All foreign, all fun — I usually prefer the term “conference” to “congress”. It sounds more inclusive — but it’s often misleading, since conferences are, by and large, boring things that I go to because I want to hear one panelist out of 7 and I know there’s going to be free food and swag. …

Washington DC at a glance — You know the fellows? If you don’t, you’ve obviously been ignoring my previous blogs. I’ve done like 15, and they’re all talking about me and my friends, discussing our experiences in the USA and our lives as professional exchange fellows. We’re a group of 15 entrepreneurial individuals from 4 Balkan…

With no tears, no fears and no regrets — We had to wave Chicago goodbye. It was inevitable. The World Chicago Professional Fellows program lasts 4 weeks, and ours were up yesterday. We actually got a bit more than we should have — 4 whole weekends, 30 full days. And somehow, that just wasn’t enough. When we first started…

Before 2018, I had never spent extended periods of time in all-female groups. In tech, there is a dominance of men, and I never went to an all-girl school or anything similar. This year, though, I’ve started actively involving myself with women empowerment organizations back home (Business on heels, Virtual…

Beginnings are hard, but how you deal with them is a matter of the right environment. — Every change can be a bit of a shock to the system. I applied for a World Chicago fellowship because I enjoy being rattled out of my routine. Back home in Banja Luka, I work as an account manager at an amazing up-and-coming IT company called WaySeven Technologies — I…

Cultural acceptance can only take you so far — Everybody is different. We should celebrate our differences, learn from them, establish ideas and embrace change as it happens. Now, I’m new to Chicago. New to the USA in general — I only got here 3 weeks ago (it fells like a few days) for a professional fellow exchange organized…

Ellen Rogin can make the impossible probable — and so can you — What is prosperity? Many would say wealth, riches, something connected with money. However, it’s more than that. It has a lot of different meanings for people — but it’s something we all strive to achieve, one way or the other. The fellows of World Chicago got a chance to hear…

Las Vegas may be the best business school in the world — I’m in the USA for the first time of my life. I’m not here as a tourist — I am a professional fellow on exchange, brought to Chicago by World Chicago and hosted by Holistic Index. …

Mid-way through the World Chicago fellowship — I am a Fellow. For those who do not know what that means, the professional fellows exchange program was made by the State Department, and my chosen one is headed by an organization called World Chicago. …