Workshop
Schedule
Throughout the weekend, attendees will be able to
participate in interactive, skill-building workshop sessions on leadership,
social, educational, economic, technological, political, and personal
development. Attendees will be able to select
which workshops they would like to attend on Friday and Saturday. Workshops are designed for youth ages 16
through 25. There will also be sessions
for adults and youth group advisors.
Friday,
November 19
Workshop Session I ź
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Presenters |
Title |
Topic Location |
|
Kendra
L. Wells, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth
Development |
Youth-Adult
Partnerships: Where Do You Want to Be, and How Do You Know When You Get There Successful
youth-adult partnerships can be the key to moving young people to action and
achieving social change. But what does
this success look like, and how can it be achieved and measured? At the end
of this workshop, through a series of hands-on activities, participants will
be able to identify 1) the components, 2) the benefits and challenges, and 3)
the effectiveness of youth-adult partnerships. |
Organizational Development Youth and Adult Session Meeting Room 6 |
|
Maranda
Ward, MPH Tambra Stevenson, MS Jylana Sheats, MPH |
Promising
Futures: What You Need to Know about Getting into College or This is
an interactive workshop designed by young people, for young people, about
educational or occupational options after high school or college graduation.
The session will provide youth with “insider information” about the
importance of, and strategies explaining how, to successfully prepare early
for college and graduate school, such as:
applying to the school of your choice, tips on taking standardized
tests and writing essays, getting recommendations, and finding scholarships
or financial aid. Workshop
participants will have an understanding of how to select a school that
best suits their educational, cultural, and personal needs or goals, as well
as future career interests. Youth who are not interested in attending a
college or university will be provided with alternatives to formal education
that will better suit their needs and interests as well. |
Educational Development Meeting Room 7 |
|
Charlotte Gossett Cynthia Scherer Laura Rittner The Points of Light Foundation |
Leadership 101 Discover the process that effective leaders
utilize to solve problems and bring about positive change in their community.
Be empowered to do the same in yours. Drawing from two of its core teaching
modules, this workshop will focus on teaching the essential elements needed
in every leader and make the connection between leadership and service. |
Leadership Development Meeting Room 8 |
|
David B.
Smith Mobilizing |
Mobilize This: How to Advocate
for Student Issues By working through the 12
Steps to Youth Activism, our workshop aims to empower young people to
affect change in their local communities through advocacy and activism. Young people will emerge from this
workshop with the tools necessary to start their own organization, put together
an advocacy initiative and interact with elected officials respectively and
productively. Using Cal Lobby Day
2002 as an example of how advocacy works on behalf of students-attendees will
learn how to choose an issue or an idea, isolate a problem, identify a
solution, and put together an all-partisan advocacy initiative to better
serve young people and their community. |
Political/Organizational
Development
|
|
Terica Kindred Plan 4
Success |
Plan 4
Success Through a stimulating combination of interactive
group exercises and group discussion, this workshop assists individuals in
initiating a personal strategic plan, including the development of
meaningful, realistic career and life goals. Participants in this workshop
will learn how to identify and assess their interests, skills, abilities and
competencies they will need to be effective. They will also learn how to
market and tailor their interests, values, work preferences and goals to
prepare to enter the job market of their choice. |
Personal
Development Ballroom |
Workshop Session II ź
|
Title |
Topic Location |
Title |
|
Kendra
L. Wells Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth
Development |
Civic
Action through Moving
to action through community building is what this workshop is all about. Through hands-on activities, participants
will utilize an asset-based approach to create a vision and planning process
for community change. All activities
can be used by participants in leading others to effect social change. |
Leadership/Organizational Development Meeting Room 6 |
|
Gina Y.
Lynch Esteem Communications Group, Inc. |
The Seven Leadership Principles This
workshop is specifically designed to equip individuals with leadership skills
and tools that will empower them to experience success in every area of their
lives. You will learn the seven secret practices and habits that successful
leaders implement in their daily routine. You will learn that successful
leadership is not only how well you influence others but in fact a lifestyle
that is learned and practiced. Each
leadership principle uniquely builds on one another and focuses on your
values or the things important to you that will ultimately promote lasting
change. |
Leadership Development Meeting Room 8 |
|
Fatima
Ahmed |
Every Leader Needs to Speak Up! No matter what the cause, you are meant to face
some resistance. It is at such times that your presentation skills are the deciding
factor between success and failure. This workshop gives a quick training on
how to make your most lovable traits the selling points in all of your public
appearances. |
Social
Development Meeting Room 7 |
|
Karen
Young |
Show Me the Money This workshop will provide participants with information they will need to understand the financial aid process and ensure that they have the appropriate tools to confidently research and apply for local, regional, and national scholarships. |
Economic
Development Meeting Room 9 |
|
Michele
Levine Youth Leadership Coordinator, |
Creating a School You Want: How
to Have a Good and Productive Student Leadership Program at Your School Ever wonder what students see and feel at school? If students had more opportunities to improve their schools, what would they do? This session will be led by student leaders from the Oakland Unified School District Youth Leadership program. Students will discuss ways for young people to improve their school culture and the education that takes place in the classroom. If we don’t ask our young people what they think, how can we expect them to be active participants in their school communities? Come listen to student voice and ways our young people can create positive school climates. |
