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Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 JCI UK National Awards!

Every year local Chambers across the UK sumbit awards to be recognized for their hard work and efforts during the year. The winning awards go on to the European Awards at the JCI European Conference in Braunschweig in 2012.

Please join us in congratulating the following:

NATIONAL AWARDS

Most Outstanding Community Project
Winner - JCI Manchester for their 3 Peaks Challenge

Most Outstanding Fundraising Project
Winner - JCI Leeds for Fashion Bites Back

Most Outstanding Business Project
Winner - JCI Sheffield 'There's an App for that!'

Most Outstanding Training and Development Programme
Winner - JCI Sheffield Academy
Certificate of Merit - JCI Southampton Personal Development Programme

Most Outstanding International Project
Winner -JCI London's 'Live Like a Londoner' weekend

Most Outstanding Marketing and PR Programme
Winner -JCI Sheffield
Certificate of Merit - JCI Cambridge

Most Outstanding Membership Recruitment Programme
Winner -JCI Manchester

Most Outstanding Social Project
Winner -JCI Southampton

Most Outstanding Regular Local Publication
Winner -JCI Boston
Certificate of Merit - JCI London

Most Outstanding Programme
Winner -JCI Portsmouth

Most Outstanding Current Member
Winner -Daniel Senter, JCI Sheffield

Most Outstanding New Member
Winner - Soraya Bowen, JCI London

Most Outstanding Trainer
Emma Eastwood, JCI Leeds

Most Outstanding Preparation by a Deputy President
Winner -Sandra Pilarczyk, JCI Sheffield
Certificate of Merit - Simon Bucknall, JCI London

Most Outstanding President
Winner -Sarah Beckwith, JCI London

Certificates of Recognition:
Chamber with 24-49 members:
Drew Charman, JCI Southampton

Chamber with 50-99 members:
Kate Senter, JCI Sheffield

Chamber with 100+ members:
Sarah Beckwith, JCI London

Most Outstanding Chamber
JCI Sheffield

CONFERENCE AWARDS

Extempore Competition
Tim Metcalfe, JCI Leeds

Public Speaking Competition
Phil Cavalier-Lumley, JCI Bradford

Debating Competition
Bradfield, Phil Cavalier-Lumley (JCI Bradford), Anil Champaneri (JCI Leeds) & Dan Senter (JCI Sheffield)

Best individual debater
Dan Senter, JCI Sheffield

DISCRETIONARY AWARDS

Most Outstanding Leader
Jen Little, JCI Cambridge
Tracy Anderson, JCI Boston

Most Oustanding Legacy
Adam Woodhall

Most Outstanding Senator
The British Senate

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The JCI UK Penny War is nearing its end, so collect up those pennies and send us the pounds! As a final twist in this tale we are asking Chambers and individuals to create pictures with their pennies and email them to me so that I can judge the best and a prize will be awarded at National Convention.

So email me those pics and lets see if we can save a few more lives and support the JCI Nothing But Nets Campaign!

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JCI UK's training team is pleased to announce that we will be running JCI Achieve on Saturday 10^th December 2011 at the Holiday Inn, Royal Victoria in Sheffield. 

It is a full day course that uses discussions and case studies to understand and establish the local organisation's identity, its purpose and what to do to accomplish JCI's mission, effectively adopt and use recognisable and appreciated activities, understand the existing demographic groups and their characteristics and how to build an attractive organization that will bring in new members who are looking for the development opportunities and want to create positive change as active citizens.

Kate Senter, President, JCI Sheffield (pictured here) said: "JCI Achieve really opened my eyes to how we can define our activity, what we stand far and how to share this vision! I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand more about building an active chamber and share best practice. I personally have found this to be the most powerful of all the JCI official courses! "

As this course is held in such high regard by JCI internationally, JCI UK will be subsidising the price which means members will be getting a full day of amazing training for just £25, including lunch and refreshments.

JCI UK have been very busy arranging international trainers to run this session so it has taken a little longer than hoped to communicate this out to you all, but we know a number of members are already interested in booking a place

Date: Saturday 10^th December
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: Holiday Inn, Royal Victoria in Sheffield
Booking: For more information or to book a place please contact Emma Eastwood on 07966222707 or e.eastwood@cityliving.co.uk

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Dear JCI UK Members, Senators and Friends.

