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Two euforians exploring new oceans

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Next year, euforia will turn 10 years old. Can you believe it? Born in May 2007 and raised by a handful of co-founders, the organization has since then grown to 27 employees and over 300 volunteers on three continents.

Currently, euforia is in the middle of a transition phase towards a community driven organization based on holacratic principles. This means that we are moving away from the heroic leader paradigm and start giving more power and responsibility to the team.

Within this transition phase, two long-term euforians decided to change roles and hand over more responsibility to other euforia members. We are really happy that Chantal and Jerónimo are going to embark on new professional adventures, while still staying involved in the organization part time in the future to support our ongoing scaling.

Chief Inspiration Officer and euforian from the very first day, Jerónimo feels that euforia has turned into a stable, healthy organization with no need for charismatic leadership. In a careful selection process, he has helped to build a strong team over the past years and at the same time started focusing on new personal goals. Now he believes the time is ripe to leave operations and take on an advisory role in which he will continue to support euforia’s growth. At the same time, freeing up the majority of his time will give him space for new projects further developing his vision on moving business towards sustainability, bringing more wellbeing to the social change sector and co-creating a global movement of neotribes – with euforia as a living example.

Also, our Chief Euphoric Officer Chantal is reducing her workload and leaving to new oceans. After building up euforia’s corporate circle over the past years, she feels it’s time to hand over part of her responsibilities and make space for new learning. Chantal is going to shake up the finance world, joining the innovation lab team at Raiffeisen in the role of a New Business Innovator – rocking now from the inside, still with the same mission of creating real change. At the same time she will stay on the team as a coach.

We want to thank those two beautiful people for their euphoria, passion, love, craziness and rock’n’roll. We are very happy to still have you on board of this crazy ship as coaches and benefit from your expertise and experience.

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Leading with Imp!act Teaserevent

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Die steigende Komplexität, Unsicherheit, Ambiguität und Konkurrenz einer sich immer schneller entwickelnden Welt, die generation-übergreifenden Konflikte und die zunehmende Bedeutung der Nachhaltigkeit und Innovation verlangt von Führungskräften und Unternehmen ein tiefgreifendes Umdenken.

Leading with Imp!act ist ein Leadership und Change Management Programm, das jungen Menschen und erfahrenen Führungskräften die Werkzeuge, das Mindset und den Raum für Austausch und Erfahrungen bietet, um gute Vorsätze in echtes Engagement zu verwandeln. Wir kreieren ein innovatives, hierarchiefreies, kreativ-verrücktes Umfeld, in dem erfahrene Manager gemeinsam mit jungen Menschen ihre eigene Führungskultur hinterfragen, um die Generation Y als Kunden, aber auch als zukünftige Mitarbeiter besser zu verstehen, und ein innovationsförderndes Arbeitsumfeld mit zu gestalten.

Anders als bei traditionellen Weiterbildungen steht nicht Theorie, sondern erfahrungsbasiertes Lernen im Mittelpunkt. Im hierarchie-freien Austausch mit engagierten jungen Menschen lernen Teilnehmende, eine menschenzentrierte Führungskultur zu schaffen, die Innovation, Selbstbefähigung und Nachhaltigkeit fördert und so ihr Unternehmen langfristig zu einem attraktiveren Arbeitsplatz macht.

Interessiert? Erleben Sie in unserem Leading with Imp!act Teaser eine Mini-Version des Programms, um unsere Ansätze, Methodik und Euphorie kennenzulernen:

Mittwoch, 13. Juli 2016, von 17:00 bis 20:00
Stadthausquai 15, 8001 Zürich

Anmeldung und weitere Informationen bei Valerian Stalder: 077 432 14 88, valerian@euforia.ch

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Welcome to the new EUFORIA BOOSTERS!

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The euforia family has grown! Nine “euforia boosters” officially joined the many motivated and inspiring euforia volunteers, interns, trainees and staff in this movement of change makers!

The boosters are part of the newly created Impact Career Academy (ICA). Working in small teams and equipped with new ideas and great amounts of enthusiasm they will tackle different projects in various areas of euforia. This new type of co-creation between boosters, staff, and volunteers will hopefully become a structure of working together that spreads to other businesses and workplaces!

Have a look at the profiles below to get to know the new euforia boosters and to see which part of euforia they will be boosting!

 

The EvalNinajas — Luís and Nicoletta
The EvalNinjas will unleash the potential of evaluation to constantly improve euforia and all its programs.  Luís and Nicoletta live by their motto “Making evaluation sexy” ;)

 
 
 

Luís became a booster at euforia because he has just too much energy and happiness that needs to be shared with the rest of the world. He gets his own energy from human kindness and nature and if he were a natural energy booster himself he would be singing all day long. Originally fromPortugal, now living in beautiful Annecy, France, he brings Yoda´s patience to the EvalNinjas.

