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Siamo Jedi: EP. 2 with Luxury Coach Lotte Pongers

Human beings live in symbiosis with other life forms and environments, and commonly a mutualistic relationship is developed. This means that we transform and improve ourselves through the witness of our fellow’s personal experiences.

Siamo Jedi is a TV and webspace made by young people who want to explore changes while becoming transformed protagonists. An ESE Milan Campus project in collaboration with Forbes and Sole 24 Ore.

In this episode, our students discover how to unlock their potential with Lotte Pongers, founder of YOURFASHIONJOB – Exceptional connecting in fashion. read more

The school for gods

“I dreamed of a school that teaches that the Dream is the most real thing there is, that economy is the Art of Dreaming and that only an Individual Revolution will be able to turn poverty into prosperity, adversity into opportunity and fear into love.” This is the manifesto of the economist, philosopher, and artist Elio D’Anna, founder of the European School of Economics. Over the past thirty years, the institution has followed the dream of a revolutionary educational model, a school of being able to overturn the traditional education system, cultivating the art of the dream. “All the knowledge, theories and methods from outside can be starting points needed, but should be soon abandoned for a higher source of understanding” Continues D’Anna “It’s time to ignore all teachings, ideologies and disciplines, all books, all your ideas and the ones of others, any word spoken or written, and finally plunge into the depths of Being to find what has always belonged to you, the true source of each discipline: the Will”. ESE programs are designed to amplify students’ potential through specific modules and learning activities, exploring themes of happiness, creative idleness, and the inner economy. The learning model does not stop at a simple academic preparation in the principles of economics, management, marketing, or finance: the goal of ESE is the development of the “Inner Being”, to take care of oneself, others, the whole world, and the future. In this vision there is no such thing as any conquests of man, be it economic, social, or scientific, that has not been preceded by an inner one. And likewise, the scientific knowledge of a nation, as well as its well-being and the maturity of its institutions are a reflection of its level of consciousness, its ideas, and the richness of its values, the strength, and nature of its convictions. The ESE main pillars are based on these assumptions: a wide range of study programs entirely in English validated by the University of Chichester (UK); the opportunity to take advantage of an extraordinary international intra-campus experience (six centers to

choose from: Milan, Florence, Rome, Madrid, London, and New York); an international Faculty made up of entrepreneurs and professionals from various sectors; and again, curricular internships in leading global companies, which accompany the students into the workplace, anticipating their placement.

An innovative project, which well represents the school’s motto “visibilia ex invisibilibus” (true knowledge comes from within) is ExDuco: an opportunity for ESE students to show their talents and share skills with their classmates, becoming teachers for a day. ESE believes that all our students have the knowledge to teach to and learn from their peers, and that is why the EX DUCO program allows to identify students’ strong points and give them a chance to experience being a lecturer, speaking to an audience, and having to present what they can do best. Dreamers come to ESE, the School for Gods. A place fostering the leaders of tomorrow, where education is a journey of personal and professional discovery. In ESE Dreams are as much part of the curriculum as any other subjects. “You cannot change the world without changing yourself” concludes D’Anna “and when you’re able to do it you will realize that it is not possible or necessary to change others: this individual revolution is the European School of Economics”.

New Workshop ‘Storytelling for Leaders’ on 29 November at ESE Florence

ESE Florence is proud to announce its newest workshop ‘Storytelling for Leaders’ aimed at current and prospective students at ESE Florence. The workshop will be given by Elia Nichols on Friday 29 November 2019.

What does Storytelling have to do with business? Everything! If you can’t properly convey a story then yourself, your products or services are not going to appeal to your audience. Great leadership requires the use of both the head and the heart to mobilize others to act effectively on behalf of shared values. read more

Elio D’Anna awarded with the prestigious “Murano’s Award 2019”

VENICE – 2019

ESE Founder and President, Elio D’Anna, was awarded with the prestigious “Murano’s Award 2019” for the lifetime achivement of his illustrious career in music, arts and literature.

It’s a great honor for our institution to have such an inspiring Founder and we are happy to celebrate this incredible achievement of his artistic career.

In the pictures: Elio at the @belairfineart_official in Forte dei Marmi, collecting the beautiful Murano glass statue made by artist Massimiliano Schiavon and the @schiavonart_team . read more

New partnership for student accommodation in Florence

ESE Florence is pleased to announce its newly started partnership with The Student Hotel Florence for student accommodation available to all ESE Florence students in the academic year 2019/2020.