So much has happened since I last wrote to you that I almost don't know where to start. This month I have

• Travelled 1,617 miles
• Attended and spoke at JCI Sheffield's annual dinner
• Attended and gave a friendship speech at Irelands convention dinner
• Attended and spoke at JCI Yorkshire Regional Awards dinner - had the honour of presenting Andy Morton with a Senatorship, and was awarded Most outstanding Leader in the region
• Attended and Spoke at JCI Leed's annual dinner - presented a Senatorship to Mark Warner, and had the pleasure of meeting the Lord Mayor of Leeds, who lives about 5 minutes from my house in Boston - it's such a small world.
• Went on the Eurostar for the first time in my life and headed off to World Congress in Brussels

I think I'll start backwards.....

World Congress

You may have noticed that the JCI UK Newsletter is coming out a week later than normal, this is because we were busy having an amazing time at the JCI World Congress in Brussels during the first week of the month, and so we are just returning back to normal...... There were 52 UK members that headed over to Belgium for the week of fantasticness, and I know that I am biased, but I definitely think that JCI UK was the best delegation there!

Now I have to be honest and say I did not enjoy walking across the stage during the opening ceremony in Tarragon as much as maybe I should have, however, walking out this time round was totally different. It was an amazing feeling that I really can't put into words. The Union Jacks were waving high, and the cheering was fantastic - thank you so much, I only have to slightly think about it and I get the biggest smile on my face.

The week was full of recognition, JCI UK achieved the 100% efficiency award during one of the Morning Shows, only 10 out of the 112 JCI countries in the world achieved this, so you can imagine how happy I am about this one. Also JCI UK was recognised for the funds raised for JCI Nothing But Nets during the count down to congress. (The target is one net per member between 1 September and the start of Congress)

JCI UK also took part in the global village party, where the Gin and Tonic was a massive success, as were the Christmas Crackers!! And our very own Tim-the DJ-Metcalf took to the decks to bring some English 80's party to the Night!

We saw the JCI UK Debating team consisting of Jen Little (JCI Cambridge) Sandra Pilarcyzk (JCI Sheffield) and Anil Champaneri (JCI Leeds) get to the Semi finals - well done guys, JCI Sheffield has a very productive meeting with Arerey Obenson and Pedro Zaraza from JCI WHQ about the JCI Sheffield - there's an app for that project, and Lesley Young was elected as the UN Ambassador for Europe in 2012, congratulations to her.

This really is only brushing the surface of what went on during the week, but the last thing to mention was the outstanding effort made by JCI UK members to sell the JCI UK Wrist bands on behalf of JCI Nothing But Nets. Before we left for the Gala dinner we had sold €705 of wrist bands, which was fantastic, but we decided to have one last push at the Gala dinner, and I could not believe it when I was counting the money up with our friends from the Netherlands  on the Sunday morning, JCI UK raised just under €1,050 on the last night. All of this money will be doubled via the Cordaid connection and our friends from JCI The Netherlands, so a massive well done to everyone who took part. It was great fun, and really exciting.

Annual Dinner season

October has been JCI dinner season, starting with JCI Sheffield's annual dinner at the beginning of the month, there was a massive number of people in the room there to celebrate the success of the chamber and it was clear that Kate Senter was so well respected for the phenomenal work that she has done this year. A massive well done to the whole team in Sheffield you've been amazing.

It was an early start to catch my flight over to a very rainy but very warm welcoming Galway for the Irish Convention annual dinner, where Suzanne Shinnie (JCI Scotland's National President) and I gave a friendship speech in keeping with tradition about Louise Walsh (JCI Irelands National President) It was also the 50 year anniversary of JCI Galway and the founding member of the local organisation was among the numerous past local presidents who attended the dinner. After dinner I took to the dance floor with members of the JCI UK - British Senate, a fantastic atmosphere, and a great night was had by all.

The next dinner date was JCI Yorkshire regional awards dinner hosted by JCI Boston, which had a 'in the country' theme to it. It was great to be able to welcome people to our little market town, Tracy Anderson and her team did a great job, and the night was a massive success. With JCI Sheffield collecting a good proportion of the awards up for grabs, but I was really pleased to see that JCI Boston picked up 5 awards during the night too. Well done to everyone who was recognised for their achievements during the year. After the awards ceremony people took to the dance floor, but the best dancer without a doubt was the scarecrow, who was a big hit with the ladies.....and Anil Champaneri!!

It was fantastic to be able to present  Andy Morton with a much deserved Senatorship during the Awards dinner. It was welcomed by a standing ovation, and a totally gobsmacked Andy - Brilliant.

Over the weekend, a Discover JCI session was run which saw potential and existing members attend from Boston all the way down to Southampton (Drew Charman, it was fantastic seeing you here in Boston, thank you). Also the new and improved Local Leaders weekend was revealed and run by Dan Lally and Emma Eastwood, and I got the chance to give a little training session myself - I totally loved it!!!

