ASEANpreneurs Country Heads and Ambassadors Application 2012 until May 15!

The main role of a Country Head would be to form and lead the country chapter. As this is the first time that ASEANpreneurs is setting up country chapters, Country Heads will get the chance to explore unchartered waters and enjoy a steep learning curve. The Country Heads will be solely responsible for recruiting their team and leading the country chapter.

The pivotal role of Country Ambassadors would be to generate awareness about local and international ASEANpreneurs events. This could be achieved through email blasts via the university channels, youth clubs and forums and Facebook blasts to as large a youth audience as possible. The alternative approach would be more personal whereby the ambassadors leverage on their independent contacts to gain marketing momentum by driven word of mouth. Hence we expect the Ambassadors to be well connected in all such means.

Let’s hear how Indonesian Country Managers of ASEANpreneurs were thrilled with their amazing journey…

ASEANpreneurs Indonesian Country Managers 2012 and ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange 2012 Delegates

Melia Halim, Indonesia

Melia Halim, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Being ASEANpreneur Country Manager for Indonesia is such a big honour for me, not only invaluable experience, it also gives me an outstanding network to reach young –inspiring- entrepreneur with a big passion, idea, and dream. While the title involves a lot of professional teamwork especially in promoting entrepreneurship in general and ASEANpreneurs in Indonesia, this also gives me a deep insight how entrepreneurship deserves more spotlight in Indonesia. Don’t waste the opportunity to be the Country Manager since this will be great opportunity to learn, to inspire, and be inspired.

William Lautama, Indonesia

 

William Lautama, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

I could not feel more excited than to be the official representatives of ASEANpreneurs, working dynamically with my fellow Country Managers (even I didn’t meet them before) to market and promote ASEANpreneurs to all Indonesian young entrepreneurs. Moreover, I get the chance to contact directly with ASEANpreneurs core team and learned many things about their culture & working style. Responsible for both parties as connector really improving my communication skills more professional. Now, I encourage you to be part of us .

Rindha Devie, Indonesia

Rindha Devie, Universitas Brawijaya

Amazing! could be the spontaneous word to depict my feeling of being one of the country manager of Aseanpreneurs. It shows me the tangible learning to enhance my network and enrich my knowledge of cornerstone of business in the same time. Every single experience with Aseanpreneurs was so impactful toward my personal and professional goals. Thank you for convince me that through collaboration and fellowship, it is not necessary to waiting for success in business years by now, but Now.

SO, STEP UP AND BE A YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR LEADER… APPLY FOR ASEANpreneurs Country Heads and Ambassadors Application 2012!

visit ASEANpreneurs official website for application:

http://aseanpreneurs.org/home

Instruction: go to homepage, click “Application” tab, and click “Apply Now” in red button. The application form will be downloaded automatically.

You can also try the alternate links here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ea0jlujwqv0mej3/Application%20Form-2.docx

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ih92y6fotenej8i/Application_Form.docx

Deadline: 15 May 2012

Indah Gilang Pusparani

External Affairs Executive

ASEANpreneurs 2011

The Pusparaniology Continues: SUSI 2011 Experience

August 1, 2011

21:10

I am texting in my flight back from U.S. to Indonesia. I frequently check my monitor in front of my seat to track where I have been through.

I have the most spectacular Summer in my life. I spent five weeks studying New Media in Journalism in Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, sponsored by U.S. Department of State. With other 19 amazing people from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines, I experienced U.S. media and culture both to study journalism and to extend mutual understanding amongst people.

As an immersion program to deeply experience U.S. media and culture, in the last week, we travel eastward to the Eastern Coast of United States. We visited Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to learn about American Civil War, the bloodiest battle in American history, right from the battlefield. We jumped to New York: visited The New York Times headquarter, United Nations Headquarter, and Central Park, watched “How to Succeed in Business without Even Trying” starred by Daniel Radcliffe in Broadway, and shopped till drop in Times Square! In the last couple days, we enjoyed our time in Washington D.C. We went to Voice of America office and U.S. National Public Radio, presented our culture  and be recognized officially by U.S. Department of State, and finally explored the National Mall: the Smithsonian Museums, Abraham Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, and Washington Memorial.

