This document provides a summary of activities from Day 1 of the Annual Curators Meeting (ACM). It discusses an art exercise where teams created abstract paintings without full information, highlighting the importance of seeing the "big picture." It also shares an interview with the Erbil Hub Curator who discusses youth empowerment projects and regional collaboration. The #GiftMyCulture initiative is noted for creating a gift pool representing different cultures. The schedule for Day 2 of the ACM is provided.

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Picasso would have been proud. Upon walking into the Forum yesterday morning, Shapers found the back tent full of blank
canvases, colorful paint, and fresh paintbrushes. Teams were tasked with replicating an abstract painting but with a twist:
some could not talk, some were given limited supplies, and some could only view the painting for a minute. Not knowing that
their own painting would be part of one giant one in the end, many teams felt had they known the big picture, they would
have organized themselves differently.
Creativity is rooted in leadership—picking up the paintbrush and making that first stroke on a blank sheet, not always
knowing the next stroke, takes courage. Many people are afraid to think outside the box and change the status quo of a white
canvas. “We [Shapers] are disrupters, we want to break the rules. That is what shaping
means—breaking reality while being realistic,” members of Team Building Group 8 say.
So I invite you to go ahead and pick up that paintbrush - the world is your canvas.
See the big picture and go make art. [A. Pilipiszyn]
#GIFTMYCULTURE DAILY EDITORIAL
BY GIULIA ZANZI
INTERVIEW WITH
ERBIL CURATOR
BIZA BARZO
THE ACM DAILY
#shapersACM
CREATE
CREATIVITY UNPLUGGED

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Although the European headquarters
of the UN is based in Geneva,
Switzerland did not join the UN until
2002.
©Wikipedia
Switzerland is the best place in the
world to be born according to the
Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU)
2013 Quality of Life Index, a survey
which takes 11 statistically significant
factors into account, e.g. how happy
people say they are, crime levels, trust
in public institutions, climate,
employment, gender equality, quality
of family life and material well-being.
©EIU
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein from
Cologny (Where WEF is), which was
published in 1818.
Facts about Switzerland,
DID YOU KNOW?
Weather in Geneva for the next
few days:
THE ABRAAJ CHALLENGE
Abraaj, a private equity fund investing in emerging markets, has a program that
carries the magic title of “stakeholder engagement”, a concept invented by our
founder, Professor Schwab. The program funds philanthropic initiatives,
including four of our Shapers’ projects from the Ankara, Rabat, Nairobi and
Puebla hubs.
Abraaj, being a private equity firm, selected the projects not only for their
potential for “changemaking” or—should I say shaping—potential but also on the
measurability of their impact.
Not surprisingly, the common thread through all of them was that the projects
had concrete and quantifiable KPIs. A main takeaway for all of us: To get funding
for projects, make sure to have such KPIs. A second common thread was
“empowerment”. The Ankara and Rabat projects were about empowering women,
Nairobi project about empowering children, and The Puebla project, a city with
twice as many crimes in 2014 as its population, about empowering its citizens.
Congratulations to all four hubs and best of luck with implementing your
projects. [E. Vlerick]
COCA-COLA CHALLENGE FINALISTS

