Dear Handballers,

The IE Handball club 2006 was especially formed to take part in the MBA tournament. Handball had been added as a new discipline, and Spain being World Champions, we felt that we couldn’t miss.

Our efforts were paid off – we came in 3rd in Paris!

Handball (or "team handball") is a fast-paced game involving two teams of seven players who pass, throw, catch and dribble a small ball with their hands while trying to score goals. The team with the most goals wins the game. A game consists of two 30-minute halves with a 10-minute half-time break.

We practiced as a team in several different sports centres and we had a ton of fun!
There is still a ball around that you will inherit for the coming year.

Go IE Go!

Description: the swimming club is aiming to allow people that share a passion for swimming to meet and have fun. Also the club is very active in coordinating the trainings and preparing the team for the attendance of the MBAT held in Paris.

There are a surprising number of pools in Madrid and this club practices at several. We get together to enjoy the exercise and to better our performance. We train for health and also for competitions abroad. In the 2006 MBA Tournament outside of Paris, at HEC, we placed 2nd overall and had many medals for individuals for our team of 12 students and partners. The more experienced individuals help the less experienced to improve in form and times. All are welcome to come and practice.

The rollerblading club practices at Retiro, where there are miles of flat roads to have fun on. There are rental locations around Madrid, but you can also purchase your own at sporting goods stores or at Corte Ingles.

All levels, beginners and advanced are welcome to join in!

The club also participates in competitions at the MBA Tournament in Paris.

IE´s study rooms are not just for thinking about case studies!

This club organises competitions for the more reflexive students and for those with strong powers of concentration..

Once again IE’s MBA students have come back from Paris exhausted but happy with their excellent performance. This year the host school decided to change the overall point system that used to give advantage to big delegations. Schools with less than 125 sports participants now participate in a “small schools ranking” on a separate basis.

The old system gave two-year MBAs an advantage in the overall ranking as they sent students from first and second years, whilst one-year schools had to compete in the same specialities with half the number of people.

In 2005 IE was the winner in its category, coming fifth in the general ranking. However, according to Claudia Jimenez Weil (IMBA05) and Pamela Tánchez (IMBA05), who coordinated IE’s teams in this year’s event, “the most important thing was the awesome opportunity to network both internally and with students from other business schools”.

This year also saw an active search by students for sponsorship of the event. Gregor Minder (IMBA05) led this project, and was successful in securing many contacts in the corporate world, like Masterfood’s sponsorship of the event, and others that will be of great help in future editions.

We also want to thank KYOCERA and the company’s General Manager, Oscar Sánchez (IMBA94), for their confidence in our teams and their support. Thanks to their invaluable help, a group of 156 sportsmen, sportswomen and a strong cheerleading team of students and partners were able to demonstrate our leadership and teamwork skills to the business school community.

The darts team came first following an exciting final against Bocconi. Pablo Divasson, (IMBA05) co-ordinator of the team, Guy Richard Taylor (IMBA05), Miguel Morenés (IMBA05), and Oliver Seldon (IMBA05), showed great power of concentration throughout the long and intense competition.

There were big celebrations when the salsa team secured second place. Tesia Hostetler (IMBA05), led the team, made up of students from the US, Germany and Brazil, who delighted audiences with the originality of their choreography and dancing skills. IE’s rowing, golf, rollerblading and tennis teams also achieved second position. In the rowing event, Daniel Alves (IMBA05) provided great leadership for the team, even though they were mostly beginners. On the golf course, Petter Solberg (IMBA05) put up a great show despite some formidable competition and the awful colour of the polo shirt that all golf players were required to wear! Our rollerblading team’s training sessions in the Retiro, led by Henry Kalbe (IMBA05), obviously paid off, and our tennis players, captained by Carlos Tejerizo (IMBA05), put up an amazing fight in a very unequal final against an ATP champion.