Crazy at US Capitol with Sinta Suryani

Wrapping all the thought-provoking experience in only a paragraph reminding me to all my folks in U.S. I said good bye with my friends  in Hilton Hotel in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. We flew from Reagan National Airport, Washington D.C. to Detroit very early in the morning. I had about six hours before my next flight to Narita, Tokyo. I checked the monitor tracking the arrival and departure schedules, hoping that I can at least greet our Philippinos  friend here in Detroit Airport, since they also transited there from Washington D.C. before flying right throughNagoya to Manila.

Gate A40, Nagoya-Manila, 3:50 PM.

“Yes! There will not be far from my gate. I am in A34.” I said to myself.

“Well… let’s check their arrival from Washington D.C… A51! 2:32. Right now! Let’s meet them.”

I saw Angel carrying her suitcase, then J.P., then Gab and Mel, then Mark, then Mik, then Stephen.

The farewell was heartbreaking in the hotel. But here, having a chance to meet them once again was a really grateful experience. We chatted, we laughed, and we sang our songs together. We all will miss every single time we’ve been together. We finally had to say good bye. Well…not really a good bye, since I believe somehow we’ll meet again.

with Philippinos Folks

I again check my fight monitor in front of my seat. My plane has passed Taipei. It goes southward and finally passed Manila. Umh.. How are my Philippinos friends doing? Have they arrived home already, to Manila?

Passing Manila Already?

I have been to Malaysia and Singapore, but not Philippines.  So, having those amazing people from Philippines giving me deep feeling. We figure out that although our languages are way far different,we share several words that have similar, if not the same, meaning and pronunciations. That is just a piece of best moment. We spent a lot of time together, “wow”ing this and that, from Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Washington Memorial.

Then I started to see a spot named Kuala Lumpur in my flight monitor. Malaysia! Hey, what about my Malaysian friends? Sean How, J.R., Joanne, Mei Mei, Atikah, and Nicole. Too bad that we did not meet again after the farewell in the hotel. Well, J.R. has promised me that we will meet again soon in Singapore while I am studying in NUS for Fall Semester 2011. He will intern in a law firm in Singapore. We’ll meet Angel as from Philippines as well, since she got the same scholarship with me from Temasek Foundation. She will  study in Singapore Management University.

A lot of things to remember. I still remember in detail when Suzy “Big Momma” Smith, our professor, chocked up when we finally left, including, Marry and Mike Spillman,Terry Heifetz, Shawna Pierson. I have been thinking, if I studied for a regular school year in U.S., not a hurry quick 5 weeks leadership summer program, I would never meet a pack of faculty member like this with all of discipline, cares, and love. Think about it, will your “regular professor” accompany you until your last step in U.S. and cry for you? It should be a very special moment and relationship to make it happen. It is. And I am really grateful for this blessing.

My life then continues. People laugh and cry. Some say hi and some say bye.

I have one day to hug all my family in Cirebon before departing back to Singapore for next study.

It is a strategic future, thing that I am always dreaming of. Yet, I will always miss my family.

That is why I keep up my dream, fighting forward, and living passionately.

That is how The Pusparaniology continues.

7 Things We Like about Study Overseas

Now I remember why I want to be here, why I always want to travel, and spend my life in the other part of the globe.

If you ask me why several years ago, I might answer is a natural calling, an unspeakable desire to know the world beyond our community. Later, I always know why since I have to explain it in every single scholarship I sign up for. Yet, having a tremendous adaptation moment, jet lag, culture shock, or home sick sometimes get me down.

Now, again, I know why after several days of contemplation.