The Student Hotel (TSH) is located in Viale Lavagnini 70-72, on walking distance from the Santa Maria Novella train station and city centre where ESE Florence is located.

TSH aims to create the best space where students can find their purpose and change the world. With the well-designed and thought-out rooms and the many great shared communal facilities, it offers a stimulating environment and an exciting global community. read more

ESE Rome welcomes the Red Cross delegation

It is estimated that over 5 million people were displaced from their home in Northern Iraq due to the ISIS invasion. Today, some of those people are making a comeback to find they need to start all over again, their homes are destroyed, their businesses no longer there. In 2018, 807 cash grants were given out to people to rebuild their lives. A great number of them were issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross…

But it takes more than just money. The International Committee of the Red Cross manages projects on a large scale and in order for each project to be successful, a number of professionals have to apply their knowledge and expertise to the managing of the contracts, projects, deliveries, public tenders and much more. read more

ESE Milan Students visit Alivero Martini Showroom

It was 1987 when, strolling around Moscow in search of inspiration, Alviero Martini bumped into a faded, old map and stuck it on a suitcaseThis discovery would be life-changing: the designer developed the idea of a line of bags and luggage with the map-pattern that still represents his signature collection.

 Our ESE Milan students had the opportunity of visiting the Alviero Martini Showroom in Milan and chatting about the brand’s big changes with its Export Manager Massimo Amato. read more

Veepee meets ESE Milan students

Immagina un sito web che offre tutto ciò che potresti desiderare a prezzi scontati, per un periodo limitato. Non c’è bisogno di immaginarlo, perché esiste già! Con prodotti che vanno dall’abbigliamento alla tecnologia, tutti disponibili a portata di mano, Veepee (precedentemente noto come Privalia Vente-Privee) si è rapidamente affermato come il pioniere tra i portali di e-commerce. Fondata nel 2001 a Parigi dall’intuizione visionaria di Jacques-Antoine Granjon e ampliata attraverso una joint venture con la spagnola Privalia nel 2016, Veepee è ora disponibile in dodici paesi europei, oltre che in Brasile e in Messico. read more

VIDEO: In search of a new order?

“I have been there….
Here is a thought just for this memorable occasion. Memorable happens often in unanticipated yet long lasting ways. This is what can be said of Professor Glosserman and Elio D’Anna’s intervention of last year’s on the New World order. Some of Glosserman’s ideas about North Korea’s nuclear arms failed negotiation with Trump’s administration were then an admonishment of what the US administration should avoid. Nothing more “useless than the good advice you did not take” the popular song states… On the other hand, D’Anna’s speech about the importance of the inner self as a key to change those around you is always compelling. In the end, apparently contradicting ideas voiced in a complex and dynamic world like those expressed then, may remain our only certainty. Being real may be the name of the game. Higher Education should convey not only how our world should be but also how the world really is”.
ESE prof. John Steven Wyse read more

Guest lecture and interview session with Ferragamo, Italian luxury fashion brand, at ESE Florence centre

The European School of Economics (ESE) centre in Florence  is proud to announce a special guest lecture and networking meeting with the famous Florentine luxury fashion brand Salvatore Ferragamo Spa on Thursday 21 March at 2.30 pm at Palazzo Rosselli del Turco, the ESE Florence campus building.

The guest lecture, introduced by ESE marketing Prof. Thomas Brownlees, will focus on e-business and e-commerce strategies in the fashion business. The Ferragamo Marketing Department will present this topic together with a case study study that second and third year Business Adminsitration students will work on in groups. The guest lecture will finish at 4 pm.
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Zambia student – first recipient of the scholarship by ESE and Justina Mutale Foundation

ESE Founder and President Elio D’Anna with first year student Miss Lubona Chibwa at ESE Florence. Underlining ESE’s commitment to making a unique educational experience accessible for all accepted students, Lubona comes from Zambia and is the first recipient of the scholarship offered by ESE through the Justina Mutale Foundation.

The Justina Mutale Scholarship Programme is an Africa-wide initiative which aims to provide opportunities to academically talented young African women from underprivileged backgrounds in Africa, to pursue higher education at overseas institutions of learning around the world. read more

Franca Sozzani riceve il Lifetime Achievement Award alla European School of Economics