The

AIESEC
Tongue

in Bardo
 INTRODUCTION
What can I find in this document?
This wordbook is a reference for all AIESECers, in which we mentioned every
abbreviation that one can possibly see anywhere in AIESEC vocabulary.
• Basic Track: Covers the most primitive accronyms and short forms that you’ll be hearing
throughout your AIESEC career.
• Advanced Track: Includes additional terms and abbreviations that you may occasionally
meet in some resources.
What can I not find in this document?
Detailed definitions to the terms. (We encourage you to always ask and seek!)
How to use this document:
• Take a look at it online, check out the lexicon that every member should know.
• Download it so you can always have it on your device.
• Whenever you see an abbreviation that you don’t know/remember, go back to this booklet,
use Ctrl+F to open the search bar, and look it up.
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# @ AIESEC (informally)
@ Bo AIESEC Bardo

AIESEC french. Association Internationale des Etudiants en

Sciences Economiques et Commerciales*
* AIESEC is no longer used as an acronym but simply as the name of
the organization.
A2020 AIESEC 2020
Acc. Account (alternatively Accomodation)
AI AIESEC International
AIVP AIESEC International Vice President
ABS/AGR Absolute Growth
AN Acceptance Note
AM Ante Meridiem (= Before Noon)
ASAP As Soon As Possible
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer/Customer
BD Business Development

CC Congress Committee (alt. Customer Centricity)

CEED Cultural Envoy for Exchange Development
CF Customer Flow
• ATTR. • Attraction
• CONS. • Consideration
• VD • Value Delivery
• BA/B Adv. • Brand Advocacy
COP Companies Opportunities Portal
CV Curriculum Vitae
CX/CXP Customer Experience
DDL Deadline
DM Digital Marketing

EB Executive Board/Body
ECB Entity Controal Board
ELD Experiential Leadership Development
EP Exchange Participant
ER External Relations
EwA Engagement with AIESEC
EXPA experience.aiesec.org

FIN/F&L/FLA/FNZ Finance & Legality / Finance & Legal Administration

FACI Facilitator
G2K (EO) Get to Know (Each Other)
GA General Assembly
• LGA/EGA • Legislative/Elective General Assembly
GCP Good Case Practice (BCP – Best Case Practise)
GE Global Entrepreneur
GH Growth Hack
GN Growth Networks
• Americas • North, Central & South America
• AP • Asia Pacific
• EU • Europe
• MEA • Middle East & Africa
GT Global Talent (formerly known as GIP – Global Internship
Programme)
GV Global Volunteer (formerly known as GCDP – Global
Community Development Programme then
GC – Global Citizen)
HE Hosting Entity

ICB Internal Control Board

IM Information Management
IPS Incoming/Induction & Preparation Seminar
IR International Relations
IT Information Technology
IXP Integrated Experience

JD Job Description

KPI Key Performance Indicator

L&D Learning & Development
LC Local Chapter (also ka Local Committee)
LCPe - LCPc Local Chapter President elect - current
LDA Leadership Development Assessment
LDM Leadership Development Model
LDS Leadership Development Seminar/Summit
LEAD Learn, Engage, Activate, Deliver*
*LEAD is no longer used as an acronym but simply as the name of our
leadership development program.
Log. Logistics
LQ Leadership Qualities
• WC – SA – • World Citizen – Self Aware –
SO – EO Solution Oriented – Empowering Others
LV Local Volunteer
M&Comms/MarCom/MaC Marketing and Communication(s)
MA Matching Process
• Stranger
• Open
• Applied
• Accepted
• APP/APV/APR/APD – Approved
• RE – Realized
• CO – Completed
MBA Marketing & Business Administration
MC Member Committee
MCEB Member Committee Executive Board/Body
MKT Marketing
MoS Measure/Measurement of Success
NatCo National Conference
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NPS Net Promoter Score
NM New Member (aka Newbie)