“What is important is to look at the opportunities where you are and know that those who are not with you–your family, your friends, and the others who love you, are thinking of you and wishing you will take maximum advantage of the situations that you are allowed to discover and of the people you are blessed to meet,” Jim Needham, my host dad in United States.

Facing the Future (by Desak Putu Sinta Suryani)

Here we go:

1. going abroad lets you see how people live and what they value in life in other part of the globe. It opens your mind, keeping away the self-centered perspective. You might notice what is your identity when you actually within all the super strangers. You might notice how different  the life in you country is, comparing what you experienced overseas.
2. it reminds you to be grateful to things you usually take for granted, such as water, land, chili, rice, and family warm hug. Being used to having abundant amount of water, we might not notice how precious water is, in the rain, sea, and public water. In Singapore, for instance, every drop counts. Water is imported from Malaysia, and some other country. Moreover, it is not fresh spring water, yet it is distilled, from sea or from used public water. Alhamdullilah, now I really treasure water.
3. For me, I will be more religious. There would be hard times and challenges when you are going to non-majority Moslem population, since you find hard to find mosque/prayer room or even just to remind you to pray. Or, people actually question you about your wearing full-covered clothes, your Al Qur’an, or your prayer schedule. That would be interesting to share what you believe and let you understand what other people believe too.
4. it is fun to learn that somehow we have unexpected similarities. Indonesian shares the word “sayang”, “gunting”, “item”, “buka”, “aku”, and several laugh-worthy words with Tagalog (Philippines national language). It is just a piece of that, you can find it yourself!
5. studying overseas will challenge you to adapt on different academic culture and expectation. When you can actually excel your competitiveness, openness, and study-skill. In most times, you will actually be excited with the facilities your host campus offer–high-tech computers, recreation center, libraries, well-designed dormitories, and free learning experience. Well, it depends, though, on your host campus level. That is why I recommend that you take a higher-ranked campus, compared to your home university. Please check at trusted university ranking council website, such as QS World University Ranking.
6. Shop! There will be a lot of interesting things overseas, whether it is top-branded labels in cheaper price, local arts, or souvenir to remember. Studying overseas will not complete without travel around the country you visit.
7. second, third, fourth, fifth..etc…home. Making travel and friendship around the globe allows you to make  networking with them. So, when you get there someday, you can really feel home. There will be time when you really feel homey, somewhere, even when you are way far from home. For me, it is Singapore, as a country. In United States, I have a very warm, religious, caring host family in Muncie, Indiana. Host family experience really makes a difference for me in personal and their family as well, as we shared a certain close relationship, called-family. So, i can actually say that Muncie is my 4th home, after Cirebon, Bandung, and Singapore.

So, why not to travel? It is hard to leave your family, your friends, and your comfort zone. Yet,  somehow, when they see you again, everything will be better for you and for them, because of what you have experienced. Dream high, strive for it. World is worth to travel

TF LEaRN @ NUS 2011 in Conclusion

Dream, fight forward, and live passionately.

Striving for TF LEaRN @ NUS scholarship was a huge agenda in the first half of this year. The other half is my time to accomplish my fruitful efforts. Done, yet? Nope. Because Singapore and NUS offers both breath-taking challenges and wide open opportunities, all of which I can finally cherish and treasure.

Dream and Aspiration in NUS (Courtesy of Asharin J. Purisamya)

Singapore forged me, knocked me down, uplift my senses to embrace difference, promote people’s lives, and accelerate impactful social change. And I did not do this in a vacuum: I was together with other TF scholars from all over ASEAN, Korea, India, and China whom I experienced and pursued this journey together. Together, we groomed our fullest leadership potential in the midst of a rich multicultural exchange, fast paced lifestyle, and advance academic atmosphere. At first, we are expected to bond regional networking for the shared future of Asia. In the end of the day, I found that they are the most sincere friends.

I pitched myself to conclude our journey into a video montage. In the end of the semester, this video was presented in TF LEaRN Leadership Forum on December 2, 2011 with honorary guest speaker, Secretary General of ASEAN, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan. I am honored to dedicate this video as a token of our everlasting friendship, shared future, and aspiration.