Nicoletta brings joy to the EvalNinja team!  If she was a natural energy booster, she would dance till the sun comes up. Nicoletta gets her own energy from remembering people´s happy faces. She joined the booster team with the goal to use her professional skills to improve the beautiful community of euforia.

 

 
 

The (r)Evolutionizers — Natalia, Elodie, Sidsel, Philippa
The (r)Evolutionizers will focus on the eTP structure and – as their name suggests – seek to (r)Evolutionize the eTP to make it more holistic and inclusive. All under the motto “Share & Grow”, be prepared for some big changes and new opportunities to get involved with euforia!

 
 
 

Natalia delights the people around her with a good dose of playfulness and a topping of gratefulness. Born and raised in Mexico until the age of 8, she now lives in Geneva and feels like a world citizen. As a booster she wants to disseminate the euforic culture of co-creation, support and trust and contribute to a more humane society of interrelation and interconnection with an environment that is solution oriented. As a natural energy booster she would be a joy dance and she gets her energy from deep connections with euphoric people or being upside down at Acroyoga.

Elodie loves to sing and – very fittingly – would be bird´s song if she was a natural booster. She hails from France where she still lives and just learned that she is puckish (yeah, you probably have to google that). She joined the boosters because euforia makes her happy and what better way to make other people as happy as she is?!

 
 
 
 

Sidsel is from Denmark but resides in Switzerland now. She came to join the boosters through a synergy meeting. Her “secret ingredient” is the law of attraction – so watch out! If she was a natural energy boosters she would be a meditation session; she gets her own energy from a variety of things including people, singing, running, being, playing, reading, writing, laughing, and living.

Philippa joined the boosters because euforia is just her perfect cup of tea – the moment she first read about it, she decided that she would work for euforia eventually. Being skinny dipping as a natural energy boosters, she brings bubbliness and zest for action to the (r)Evolutionizers. Creating pretty things gives new energy for new ideas and actions. She is from Germany and will move to the southern part of Germany soon.

 
 

The Waitresses — Fränzi and Marietta
The Waitresses will support euforia with its facilitation and businesses services and their ultimate goal is to deliver the best custom-made euforia menu.

 
 
 

Fränzi brings acuity and lenience to the waitresses. Euforia boosts her own life so the next step was to become a euforia booster herself. She grew up in Obfelden, studied in Zurich, is now based in Fribourg but works in Bern. Brunch with friends, sport (yoga and crossfit) and lots of sleep energize her, while she would be a ginger-banana smoothie with cinnamon topping if she was a natural energy booster.

Marietta´s “secret ingredient” is her mint-mango ability to see the good (or potential for good) in everyone. She gets her own energy from watching life and reading/writing in a small cafe, singing with others and feeling beautiful harmonies, and nature. If she was a natural energy booster she would be the feeling of cold water on your face in the morning. Originally from Hamburg but having lived – and maybe returning soon – in Geneva, she joined the boosters because co-creating a world based on abundance, true being, and connections makes her so very euphoric!

 
 

Sales & Partnerships — Bibiana
The Sales & Partnership booster will focus on euforia´s business services. The goal is to enhance euforia’s corporate expertise and know-how by enlarging its activites all across Switzerland as well as to establish fruitful and meaningful collaborations, especially in the French speaking region.

 

Bibiana would be a fresh green juice with an overdose of ginger if she was a natural energy booster. She gets energized through dancing, singing, hiking, morning mediation and yoga. Being part of euforia has already transformed her life in many ways. By joining the booster team she can use her skillset to spread the euforia virus even further, helping the organization grow and scale up sustainably. She was born and raised in Columbia but now lives in Lausanne. She smiles to the world and seeks to be grateful no matter what and to embrace compassion and kindness.

 
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Crazy Lions in les Marécottes — euforia´s first Wellbeing Retreat

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Take a deep breath in. As you breathe out, cross your eyes, stick out your tongue as far as possible, leap forward and roar like a lion. Repeat a few times. Notice how a strong and fierce energy fills the room. Also notice the laughter of all the people around you.

The “Crazy Lion” is just one exercise we used during the wellbeing retreat to explore the fierceness and fears within us as individuals and within our group of euforians.

The 3-day wellbeing retreat in the mountains around les Marécottes is one of the ways in which euforia is pushing forward on its quest to make wellbeing an integral part of the organization. What do I need as an individual for my personal wellbeing? How can euforia support the wellbeing of its staff and volunteers?

We explored these and many other related questions by looking at and experiencing different understandings, dimensions, and strategies of wellbeing. While Jerónimo and Michelle had put together a general structure of the retreat, we decided together as a group how to fill the days with discussions, exercises and practices related to wellbeing that were most intriguing to us.

In different workshops we discussed and provided insights to each other about priority setting, energy management, the concept of neotribes, and feminine leadership. Through various mindfulness exercises we focused on the relationship between us and nature and our surroundings in general. Yoga and meditation were offered every day to explore our relationship with our bodies.