Then back up north to the Civic Hall for JCI Leed's dinner. The room was full, in fact the dinner had sold out which is phenomenal. The venue was truly beautiful, the food was fantastic, and JCI Leed's and Anil as always were on top form. Anil took the opportunity to present some awards to his team members for what they have achieved during the course of the year, as it really was great to be a part of it. It was also lovely to be able to present a Senatorshi to Mark Warner a JCI Leeds member during the evening, another award that was very well received. Finally I got to meet the Lord Mayor of Leeds, but more excitingly he lives about 5 minutes from my house in Boston - how weird (yet brilliant) is that!

So that in a nut shell was my October (and start of November) what did you get up to? Did you go to the Fashion Bites Back show, did you go to the JCI Know How Transfer at the European Parliament in Brussels, did you take part in any of the public speaking or debating training or competitions that have been held around the UK, or maybe it was a training session or a networking session. There has been so much activity around the UK during October, JCI UK really are being active and are engaged members. Well done everyone - I hope you are having as much fun as I am.

Cheers

Alli

JCI UK National President
Email: allison.cowell@jciuk.org.uk

Senator # 70323

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Hi Euan, you were competing in the JCI Public Speaking Championship at the JCI European Conference earlier this year! Well done making it to the final.

How would you describe your public speaking experience at the European Conference in five words?
Rewarding, challenging, enjoyable, safe environment

How scary was it on a scale from 1-10 to participate?
7

What have you done to become such a good speaker? What's your secret?
I don't think there is a real secret, just lots of practice and believe in what you are speaking about.

How long had you been a member when you went to Tarragona?
About 6 months.

What are you most proud of that you have done in the last year?
In JCI competing at European conference was a massive deal for me, but it was far along a long and challenging road so I am more proud of the journey than the destination.

What is your hidden talent?
I spent a while in Asia learning martial arts so if getting my nose broken is a talent then I guess I'll chose that!

Who is a speaker you admire?
I admire anyone who gets up in front of people to speak, but Huey P Long is my favorite. He spoke with passion about what he believed in and in words his audience would understand. He knew that what he was saying would get him killed but knew that saying it was so important that it was worth the risk. Which is the best speech you have listened to?

Martin Luther King, Jr's speech the day before he was assassinated - "I've been to the mountain top". There is so much conviction and passion in his voice and his use of language is second to none.

You are active in JCI London, which projects are you involved in?
I'm not sure if it is classed as a project but I've been to the World Congress this year and it was great!

Anything else you would like to share with other JCI members?
JCI is a great place to push yourself and take risks so take a few leaps into the unknown and be better.

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Business Link Yorkshire held a Halloween inspired Friday day of fun and spookiness. Spider cakes were baked and sold, Nothing But Nets orange wristbands were sold and donations all given to JCI UK's charity for 2011. Several members of staff dressed up for the Halloween theme, spending the day carrying out their normal business apart from the fangs and broomsticks!

£50 was raised which is converted into $80 dollars so allowing Nothing But Nets to purchase 8 bed nets, potentially saving 8 different families.

JCI chambers across the UK have raised $10,000 this year, equalling 1000 bed nets purchased to reduce the spread of malaria.

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2012 seems to be approaching very fast and now that I have officially been elected into the role of JCI UK Personal Development Director I am busy trying to make plans for next year.  The first JCI Presenter course of the year is now in the diary to be held on Saturday 4th February in London with Lina Derkeshli as Head Trainer and JCI UK Deputy National President Solveig Malvik as Assistant Trainer.  If you would like more information then please contact me at e.eastwood@cityliving.co.uk.

There have also been several enquiries from other chambers with regards to running Official JCI Training courses next year so watch this space for more information.

I recently I co-wrote and delivered a weekend of Local Leaders training with current JCI UK Personal Development Director Dan Lally in Boston.  The event was a great success and JCI Sheffield has already expressed an interest in running the course in 2012. We are happy to talk to any other chambers that think that this may be beneficial for their members.  The course focus is on  leadership in the 21st century and how to use the skills you will learn in your personal career and also your development within JCI.

On top of this I'm busy writing my speed training session for JCI UK National Convention in Sheffield in November and putting together a personal development program for presidents and deputies to run throughout 2012. Next on the agenda is creating a trainer database for all graduates of JCI Trainer and creating some action plans to help trainers start to bank their hours. 

If you have any queries regarding yours or your chambers personal development then please do get in touch!

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