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CREATING ONE
COMMUNITY
TOGETHER
Professor Schwab having a meaningful
conversation with the Shapers
C u r a t o r s h a v e t h e j o y ( a n d
responsibility) to lead our respective
hubs into creating impactful projects;
with a balanced mix of strategy and fun,
yesterday’s agenda was focused on team
building. As Professor Schwab told the
story of how he created and scaled up
the WEF the past 44 years, he
emphasized the importance of
community building.
The challenges of yesterday’s morning
art exercise represented ones curators
face everyday: inadequate resources,
information asymmetry, managing
silences. There were many takeaways
on how to improve managing hubs—
look at the big picture, focus on small
details and collaborate without
following self-imposed rules. ¨We got
much more than just painting a
picture,¨ exclaimed the Guru Guru
Tribe.
Combining our pieces together, we
created a “SHAPING” movement. The
Global Shapers community is made up
of single hubs striving to make global
impact and during the day, regions
worked together to tackle specific
trends and find common solutions.
“You can’t carry the weight alone as
curator—you need to share it with the
rest of the hub and trust them,” Cristina
Bustillo, from the Cartegena Hub.
Wishing you to continue the ACM
creatively,
Giulia Zanzi
Vice Curator of Geneva Hub
One of the organizations you founded focuses on youth empowerment.
What is one of its main achievements and what are the next steps?
With my organization, we are empowering youth: each semester we gather 15 to
20 young people for a period of 3 months in order to advise and coach them on
how to achieve their career goals. We are looking for people that put passion in
their work, as we want to help them start up their projects.
How does the Erbil Hub collaborate with the other hubs in the region
given the current scenarios?
Erbil is the only hub in Iraq; nonetheless, we collaborate with other hubs in the
MENA region to discuss the current challenges that we are facing. In particular, we
exchange ideas on how to overcome them.
In what way will you contribute to the discussion with regard to
migration at the ACM?
At the ACM I will talk about the occurrence of youth radicalization and youth
migration. My focus will be on how these issues are evolving and on the reasons
that are leading youth to join radicalized groups. I will be raising Western
countries’ awareness on youth migration and how this have been driven by the
instability in the region. My hope is that the collaboration with other curators met
at the ACM will result in finding sustainable solutions.
How has being a Shaper impacted your professional and personal life?
Being a Shaper has brought out the leader in me: I have had the opportunity to
collaborate with other peers, to suggest ideas and to find solutions together.
[B. Montesi, A. La Vaccara]
Curator Interview
INTERVIEW WITH
ERBIL CURATOR BIZA BARZO
#GiftMyCulture is an idea to connect the global community through gifts that pay
tradition and culture forward to other communities at the ACM. "We're working
towards creating a gift pool that shall be shared with curators at the ACM as a
cultural takeaway from the experience. The campaign is our take on the idea that
everyone's connected," says Mark Laitflang Stone, curator of the Shillong hub in
India.
Initially targeted to create a resource pool of 500 gifts, the initiative received
overwhelming support
and participation from
more than 80 hubs to
create a pool of 800+
gifts and counting. This is
a beautiful story of how
people can come together
in ways that transcend
boundaries, geographical
and political, through the
simple act of giving.
Ubuntu at the ACM! [N.
Maheshwari]
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GenevaHub & GlobalShapers
Use the official hashtag #ShapersACM. Other allowed
hashtags #ACM2015 &#ShapeTheWorld.
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Emergency Numbers in Geneva
FIRE : 118
POLICE : 117
AMBULANCE : 144
WORD OF THE DAY
PROGRAM
Today, Sunday 16th:
6:15-6:45: Meditation and Yoga Session
7:30: Transfer to the Forum
8:30-18:30: Introduction to the Curators Curriculum
19:00-21:00: Barbeque with Ambassadors and Forum
Colleagues
21:00 - onwards: Informal networking (option on google map
link shared on Whatsapp group)
Tomorrow, Monday 17th:
7:45-9:00: Departure from hotels (Depending on Group)
9:00-11:30: Community Works or Plenary Session (Depending
on Group)
11:30-13:30: Lunch and Transfer
13:30-16:00: Plenary Session or Community Works (Depending
on Group)
18:45-19:15: Transfer to Quai Jardin Anglais
19:30-22:00: Farewell Dinner Cruise
PHOTO CONTESTS
Congrats to @RoulaRbeiz for your
great picture of the Middle East and
North Africa curators! Come and get
a hug from the media team :)
Send us your best pictures via
#shapersACM and be featured in
the next ACM Daily!
And you can also participate to the
#SummerInGeneva photo
contest: tweet your pictures with
this hashtag for a chance to win an iPad Air, offered by Geneva Tourism!
OVERHEARD @ACM
“In Switzerland clocks go faster while you
sleep” - Ignacio (Argentina)
“Shapers are all leaders in normal life. Today
I learned when to be a leader and when to
follow” - Christina, Colombia.
“Fun with no strategy is not sustainable” -
Yemi
“Our goal should be to have 1 new hub every
3 days with 20 shapers per hub”
“Make love, not strategy” - Team Building
Group 7
“United we stand, divided we fall” - Ayoade
Olatunbosun-Alakija, Oando Foundation
“We were focusing on small lines and we
were lost, we pulled it all together and we
saw the big picture - we should never loose
sight of it” - group during team building
feedback session