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2014 Jci World Congress
Put a fire in your mind
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry Information
AwardProgram:

2014 JCI World Congress

Category:

Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization:

JCI JAPAN
Kazuya Suzuki
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization:
President:

JCI Tokyo
Keisuke Sugawara

President Email: office@tokyo-jc.or.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : From September 13th, 2013 to September 1
Staff : 225 member
Sponsors : Students.
Budget : 230 hundred dollars.
Profit / Loss : 0In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Student-centered young people, and JC members (approximately 700
Who is benefited ?:people).
Objective : For young people who are responsible for the next generation to makedecisions and to move into action.
Overview : Recently, Japan is proposing economic growth through ’Abenomics’,
however both politics and economy are in peril under the chaotic era.
World media calls the wandering Japanese politics as "undecidable
pronoun" since Japan cannot find the way to recover from the long
economic recession, and continues the long-term stagnation "the lost 10years" which is now called "the lost 20 years". One of the reasons for thissituation is said that there is no leader who has ability to take action withstrong belief. The same thing is said in the local community. People whowant to actively improve the current situation by their own belief or action
are decreasing and people with no interests nor energy are increasing.
Under these circumstances, it is now sought-after the strong leadership
who can move into action in the community and is demanded forrebuilding Japan.
Results : Morley Robertson who is researching world affairs by his eye and his foottaught us in an easy and macroscopic way, how predominant the young
Japanese people are ever since they were born if you think in the world
scale, how much advantage it is to live in a leveling society with universally
spread internet, and to obviously look towards the world for starting a newbusiness, while teaching us nicely but sometimes strictly the importance ofpursing and that nothing will start unless you start it, which made theaudience have a new point of view for their goal and ignited their heartwith great interest. Next, Osamu Mizutani who is famous for "night-roundteacher" who is making steady efforts by night-rounding the delinquentjuveniles talked about his actions and made us realize how important it isto make actions under belief and that one can move ones’ feelings when
you face them seriously. Last, we had a serious discussion with 3 JCI
members, 6 students and Taizo Sugimura Facilitator who declares that"receiving a windfall" must be a word that is made for him. Mr. Sugimura
taught us that it is important to always make an action without thinking
about needless things and that it is better to have a light-foot because you
will not know the details of that job until working, by giving examples ofhimself starting from a contracted toilet attendant to a securities salesman
to a House of Representatives member to an entertainer but never making
actions after making decisions but just did any jobs that was given to him
and as a result, people surrounding him let him do the jobs. JC members
also sparked the audiences’ interest with their great variety of experiences,for example, starting a business from borrowing some money with just one
paper bag, or working in America by thinking it is his/her role to connect
the world and Japan when he/she was an elementary student. We
succeeded in teaching students the preparation for going out to the society
by answering their questions and worries. Also, we can say that we caught
young people’s interests by seeing the interested student who attended
this conference actually supported the Tokyo Disaster Support Center forOshima.
Actions Taken :1. Presentation by Morley Robertson
2. Presentation by Osamu Mizutani
3. Discussion with Taizo Sugimura Facilitator/ JCI members/ students.
Recommendations : Almost all of the participants answered in the questionnaire that theywould like to participate again. It will relate to educating future Japaneseleaders, by inviting from all kinds of genre (economy, reconstruction,
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JCIenvironment and others). It encouraged all kinds of wills to make action byappealing to them like: let’s open the way by yourselves, let’s find the goalfor objective, let’s just make an action even if you can’t find the objective,
let’s move with passion towards the goal, let’s make an action
internationally and with intelligence, let’s become a person who loves
people, have passion and who is demanded by people, let’s act withpassion even if you cannot see the future and let’s be approved bysurrounded people, let’s contribute to the society, let’s act with belief, let’s
love and be loved, let’s not give up even after setback, let’s challenge newthings, making action is the most important, let’s show the young ones
your back; even though the reality is not easy.

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Award Category criteria

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the In recent Japanese society, many people have dream
objectives of this and hope for the future or have the spirit of wanting
program? to improve the current situation by themselves, but

