IE Application

Question I: “Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development.”

Joost ArnoudtCandidate for Master in Management

October 2013

... being a youth leader in youth movement KSA Sint-Trudo

What I enjoy doing...

KSA Sint-Trudo? • KSA Sint-Trudo is a youth movement founded in

1936. Nowadays it has around 250 members.

• Every Saturday KSA Sint-Trudo provides entertain-ment for its members from 6 to 17 years old.

• The organization of this youth movement is fully in the hands of 40 young volunteers, with age rang-ing from 18 to 23.

• Next to the regular activities on Saturdays, the vol-unteers organize a broad spectrum of other events such as camps for the kids, evening activities for sympathizers and parents, funding activities, par-ties...

My ‘career’ at KSA Sint-Trudo...Active leader for 5 years:

• ´08-’09: 6 to 7 year olds

• ´09-´10: 6 to 7 year olds

• ´10-´11: 12 to 13 year olds

• ´11-´12: 16 to 17 year olds

• ´12-´13: 16 to 17 year olds

Head responsible of several camps

Head of organisation of the official Cactus Festival camp site

Head of organisation of party N2

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Providing fun on Saturdays for the youngest • Enhance my social skills

• Expressmycreativityinplayingdifferentgameswiththekids

• Communicate clearly with parents and build up trust

Preparing the 16 to 17 year old for becoming a youth movement leader• Try to motivate teenagers to show commitment

• Exchange my experience and knowledge about leadership in a youth movement

• Assist them in making and organizing a big theatre play for all parents

• Evaluatetheirfirststepsasaleaderandgivefeedback

Challenging the adolescents• Let them discover the real world through cycling, hiking, adventure

• Create a group of friends

Taking the lead in organizing camps• Arranging meetings with fellow leaders and plan the preparations

• Communicating clearly with the parents

• Making a road map for the whole camp

• Presiding the daily meetings during the camp to evaluate the passed days and make arrangements for the next days

• Beingthefirstpointofcallforanyproblemduringthecamp

• Makingsurethecampisfinanciallyhealthy

Leading the organization of the official Cactus Festival camp site• Leading a team of ±50 people from KSA Sint-Trudo and VKSJ Asse-

broek

• Providing a camp site, sanitary, breakfast and 24/24h bar for ±700 people

• Being 24/24h standby for any problem at the camp site

• Making the shift planning, shift descriptions, camp site design, emergency plan; arranging food and drank supply; ...

Cactus Festival isarelativelysmallfestivalinthecenterofBruges.Itisafesti-valforthewholefamilywithaverycosyandopenatmosphere.In2010,itwaselectedthebestEuropeanfestivalwithmaximum10,000visitersperday.Theofficial camp siteofthefestivalisorganizedbyKSASint-TrudoandtheneighbouringfellowyouthmovementVKSJAssebroek.

Taking the lead in the organization of the party ‘N2’• Booking the artists

• People management: shift planning

• Makingafinancialplan

• Being the point of call for any problem during the party

• Finding sponsors

Summary - Contribution to my personal and professional development

Most importantly, I made a lot of friends, developed an extrovert personality and found a destination to unlease my creativity, energy and entrepreneurial spirit.

• Leadership skills

• Communication skills

• Responsibility

• Learning to cope with stressful situations

• People skills

• Learn to think and work systematically