Hotel Balance was the perfect setting for all these activities and the beautiful mountains and nearby hiking trails were an open invitation for us to (re-) connect with nature. All meals were vegetarian (with vegan options) and so smashingly delicious that all 17 of us flooded the kitchen on the last day of the retreat to personally thank the cook.

We left the wellbeing retreat with our heads buzzing with ideas and intentions to integrate simple wellbeing measures into our everyday life – at home and at work. As a very first step to spread our insights of the weekend among the euforia community, we are currently putting together a “recipe book” full of “wellbeing hacks” that we collected during the retreat.

However, the greatest lesson of our days together was that finding your personal wellbeing mix is most fun when you do it together and share your wellbeing journey with a friend. Venture out and find a wellbeing buddy or group of friends with whom you want to figure this out together! Enjoy nature together, share with them your meditation or yoga experiences, share with each other what you are grateful for, practice mindfulness together, and - most importantly - be crazy lions together!

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The Volunteers circle is born

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For quite some time euforia had been thinking at how to include our volunteers more substantially when it comes to taking strategic decisions and paving the way for the future of euforia. After some brainstorming during a meeting of our most experienced volunteers (aka the level 3 eTPers),, the volunteer circle idea was born and a call was sent across the euforia community in Switzerland and abroad. We wanted to find volunteers that were ready to commit to turning this crazy idea into reality. And here they are: Gordon Keay, Manon Pétermann, Nicole Recklies and Osi König are our current members of the very first volunteers circle.

In line with euforia’s tradition, during our first meetings we brainstormed about what we love about volunteering at euforia and what we could change to make our volunteering even better, and we set our priorities and objectives accordingly. Here’s a short briefing. In the coming months, the volunteers circle will focus on 3 main areas: community building, coordination between euforia volunteers and staff and among volunteers, and euforia 3.0.

As euforia is growing, we feel it’s crucial that we focus on our community, so as to make sure that euforic people are connected and our sense of belonging around the euforia vision and values is enhanced. The first concrete step we are taking when it comes to community building is reinforcing connections between euforia volunteers at city and regional level through prototyping local chapters. Local chapters are quite common across volunteering organisations, but of course we’re thinking this the euforia way. Expect more info on this soon.

Our rapid expansion across Switzerland and abroad also means our coordination will be key to make the most of the growth process we are going through. That’s why we set improving coordination among euforic people in all capacities as one of our priorities. We’ll look into ways of improving our knowledge management and we’ll find the best possible way to join efforts when it comes to fundraising.

Finally, we love to think of euforia as volunteer-driven, that’s why through euforia 3.0 we are imagining ways of empowering our volunteers to decide what they want euforia to be like in the future. We are going as visionary as we can and it’s very likely that we’ll soon seek out for crazy ideas. Stay tuned.

If you would like to contribute to the volunteers circle or simply know more about this, please just get in touch with Manon, Gordon, Nicole or Osi. Or email me at massimiliano@euforia.ch.

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Welcome Philipp

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My name is Philipp and im the new team member at euforia. After 1 year as a volunteer for euforia, I will now sell the euforia products and Business services within the new created Impact Career Academy (ICA) on the swiss labor market.

I worked many years for different Swiss companies in the area of new customer business. Now, the time is coming to sell euforia products and push the different trainings and programs much more that we can spread the euforia spirit all around Switzerland.

One important thing I have learned during my young Sales career is that you can loose nothing, only a chance. Thats my motto and booster to do cold calls for being succesfull. And one more thing: Set up your targets always 120%

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The boat of life (Welcome Valerian!)

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Valerian joined the staff a few months ago to boost our Business services. This is him:

I find myself on a boat which has left the harbor of joy a third of a lifetime ago. Its sails are my wings guiding me on my journey; its anchor is my roots allowing me to grow. It left into waters of smooth waves, stroking winds and warming sun rays, never leaving the company of family, which constantly sailed alongside of me.

A painful and sudden farewell from one of the boats resulted in strengthened bonds of the three remaining ships. The three continued their journey through winds and waves and from sunrise to sunset. They fought through stormy oceans and cherished the serenity of calm waters. The sun kissed them while the moon watched over them, and the stars helped them to rediscover lost ways. They crossed paths with many other vessels and encountered numerous exotic coastlines. With the compass of ancient virtues and the winds of change they guided their boats in a mystical manner.

I have already sailed through an ocean on my boat. In order to successfully navigate through it I had to train my capabilities to think. I am now on the next part of my journey in which I need to balance and control the energy that is around and within me. This has to be done to conquer the second ocean, before I face the third and last ocean of my journey.

I am thankful for the opportunity to currently sail together with fellow social pirates – they call themselves euforians – and to radically distribute social mass constructive weapons that spread creativity, inspiration and the ability to make more use of one`s own potential.

Please tell me about your journey the next time we meet!