Our congratulations also to Nils Bjerregaard (IMBA05), sailing, Marco de Modesti (IMBA05), beach volley, Chris Kozup (IMBA05), running, with a special mention for Claudia Kaisser (IMBA05), winner of the women’s competition which took place in 35º, and Regis Morel (IMBA05), squash, who led their teams to a very honourable third position.

The Dean, Santiago Iñiguez and the External Relations Director, Gonzalo Garland with the MBAT Team.

Women’s Volleyball Club

The IE women’s volleyball club caters to all levels of player, with teams playing at the IESE Barcelona “Spring Fling,” and the MBAT hosted by HEC in France. We hold weekly practices where the emphasis of the club is stressed: enjoyment, both sporting and social. The friendly coaches help anyone learn the basics or improve their game, so whatever your current level of play, we encourage you to come out and have a ball!

El Club de Volibol de mujeres

El club del voleibol de mujeres es para todos niveles de jugadores. Nuestros equipos juegan en el IESE Barcelona “Spring Fling,” y el MBAT recibió por HEC en Francia. Tenemos las prácticas cada semana y el énfasis del club se enfatizan: el placer, para deportes y social. ¡Los entrenadores ayudan cualquiera aprende los principios o mejora su juego, así que cualquier su nivel actual del juego, nosotros le alentamos a venir y divertirse!

Women’s Football Club

The goal of the IE women’s soccer team is to provide an opportunity for women to play football at any level. We aim to maintain a balance between fun and player development. We play for fun and also train for international competitions- in 2005 we places 2nd at the Spring Fling and 2nd at the MBA Tournament. We encourage women to come along whether they are experienced players or have never kicked a ball: Football is fun and whatever your age and experience we welcome you.

El propósito del club femenino de fut-ball es proveer una oportunidad a las mujeres para involucrarse en el juego, no importando su nivel de experiencia. Tratamos de mantener un balance entre diversión y crecimiento profesional. Practicamos para divertirnos y tambien para competiciones international- en 2005 fuimos al Barcelona para el Spring Fling y tambien a Paris para el MBA Tournament y que do en segunda lugar en los dos.

Están bienvenidas todas las mujeres a formar parte de nuestro club, no importando su nivel de experiencia en el juego. Únete y te divertirás muchísimo!

Promover integración y soporte de la comunidad de los estudiantes dominicanos en el Instituo de Empresa por medio de diferentes actividades culturales, académicas y de ocio; asi como la integración con otros grupos y clubes del instituto.

Japanese students at IE want to introduce Japanese cultures. The main objectives are as follows:

1.To introduce Japanese culture to other students
2.To network with Japanese companies in Spain
3.To collaborate with IE on Japanese-related matters

Volleyball club
How familiar are these words?:
Team-work, team oriented, decision making skills, strategic planning, dynamic environment and flexibility…It seems like we were talking about businesses here, but no, we are talking about volleyball.

We all love this sport...that's why we meet once a week to play. We like to get together, have fun and release some stress from the daily workload.

We train, for fun and for competitions in Spain and abroad. We train sometimes together with the women´s team sometimes just men.
Come out and give it a try!

El objetivo del club de los venezolanos ha sido, hasta ahora, el de servir como medio de comunicación para la comunidad de venezolanos en IE.

Disponemos de un grupo en Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clubvenezolanosie/ gracias al cual los miembros del club nos mantenemos informados y en contacto directo sobre distintas actividades de común interés para los miembros.

Actualmente, estamos buscando crear un blog que permita tener una interacción más dinámica entre los miembros y nos permita mantener un nexo con los antiguos alumnos y el Club de Antiguos Alumnos del IE en Venezuela.

Actividades que han sido tratadas/discutidas hasta ahora:

Posibilidades de trabajo en España y trámites necesarios
Red de contactos para establecer relaciones comerciales
Realización eventos sociales y deportivos, etc.

En algún momento también fueron planteados objetivos académicos y culturales, con la intención de fomentar una relación más estrecha con el cuerpo administrativo del IE, la Embajada de Venezuela en Madrid y entre ambos.