Youth and Adult
Session Ballroom |
Saturday,
November 20
Workshop Session III ź 10:00am – 11:30am
|
Title |
Topic Location |
Title |
|
Fatima
Ahmed |
Every Leader Needs to Speak Up! Repeat |
Social
Development Room
149A |
|
Terica Kindred Plan 4 Success |
Plan 4
Success Repeat |
Personal
Development Room
149B |
|
Brian K. Smith |
Group Problem Solving This workshop will cover the six basic steps to
problem solving that are used by top officials and large corporations. Through group interaction and a methodical
approach, participants will experience how to step through the process of how
to: ·
identify a problem ·
list various ideas and solutions an issue ·
analyze the positive aspects of various solutions ·
analyze the negative aspects of various solutions ·
discuss and express your feelings, and ·
come to the right consensus on a solution. |
Social
Development Room
144A |
|
JoaQuin
H. Williams and Ty Gray-EL Slamthology Group, Inc. |
Slam Your StressStress is the number one health problem facing America
today and arguably the number killer. More and more youth are being
diagnosed with stress related diseases. This intense interactive
workshop causes participants to take a serious look at the negative
stressors in their lives and focus on ways to abate those challenges. You
will learn how to identify stressors that have a negative affect and diminish
them and communication skills that reduce stress and strengthen rapport. |
Personal
Development Room
144C |
|
Wiltina
Bultman Programming
Committee Chair, New
Light Leadership Coalition, Inc. |
Youth Leadership Development
Program Trainer’s Training Do you want to travel around the country helping
other young people realize their leadership potential? If you are interested
in facilitating future YLDP training sessions, you will go through a special
training program that will teach you how to facilitate each training
workshop. |
Room 143 |
Workshop Session IV ź
|
Title |
Topic Location |
Title |
|
Charles Britt New
Light Leadership Coalition, Inc. |
'What
In The World Are You Saying?' – The Art of Effective Communication Good
communication–both speaking and listening–is very vital to the success of a
leader. We often already know what to
say, but knowing how to say it can sometimes be a big obstacle to conveying
your message to those who would follow you.
The goal of this workshop is to give participants the tools they need
to overcome this obstacle and become better communicators. Participants will get a basic
understanding of the way people communicate, the barriers to effective
communication and the impact of not applying these principles. Listening skills are also covered during
this very interactive and informative session. Workshop attendees will leave with a greater understanding of
how effective communication greatly impacts one’s leadership
development. |
Social
Development Room
149A |
|
L. Joy Williams |
The
Election is Over, Now What? |
Political
Development Room
149B |
|
Maranda
Ward, MPH Tambra Stevenson, MS Jylana Sheats, MPH |
Promising
Futures: What You Need to Know about Getting into College or |
Educational
Development Room
144A |
Christy Odom
Founder/President,
Digital Divide
|
Websites
101: A Website as a Tool of Advocacy and Empowerment Learn how to easily and effectively create and
maintain a website
for your organization. Discover how
your website can be a tool of advocacy, recruiting, and fundraising. Realize your full publicity potential
through an effective website and broadcast your message globally. |
Technological
Development Room
144C |
|
Dawn
Johnson Harbor Bank of |
Financial
Management for Youth Financial
planning is required at an early age in order to amass financial stability
early in life, so that one does not become a slave to career/job. Financial
planning is based on short term (1-4 year) and long (5 + year) goals. This
workshop is designed to explain investing opportunities for youth as they
relate to college, savings, and managing your credit. |
Economic
Development Room 143 |
Workshop Session V ź
|
Title |
Topic Location |
Title |
|
Nadia
Campbell The Victorian Hands Foundation |
Parent 2 Teen Communication Tips How to
improve communication and relationships between parents and their teenage
children. By improving the way
parents communicate, teens will be able to confide and seek comfort in their
parents and not outside influences. |
Personal
Development Youth and Adult Session Room
149A |
|
|
How Bias and Ignorance Effect
Success We live
in a society where prejudice and ignorance breathes not only in the soul of
this country but through the unconscious minds of people, institutions, and
cultures. This interactive workshop will allow us to (1) reflect on our
experience with prejudice, (2) how privilege plays a pivitol role in our
lives, (3) discuss ways the different types of –isms are promoted in our
society, and (4) find ways to deal with them. We will create plans that will
promote youth to unite people and look at resources that can assist us along
our journey. |
Social
Development Room
149B |
|
Kayley Harrington Tsedaye Makonnen Swati Shroff International Youth Leadership Council |
Advocacy
101: Your Voice Counts … USE IT!! Youth voices have power, youth voices have a lot
to say, youth voices need to be listened to! This workshop will build skills
in advocacy that you can use to make change in your local communities. Learn different techniques that have
worked in the past–from community forums to letter writing campaigns to
protests–on how to influence the world around you. Come and share experiences that have worked for you, so that we
all can learn how to make our voices count.
|
Political/Organizational
Development Room
144A |
Christy Odom
Founder/President,
Digital Divide
|
Websites
101: A Website as a Tool of Advocacy and Empowerment Repeat |
Technological
Development Room
144C |
|
Lucinia Mundy, MyOwnBiz Youth Entrepreneurs |
How To Start A Business That's Fun
Learn how B. Smith, Bob Johnson, Bill Gates, and Donald
Trump created successful businesses. This workshop will teach you the steps to
starting a business that's fun and rewarding. Information will be presented on developing a business and
marketing plan and finding the financial resources and networks needed to
grow your business. The MyOwnBiz
Company, along with young entrepreneurs (14 -19) will be facilitating this
workshop. The company is developing
the next generation of business and industry leaders by offering in-depth,
real-world training opportunities to young people who are interested in
learning about business, money management, and entrepreneurship principles. |
Economic
Development Room 143 |