Reinvening euforia: reflection day

Reinventing euforia: Come to the euforic reflection day and let's tap into all our potential - 11 December 10h-18h / 20.15h - Bern

euforia is all of us, partners, volunteers, staff, boosters alike. It's the changes all of us have co-created and experienced thanks to our involvement!
We have collectively felt many signals that it's time to completely reinvent euforia's form of organisation. For impact, wellbeing, sustainability and awesomeness (for us individually collectively and the world)!

What has happened so far:
If you have followed past announcements, you know that we have started our reinventing journey by re-imagining our values, purpose and principles.

What will happen now:
For the next stage, we invite you very warmly to Bern on 11 Dec in order to think further:

10h - 18h- for everybody
What is needed to unleash yours and euforia’s potential to get to our stars (Values, Purpose, Principles)?  
How can we tap into all the potential that is within us, all the resources that are both within us, between us and in our relations?

18.15 - 20.15h - for euforia ex-volunteers, etplers and experts in any domain
Would you like to be part of the support structure of our new transformative, collaborative, self-managed programmes The Unleash Project/Rev Lab?
Come and discover the new programmes, the structure inspired by holacracy/teal and the support roles YOU could fill to help teams & programme flourish!

Let's dream together, use all our sensing & imagination in a fun and reflective day!

You are important! Come and sign up here!

Hugs from and to all!

This was STEP into Action Geneva 2016!

Winter is coming... Mais ce n'est pas la bise glacée qui empêche les élèves du postobligatoire genevois de bouillonner d'idées !

Les 14 et 15 novembre derniers a eu lieu la 3ème édition de step into action à Palexpo (Genève). 1200 jeunes sont passés par les phases de sensibilisation, réflexion et action sur les thèmes de l'environnement, des droits humains, de la solidarité, de la migration, et pour la première
fois, de l'économie sociale et solidaire. Les 60 bénévoles de step into action étaient au taquet pour motiver des élèves parfois engourdis (par le froid, par la routine, par le pessimisme...) avec du fun, des idées et de la musique. A la fin de chaque vague, ce sont des jeunes éveillés et satisfaits du parcours qui repartaient avec leur action kit trop stylé que vous pouvez désormais « spotter » dans tout Genève !

Deux semaines plus tard – car il n'a pas fallu attendre bien longtemps avant que les plus vifs ne se manifestent ! – une dizaine de projets a émergé dans le cadre de la phase de suivi Boost Your School. Cette dernière incite les élèves à créer un projet qu'ils peuvent appliquer dans leur école au
cours de l'année scolaire. Soutien pour les migrants, recyclage, récupération d'invendus pour les sans-abris, collecte des pièces de 5 centimes pour les enfants malades, énergie renouvelable... Voilà ce que la nouvelle génération de changemakers veut offrir.

Winter is here. Il n'a qu'à bien se tenir... Change is coming.

Pictures and videos coming soon! Here the first impressions.

STEP into Action 2016 in the media:
Tribune de Genève
One FM
léman bleu
 

Connection Zero Field Zürich

>>> Invitation by euforia and 7sky.life

The 7sky.life Connection ‘Zero Field’ is going to enchant the Kaufleuten Zurich, Monday, 28th November 2016, at 20.00h! Doors open at 19.30, 22.30 end of the conference.

Why you shouldn't miss this event?

Because on that evening in the Kaufleuten will be told, what’s life really about, and YOU’RE MOST WELCOMED TO JOIN!

Short, exciting interventions of people who have gone to the bottom of the question of their essence are going to share their answers generously with our audience.

DIETER BROERS is a gifted bio-physician, author and life artist. He himself developed 100 patents for healing and free energy, proving scientifically where we stand with our earth today, and what our great chances are to live right now!

VERA BRANDES, worked for a long time in the music industry, before she devoted herself 100% to the healing of the people through music medicine. Her scientific research results go under the skin and the success against depression, sleep disorders, and body curings through music are resounding!

We are speaking of a VINCENT MUNIER, an extraordinary photographer out of France, who shows us the world through his photographs and encounters with animals from the most lost corners of our world, from where man has forgotten to live. Get ready for of a proper dose of nostalgia and a deep dive into your innermost self.

Furthermore, MERCY SHIPS presents us the grace they are experiencing each time when their doctors and nurses bring back to life patients through their attention, love and surgeries. People,living in the shadow of their villages, who are often excluded from their communities due to their fearful tumours,

NICOLAS MÜLLER has always been a snowboarding idol. Ever since, he has lived the life he always wanted, and has become a fantastic model for a whole generation of young people. Fruition reflects his authentic career, and at the same time the generation Y!