YEP! Social Media Carnival “Teaser”

Saya percaya bahwa gerakan\ pemuda yang gegap gempita sekarang ini harus dikolaborasikan dengan peningkatan mutu konten gerakan dan media penyampaiannya kepada masyarakat luas. Social Media Carnival menjadi inisiatif saya yang merupakan bagian dari YEP! Youth EmPowering! untuk mengkukuhkan social media sebagai keunggulan YEP! Youth EmPowering! sekaligus meningkatkan kualitas strategi gerakan sosial pemuda melalui eksplorasi fungsi dan fitur mass and social media.

Social Media Carnival

Bergabunglah dengan para student leaders, aktifis organisasi pemuda, dan para ahli social media campaign yang akan berkumpul dan belajar bersama mengenai optimisasi social media untuk gerakan kepemudaan. Di bulan September nanti, kamu akan diajak untuk mengeksplorasi meriahnya social media dalam rangkaian acara Social Media Carnival, yaitu SOCMED Camp, SOCMED Challenge, dan SOCMED Awarding Night yang akan memberikan extraordinary experience yang akhirnya bisa menjadi bekal para pemuda untuk mengakselerasi perubahan di dunia ini. Pasti penasaran kan? Stay tuned di website ini ataupun website resmi YEP! Youth EmPowering dan pastikan kamu menjadi lini terdepan gerakan pemuda!

Kamu juga bisa bergabung bersama kami menjadi YEP! Volunteer untuk menjadi bagian sejarah gebrakan gerakan pemuda ini. Aplikasi YEP! Volunteer masih dibuka sampai tanggal 20 Maret 2012 di website resmi kami! Let’s join us for better “Youth Behavior Change”!

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Co-Founder and Project Director

SOCIAL MEDIA Carnival

YEP! Youth EmPowering!

Midyear Reflection

When our mind is so occupied on blaming ourselves for failing to pursue our target and cannot listen to any advice, just retreat. What we have had and achieved are much more meaningful to us, if only a spare a second to reflect.

 To dream is never wrong, but we sometime forget to realize that it is always the failures that made us strong. You can still see your tomorrow and hold our head up high.

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Midnight,  May 04, 2012

ASEANpreneurs Country Heads and Ambassadors Open for Application “Teaser”

Scale up your entrepreneurial leadership and step up to be the leader of young entrepreneurs in Indonesia!

ASEANpreneurs is recruiting Country Heads and Ambassadors!

COMING SOON

ASEANpreneurs Country Heads and Ambassadors Recruitment

Why to be ASEANpreneurs Country Heads and Ambassadors?

Being ASEANpreneurs Country Heads, you will embark on a life-changing entrepreneurial journey where you can expand your international networks with peer young entrepreneurs, seek mentorship from the pros, exchange your business ideas and best practices, and engage with the latest and most successful business strategies from the region through ASEANpreneurs. Whether you are a conventional, socio, or technopreneurs, entrepreneurship mindset is what you need to fill up your pocket, provide opportunities to your community, most of all, accelerate country’s growth! Also, being an ASEANpreneurs Country Head and Ambassador, you will be prioritized to attend the most-awaited annual business conference for the brightest and most vibrant young entrepreneurs across South East Asian region, “ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange“! So, step up and BE A TORCH BEARER!

About ASEANpreneurs

ASEANpreneurs is a youth run international organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship in the ASEAN region. Budding youth entrepreneurs and leaders from the ASEAN countries use this platform to carry out exchange of business ideas and culture, check on the latest events and developments among ASEAN countries, seek mentorship and advice, make new friends, build professional networks, and search for potential business partners. Headquartered in Singapore, this network is maintained by both NUS Entrepreneurship Society and students from leading ASEAN universities.

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Indah Gilang Pusparani

External Affairs Executive

ASEANpreneurs 2011