La continuación de esos esfuerzos de integración, representan un interesante reto para la próxima promoción de venezolanos en el IE que tenga la iniciativa de tomar las riendas del club de cara al futuro.

Although sailing is a sport that requires certain skills, the sailing club has members with different levels.

Founded in 2004, the Sailing Club is one of the most attractive ones.

The Club organizes sailing days near Madrid and, for second time this year 2005, has planed a week-long cruise to the Balearics in the month of July for its members and students or alumni, whether experienced sailors or beginners.

The club has also participated in several competitions organised by other Business Schools, such as the Spring Fling, hosted by IESE in Barcelona or the MBAs Cup Regatta and Conference in Portofino Bay, Italy, in September, organized by SDA Bocconi.

The MBAs Cup Regatta gathered 15 MBAs teams from top European and American (US and Canada) leading Business School competing on a team and an individual basis. The event was not only for people with a passion for sailing, but for anybody wishing to share personal experiences, enjoy social events and participate at conferences with exclusive top leaders from the industrial, financial, academic and sport world focused on the topic "Winning the global race: the innovation challenge".
In the Regatta, eight members of the IE club sailed their Jeanneau Sun Fast 37 to second position overall!

The tennis club organises top-level competitions as well as participates at the Spring Fling and the MBATournament in Paris.

There are, however, opportunities for all, and there are several leagues for different levels. All designed to bring people together while keeping fit.

The squash club has organised a league in which players of different levels take part. The aim was to enjoy free time practicing a sport and to get to know students from other groups and programmes.

This sport is for those who like to work as a team and have a competitive spirit. We train for competitions in Barcelona and Paris.

What´s more, what better way to get rid of even more of the week´s stress than having a couple of beers after the match!

Rowing in Madrid is not an easy thing to do. It can be organized at the Retiro Park. For longer rows, a trip outside Madrid to near El Escorial is required.

Instituto de Empresa, however, managed to become the HEC 2004 Rowing champions without having rowed together before the competition, and did quite well in 2005. There are mixed levels of experience on the team, and everyone is welcome to try it out!

This club comprises those students who want to experience new sensations by practicing freefall. They begin with tandem jumps, and the most daring move on to individual jumps. After the course, Participants can decide between two main specialisations: flat flying (traditional) and freefall.

Several skydiving sessions have been organised in Lillo with special rates for IE students and professors.

Padel tennis is a really popular sport in Spain. You need four players and a court ( just a bit smaller than the one used for tennis). It´s yet another excellent networking activity.

An exciting sport for everyone!!

With the organisation of a trip to Tarifa, in Cadiz, one of the best locations in the world for this sport, the members of this club have made it one of the most popular activities among IE students.

This group goes jogging around the Retiro or any one of Madrid´s many other parks at weekends and on some weekdays. They also train for the sports competitions at IESE and HEC.

It´s an excellent excuse to get away from that desk for a while.

Playing with this club is for all levels and physiques. Beginners receive classes and experts maintain or improve their handicap.

Members play weekends in Madrid with a final competition in Marbella and Ireland, as well as competing at the Spring Fling in Barcelona and the MBA Tournament at HEC outside of Paris.

The aim here is to visit Spain's main ski resorts - Sierra Nevada and the Pyrenees - to breathe pure mountain air and enjoy this most popular of winter sports.

This club organises weekends in the snow, where, apart from skiing itself, participants enjoy après-ski in the form of excellent Spanish cuisine.

Climbing in its different forms requires large doses of adrenaline.
Joining in the activities that this club organizes on the weekends guarantees continued teamwork and is the best therapy for aleviating stress after a long week´s at school.

The objective of this club is to be the reference and the main resource for all IE students who are interested in business opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). To organize activities so as to connect companies and entrepreneurs in Spain and CEE countries.