BAPTISTE DELALAY has been linked to the wheelchair for five years, but he has such a presence and radiates such a love that we believe him when he says that his accident had to be, so that he can help bring the the beauty of people who appear to be different into daylight!

FABRICE LECLERC is an ethical innovator. He says that the secret of all change is not to focus all our energies on fostering the old, but to build a positive ‘new’ for all. Fabrice worked with Steve Jobs for 4 years, and advises large corporations and companies on ethical and sustainable questions.

Our enchanting AURELIA is going to accompany us with her partner RICHARD at the piano throughout the evening… When she sings, time stops, and she offers us her whole being! … Aurélia is pure magic and beauty in person!

The evening goes on with DJG96 …

In collaboration with our highly esteemed partners: Swisscom, Henniez, euforia, wemakeit, NiceFuture, Discover Earth, Impact Hub Zurich.

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“I truly experienced the power of purpose”

Two weeks ago, we had the chance to hold two workshops at the International Session of the European Youth Parliament in Laax: the so called “Forum Event” with a World Café for 300 young people from all over Europe and a 2 hours imp!act workshop with 30 participants. Moreover, we presented our programs at the “Ideas, Opportunity, Impact Fair (IOIF)”, together with other NGOs and organizations. Mahaut was part of the amazing organizing team and shares her personal insights on this 2-days-journey we did together.

I joined Laax 2016, because every time I thought about this International Session of EYP, my heart started beating faster. I deeply felt inside of me that I had to be part of this. That something in me was connected to it. With a mixture of chance, passion and will, I started working with euforia on the projects of the Forum Event, the IOIF and the imp!act Workshop.

I spent so many hours thinking about my personal purpose. I spent so many hours asking myself the question: Why do I want to put so much effort in it? I spent so many hours on skype, trying to link our purpose with the complicated reality.

One of my main goals for the event was to help participants answer the question: What do you truly care about?

During the imp!act workshop, we had the opportunity to think about our passions, our values and our strengths. We went deep into ourselves and discovered in each other much more than any of us thought was possible. I cannot express how privileged I feel for having shared a magical moment with all participants during that workshop.

When details get into the way of the things you truly believe in, everything seems impossible. But as we have seen at the imp!act workshop with the challenge “Mission Impossible” and as our head-organizer Nora cited Nelson Mandela during her beautiful speech: “It always seems impossible until it is done.”

And for me, now it is done. The Forum Event went incredibly well. The IOIF was a success. The imp!act Workshop was a sublime moment.

It is difficult to express my feelings now, after the event. A mixture of pride, relief and incredulity. For the past weeks, I truly experienced the power of purpose. Of will. Of listening. Of finding what you truly care about and giving it all you have.

I hope that we all find our own purpose. That we take the time to reflect on the issues that deeply move us. That we dare to go beyond theoretical discussions and that we start acting.

Mahaut, 18, from Geneva

(r)evolution lab and The Unleash Project — New ways of empowering youth, young leaders and organizations

We believe that the world needs more people who come together to design bold solutions to address the challenges of this increasingly complex and rapidly changing world. We also believe that our current education system is outdated and does not provide us with the kind of skills and attitude required to assume leadership and create innovative solutions. We think it is high time to mainstream new ways of learning, working and innovating that are adapted to the challenges our economy, society and environment face in the 21st century.

(r)evolution lab and The Unleash Project tackle these challenges: two open source, transformative and experience­ driven education programmes provide a platform for young people, executives and organizations to collaborate across generations and sectors. (r)evolution lab empowers participants to acquire professional skills in order to lead an imp!act event where youths discover their potential to turn ideas and passions into real life projects. The Unleash Project, on the other hand, focuses on equipping young people to shape their own meaningful careers together with executives, companies and partner organizations.

Not sure which programme is the right one for you? — Let us explain them in a nutshell:

(r)evolution lab – organize your own imp!act event

(r)evolution lab is a training program for (un)reasonably motivated young pioneers. In this experiential learning journey you will learn, share and above all experiment a wide range of skills and knowledge highly valued in any professional context: team and project management, facilitation, leadership, training design and wellbeing strategies. Equipped with these tools and skills, you can lead your own imp!act event from building your team to facilitating the event, empowering youth in their city to embrace their changemaker potential.

>>> To join the (r)evolution lab, it is highly recommended that you have participated in an imp!act event and are willing to share this experience by co-organizing your own imp!act – including the organization, team management, recruitment of participants, funding and facilitation of the event.