OC Organizing Committee
OCP Organizing Committee President
OCVP Organizing Comittee Vice President
OD Organizational/Organization Development
OP Opportunity (formerly known as TN – Training Nominee)
(alt. Operations)
OPS Outgoing Preparation Seminar
PAI President of AIESEC International
PD Partnership Development (alt. Product Development)
PM Post-Meridiem (= After noon) (alt. Project Management –
People Management – Presidents Meeting)
PPT Powerpoint File/Presentation
PR Public Relations (alt. Pocket Recruitment)
PV french. Procès Verbal (= Report)

R&D Research & Development

RA Raise
RG/RGR Relative Growth
RIS Reintegration Seminar
RnR Rewards and Recognition (aka Performance Recognitions)
S&D Supply & Demand
S&L Service & Learning
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals (aka GG – Global Goals)
SE Sending Entity
SME Small & Medium-sized Entreprises
SnS Standards and Satisfaction
SU Start Up (formerly known as Specialized Unit)
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

TL Team Leader (formerly known as TLP – TL Programme)

TM Talent Management (alt. Team Member, formerly TMP)
TtT Train the Trainers
TXP Team Experience
VD Value Delivery
VP Vice President (alt. Value Proposition)

X Exchange (alt. Experience)

• OGX • OutGoing Exchange/Experiences
• ICX • InComing Exchange/Experiences
XP Experience
XPP Exchange Products Policies