Basketball Club

Regardless of the programs´ workload, this club organizes basketball meetings every week (especially before the sports competitions). Its main objectives are to generate friendships and to maintain or regenerate players´ form and skills.

Club DAS ist das Studenten & Alumni-Netzwerk für den deutschsprachigen Raum. Der Club DAS soll eine offene Plattform sein, die es ermöglicht die verschiedensten Aktivitäten zu entwickeln, auch mit dem Ziel den Stellenwert des deutschsprachigen Wirtschaftsraumes im Studenten & Alumni Netzwerk des IE zu erhöhen, vor allem aber, daß alle noch mehr von der Zeit in Madrid profitieren (Fun & Business).

Dieses Netzwerk soll für alle aktuellen und ehemaligen Studenten des IE zugänglich gemacht werden, die entweder die deutsche (D), österreichische (A) oder schweizer (S) Staatsbürgerschaft haben, die in einem dieser 3 Länder arbeiten oder Kontakte in diese Länder aufbauen möchten.

Um allen Interessenten die Teilnahme an diesem Club zu ermöglichen, werden alle Informationen sowohl auf deutsch als auch auf englisch bereitgestellt.

Der Club DAS trifft sich jeden dritten Donnerstag eines Monats (Third Thursday) um 20:30 im Barril y Botella. Alles weitere erfahrt Ihr unter club_das@alumni.ie.edu.

L´AFIE (Alliance Francophone de L´Instituto de Empresa) a pour ambition de rassembler tous les nouveaux ou anciens élèves francophones de l´Instituto de Empresa.

Si vous êtes originaire d´un pays francophone ou plus simplement si vous parlez le français, venez donc nous rejoindre! L´AFIE organise chaque mois des rencontres informelles au cours desquelles vous pourrez établir de nouveaux contacts avec des professionnels d´horizons, de promotions et de masters différents.

Ces rencontres sont aussi l´occasion de nouer de nouvelles amitiés, de pratiquer votre français ou tout simplement de trouver de nouveaux partenaires pour une partie de pétanque!

Nous nous réunissons tous les premiers jeudis du mois à 20h00.

Pour en savoir plus ou recevoir votre future invitation il vous suffit de nous envoyer un mail à alliancefrancophone@ie.edu.

À bientôt!
L´AFIE

Our Motto
"Learning by Doing"

Who we are
We are business students and spouses who share the same passion- achieving a better world through socially responsible business practices.

Our Vision
To create an environment that fosters IE student growth in the area of social responsibility, including education, practical application, and employment opportunities.

Our Objectives

+Net Impact Chapter: we intend to join a network of more than 13,000 leaders committed to improving the world through socially responsible business practices.

+Corporate Social Responsibility: we apply and develop skills in the real world, while making an indirect, positive impact on society through corporations.

+Social Action: we apply and develop skills in the real world, while making a direct, positive impact on society through hands-on contributions.

+Case Studies: we learn more and help others learn more about social responsibility by researching and writing case studies.

+Job Opportunities: we increase IE student access to and awareness of NGOs and companies in the area of social responsibility.

+Exchange Ideas: we learn from one another by discussing various social responsibility topics.

+Guest Speakers: we attract fresh insights that increase IE student awareness of current topics related to social responsibility.

Contact Us
Email: netimpact@ie.edu

The goal of the IE Salsa Club is for everybody that is interested to have fun and learn salsa dancing.

In the year 2005/2006 the IE Salsa Club offered salsa classes with private teachers at two levels (beginner and advanced). We had many dance outings at different places around Madrid including Cats. Several members also competed in the Salsa competitions at the Spring Fling (where IE placed first), and at the MBAT at HEC outside of Paris where 5 couples participated in the competition.

Everybody is welcome to join IE Salsa Club events: students, partners, singles, couples, beginners and dancers.

The IE Salsa Club currently maintains its own blog at www.iesalsa.blogspot.com

If you are interested in the IE Salsa Club please send an e-mail to
IE.SALSA@GMAIL.COM