Kingdom which is "my" national organisation, where I am currently Local President and Impact Officer, and will be National Marketing Director 2011, and JCI Norway, where I'm nothing at all but get to enjoy a status as adopted member, not really part of anything but access to it all.

I love seeing how different the two organisations are, JCI UK and JCI Norway, and how similar.We struggle with the same things, we argue about the same things, but we are good at very different things, and that is what we need to learn from each other.

While I was in Norway I got to
...practice my JCI World Public Speaking Championship speech and get feedback
...learn how to motivate others
...learn a lot about how JCI need to focus more on our current members than all the ones that haven't joined (yet)
...be inspired by JCI Norway's fantastic National President 2010 Heidi Murdoch-Larsen and learn about strategic networking in action
...meet lots of great people, many of whom I'll see again in Osaka
...debate why sex is better than alcohol

...feel loved and cared for and completely spoiled

Having lived almost 10 years abroad, I have friends in Norway but not the professional network I would have had had I lived there my professional life. Or at least that is what you would think. But with JCI Norway, the love and commitment I feel from its members, I have the best network I could possibly have in Norway. Thank you! You are all spoiling me!