Y4GG Youth for Global Goals

YOP Youth Opportunities Portal (aka Students Op Portal)
YSF – YSS – YSI YouthSpeak Forum – Survey – Insights
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 4DX Four Disciplines of Execution
AAI Alumni of AIESEC International
AAB/AAC Alumni Advisory Board/Council
AR Alumni Relations (alt. Action Research)
AD Account Delivery
AM Account Management
API Application Programming Interface
B2E Business to Employees
BB Brand Building
BB4A Breaking Borders for Americas
BCM Business and Customers Marketing
BHAG Big Hairy Audacious Goal (aka WIG – Wildly Important Goal)
BI Business Intelligence
BMC Business Model Canvas
BoA Board of Advisors
BoD Board of Directors
BSC Balance Scorecard
BXP Brand Experience
CAC Central Asia and Caucasus Region
CAT Competencies Assessment Tool
CD Chapter Development (aka LCD - Local Chapter Development)
 CEE Central and Eastern Europe (No Longer Used)
CF4E Customer Flow for Enablers
CLO Customer Loyalty for Organizations
CoE Code of Ethics (alt. Culture of Excellence)
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CS Case Solving
CSO Civil Society Organization
CSF Critical Success Factors
CSI Customer Solutions & Innovation
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
CTA Call To Action
CXPE/CXE/EXP Customer Experience for Enablers / Enablers Experience
CXPY/CXY/YXP Customer Experience for Youth / Youth Experience
DA Data Analysis
DAAL Data Analysis for Advanced Leverage
DB Database
DE Defining Elements
DG Delegate
DOB Date Of Birth
DS Delegates Services
DXP Delegates Experience (alt. Digital Experience)
 EA East Africa (alt. Early Adopter)
EAP East Asia and the Pacific
ED Entity Development
EEP External Exchange Program (No Longer Used)
EI Expansion Initiative (formerly known as CU – Contracted Unit)
EID Entity in Debt
EM Expansion Manager (alt. Educate Me project)
EPB EP Buddy
EPID EP Identity
EPM EP Manager
EST/NST Entity/National Support Team
EY Entity
E2E/EY2EY Entity to Entity
EYP Entity Partner
FAM Functional Area Meeting
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FSR Feasibility Study Report
FM Full Member
FOBO Synergy Front Office-Back Office
FSC Finance Subcommittee
GCI Global Committees Index
 GCM Global Competencies Model
GCo - GCs Global Citizen for Organizations – for Students (No Longer Used)
GFB Global Finance Board
GEB Global Expansions Board (formerly Global Expansion Committee)
GEP Global Exchange Product (alt. Global Exchange Partner/Partnership)
GEAP Global Exchange Amplifiers Product
GET Global Entrepreneur + Global Talent
GIS Global Information System
GLP Global Leader Program (No Longer Used)
GLSC Governance & Legislation Subcommittee
GLEs Global Learning Environments (aka LEAD Environment)
GLC Global LEAD Conference
GLS Global Leaders Summit
GMS Global Marketing Summit
GP Global Plenary (alt. Global Planning – Growth Path)
GROW Model Goals, Reality, Opportunities, Way forward
GSF Global Service Fees
GST Global SupportTeam
GTCM Goal, Target/Timeline, Channel, Message
H4TF Heading for the Future
HRIS Human Resources Information System
 I&I Improve & Invent
I&OJ/IOJ Inner & Outer Journey
I2A Introduction to AIESEC
IC International Congress (alt. Internal Communication – In Campus)
ICP Individual Career Plan
IL Invitation Letter
ILM International Legislation Meeting
ILCEP Inter Local Committee Exchange Programme
IMSC Information Management Subcommittee
IPM International Presidents Meeting
IS Information System
JQ Job Questionnaire
KM Knowledge Management
IM Information Management (alt. Impact Model)
KN Keynote
LATAM Latin America
LLC Life-Long Connection
MEC Members Education Cycle
MTT Membership Tracking Tool
ME Market Expansion
MENA Middle East & North Africa
 MiA Member in Alert
MM Matching Mania
MNC Multi-National Corporation
MoI Measure of Impact
MoF Manual of Functions (french = Manuel des Procédures)
MoA/MoU Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding
MTA Mid-term Ambition
MSI Members Selection Interviews
MSC Membership Subcommittee
MVP Most Valuable Person/Professional/Product/Project
NAF National Affiliation Fees (aka Invoice)
NEP National Exchange Partnerships
NM Network Management
O2O One to One
OE Official Expansion (formerly CU – Contracted Unit)
OOC Out Of Campus
OPM Opportunity Manager
OPT Opportunity Taker
OS Orientation Seminar (aka Department Day) (alt. Organizational Strategy)
OST Operational Support Team
P&P Plug and Play
 P2P Peer to Peer
P4P Peak for Peak
PBoX Project Based on Exchange
PDT Personal Development Talks
PET Personal Evaluation Talks
PESTLE Analysis Political, Economical, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental
PGS Personal Goal Setting
PI Personal Interview
PIOs Pioneers East African Seminar
PPC Premium Partners Council
Q Quarter
QC Quality Case
QE Quality Education
QR Quarterly Report
QM Quality Management
RG Research Group
RI Research Initiative
RM Risk Management
RMR (aka RaMaRe) Raise, Match, Realize
ROI Return On Investment
RST Regional Support Team
 S2S Service to Service
SC Sub-Committee
SDP Sales Development Program
SEM Search Engine Marketing
SEA South-East Asia
SG Supervisory Group
SMP Sales Management Plan
SMM Social Media Management (aka CM – Community Management)
SOGA State of Global Association/Affairs
SOLA State of Local Association/Affairs
SONA State of National Association/Affairs
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SP Summer Peak
ST Steering Team
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
SWA South-West Asia (alt. South and West Africa)
TB Team Bonding (formerly known as Team Building)
TD Team Day
TBA To Be Announced
TBI Task-Based Induction
TC Talent Capacity
 TO (aka ToP) Talent Operations
TOWS Matrix Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Strengths (Reversed SWOT + Advanced)
TCS Travel Costs Sharing
TF Task Force
TS (aka TeSt) Team Standards (formerly known as TeMi – Team Minimums)
UI User Interface
UR University Relations
VAM Virtually Allocated Market
VE Virtual Expansion
VLM Virtual Legislative Meeting
VPC Value Proposition Canvas
WACS West Africa Connecting Seminar
PIOs East African Pioneers Summit
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WENA West Europe and North America (No Longer Used)
WP Winter Peak
WS Workshop
WTD Work To Do
XPRO Exchange and Projects Summit
XLDS Exchange and Leadership Development Summit
Y2B Youth to Business
 Information Management Team
Compiled and
designed by: AIESEC in Bardo, Tunisia
December 2016