not many know how to move into action. You must
be courageous enough to make a decision and toprogress forward especially when you are facing
something big like standing on a watershed momentin your life. Your heart will be sparked when theobjective is found after you’ve made the decision
and acted positively. The action you’ve taken withyour decision and belief will also spark otherpeople’s hearts. It is a very important aspect forleadership to make a strong decision and to act
initiatively. The next step the young generations
should take for rebuilding Japan is to act by makingdecisions.
How does this The solution for "Undecidable Japanese" to makeprogram align to decisions is to repeat making actions andthe JCI Plan of experiences and to have confidence. In diversifying
Action? modern ages, occupations will have more types andthe race will be from domestic scale to world scale.
To live through this era, it is important to have thefeeling to believe yourself and to have a new point ofview to act. According to the survey, we succeededin making them have all kinds of actions, by focusing
on this point.
Was the budget an Yes. It was a positive point for the project to makeeffective guide for presentations to all kinds of assenting companies in
the financial order to achieve support money. Since we achieved
management of the this support money, we were able to find aproject? convenient conference room with goodtransportation (90 hundred dollars for conference
related fee) and to invite famous instructors (90hundred dollars in total for reward).
How does this Young ones who realized at this conference theproject advance importance of having hope for the future, acting by
the JCI Mission making decision will have the responsibility to actand Vision? and the positive behavior not to fear the failure. Thisbehavior having propagated to surrounding young
people will reach to them the importance andcourage of making decisions. Also the attended JCI
members realized the importance of making
decisions and acting positively by showing your backto the young ones. Moreover, expanding the businesstowards young people in each society committees
will propagate to each society committees. The next
thing a member who took a close look at themselves
and achieved skills for decision making and acting
which is important for leadership should do is toindicate the directions to the surrounding people andto act initiatively with love.
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Award Category criteria2

Membership Participation

By number, howmany members
were involved inthis program? 30 memgers.
By percentage,
how manymembers of theLocal Organization
were involved inthis program? 40%
Describe the main
roles of the The role is to make bigger the ignited spirit, by young
participating people with ignited spirit acting and igniting themembers in this surrounding people. Also, about 30 members wereprogram. involved in the operation.

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JCIPage 5Award Category criteria

3Skills Developed

What skills were We were able to develop the skill of involving others,
developed in this by achieving support money and therefore were able
program? to gather supporting companies. We achieved theskill to establish a reliable relationship by creatingwith the students from the planning step. We realizedthat it is important to first make an action and for
doing that, we have to ignite the heart and that light
ignites the others’ heart and finally becomes a bigfire.
How were these We started the plan in February and by involving
skills developed? many members’ opinions, we built up the conference
Describe the details. We borrowed young opinions such as small
methods and bits by involving students from May. Held a meeting
activities used. once a week with the executive committee andstudents, detailed meetings with instructors fromAugust. Picked-up details for questions and opinions
until the end for the serious discussion. By seriously
facing the others, we involved many groups andexpressed our feelings.

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4Impact on Participants

What was the Grows both mentally and physically the participatedintended impact on young next generations and let them become athe participants? leader who tracts the metropolitan or the area. In

recent Japanese society, many people have dreamand hope for the future or have the spirit of wanting
to improve the current situation by themselves, but
not many know how to move into action. You must
be courageous enough to make a decision and toprogress forward especially when you are facing
something big like standing on a watershed momentin your life. Your heart will be sparked when theobjective is found after you’ve made the decision
and acted positively. The action you’ve taken withyour decision and belief will also spark otherpeople’s hearts.
Describe the actual By reading the survey, what we can say for both JCI
impact on the members and students is Mr. Robertson’s and Mr.
participants. Mizutani’s presentation were both favorable. The

light for acting with belief or for living with love andsupport ignited many people’s hearts. We can saythat we caught young people’s interests by seeing
the interested student who participated in thisconference actually attended for the support for
Oshima in Tokyo Disaster Support Center.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the By JCI igniting each student groups and boosting
expected long-term exchanges, we will cooperate and act with more
impact of this student groups. By continuing this, relationship will
project? be built more and bigger and JCI network could

cover young generations. As a result, the action weJCI made and the leadership will be propagated evento students who don’t belong to any student
organizations, and we could be the real leader withright action and leadership, therefore a bright andrich society could be close to becoming real.
What changes Even though it ignited many "actions", JCI’swould you make to conferences are not often proportional for details
improve the results and mobilization when thinking about the way toof this project? move to action. For improving this, we should nameopen conferences something familiar so thatanybody could participate such as "The 〇thGrown-ups Entertainment", and make conferenceslook like it has different themes each time such as"Reconstruction", "Economy", "InternationalContribution", "Environment", or "Education". It is
important to make the atmosphere and theconference culture that people could participate
whenever they want to come. To do this, we think it
is important to increase the number of peope whoare at least interested in our information, and tocontinue relating and giving information to theparticipants and the supporting groups, which will
increase the reliability and name recognition andcould ignite many peoples’ hearts. We shouldcontinue the relationship with students whoparticipated this time and announce themaggressively about the upcoming conferences andbusinesses.

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