The Unleash Project – from career to vocation

The Unleash Project is a transformative education program that empowers youth, executives and organizations to embrace the emerging era of digitalization, knowledge, innovation and purpose. It provides future and present decision­makers with the experience, tools and mindset it takes to move from careers to vocation: where they live their values, do what they are passionate about and use their key strengths to address needs they truly care about in the world.

You learn through experience how to co-­create trustful, open and empowering work environments and foster the emergence of purpose and innovation at your workplace. You will benefit from peer support and learning groups, coaching and inspiration by your peers, executives and leading experts in the area of the future of work

>>> To join The Unleash Project, you either have completed (r)evolution lab, the former “euforia training programme eTP” or already have experiences in Project Management and/or Facilitation and are ready to shape your own meaningful career.

Both projects start in November 2016. Applications are open now:
(r)evolution lab
The Unleash Project

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Read Marietta's blogpost: The X-factors behind Generation Y transforming 21st century organizational cultures.

Latvian youth workers and euforians share expertise

The “Agency for International Programs for Youth of Latvia” and euforia collaborate to organize a four days hands-on study trip in Switzerland. 26 Latvian youth center representatives will learn from and with other Swiss organizations and youth. The aim is to exchange experiences and good practices.

The exchange will take place in the French-speaking part of Switzerland from October 17th to 20th. It includes many activities, among others a World Café to get inspired by existing youth initiatives in Switzerland, and to have a picture of the Swiss social work structure. Furthermore, a learning exchange session with local youth centers and social workers in Crissier and Renens will make the participants experience field work with outdoor activities and give a safe space to brainstorm how some ideas could be adapted for Latvia. In addition, a “euforic programs fair” will make the participants experience our activities and unconventional methodologies, such as Radical Collaboration or Wellbeing workshops. An interactive rally will provide them with the opportunity to visit and discover organizations in Geneva and harvest the best practices, exchanging with locals and learning by experimenting.

Our program developer Natalia, explains, „we will use very inclusive, interactive and non-formal educational methods to create a unique learning experience for everyone so that the participants get to know and learn from the Swiss youth sector. Our common vision is to inspire and to motivate through Swiss initiatives while sharing experience and expertise.”

The study trip is part of the Latvian-Swiss cooperation program “Support for the Development of Youth Initiatives in Peripheral or Disadvantaged Regions”, funded by the Swiss Government. The program aims at providing personal and professional perspectives to young people living in peripheral and disadvantaged regions of Latvia. So far, 26 multi-functional youth initiative centers have been created in Latvia and more than 160 seminars for young people and persons involved in youth work have been organized. “We are thankful to the Swiss Government for funding this program. The study visit is important to see and to adopt Swiss youth center good practices in our 26 youth centers in Latvia”, says Vladislava Skele, head of the International Cooperation and Support Division of Agency for International Programs for Youth of Latvia.

The Latvian-Swiss cooperation program “Support for the Development of Youth Initiatives in Peripheral or Disadvantaged Regions” involves two components. Within the framework of the first component, 26 multi-functional youth initiative centers shall be created in different self-governmental bodies of the Republic of Latvia. The second component involves training and events for the youth and the executives working with the youth, as well as development of metodological educational materials.

In order to make this learning exchange a great success, the Agency for International Programs for Youth of Latvia and euforia collaborate with a variety of local partners, such as Unités d'action communautaire (UAC), Point Info, Pré en bulle, la Maison de Quartier Plainpalais, Villa Freundler, ACAB and Be You Network.

WWF-Pandaction-Challenge - an imp!act event with a twist

From 20 to 23 October, WWF and euforia are organising a special imp!act together: the WWF-Pandaction-Challenge. As a special twist it`s focused on the topic “house of the future”. This is a chance to dive deep into the topic, get inputs from experts and inspiration from changemakers working in that field. It is also a chance for people as young as 14 years to discover their changemaker potential.

WWF is opening the doors of their Swiss headquarters for us and will be working in this great location. Additionally WWF experts from different departments as well as those from other organisations will give feedback and support to develop the projects.

We are looking for young people who want to invest their time and talent to tackle the global challenge of climate change. At the WWF-Pandaction-Challenge young people meet to imagine, invent and start their own projects or campaigns together. It`s a chance to try out something new, learn skills for future projects and have fun.

So you are between 14 and 25 years old? You want to fight climate change? Then we are looking for you!
Take part in this unique event and be part of the change! Sign up here.