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Youth Leadership Training – 3 Things to Avoid When Designing Leadership Training For Youth
Leadership training programs for youth are too important to be improperly designed. After all they have the capacity to maximize the potential, productivity, and impact of youth. With this in mind, I’ve suggested 3 things to avoid during the planning and development stage. You’re guaranteed to get off to a good start and prevent a headache or two.
1. Avoid recruiting unskilled facilitators.
The facilitators make or break the program, so avoid recruiting ones that are unfit. Your goal is to recruit instructors who have the skills and personality traits to get the job done. At the same time, make sure the instructors enjoy working with youth. How do you determine the suitability of potential instructors? One way is to conduct interviews. Determine the competencies to be evaluated, check references and conduct background checks.
Leadership Training – How to Engage and Create Energy in Youth Leadership Training
The key to delivering invigorating leadership training sessions is selecting and combining creative instructional methods. This list includes some that I have found to be quite effective, especially when working with youth. Blend a few, achieve your objectives, and leave a lasting impression.
Movies
The right movie gets the point across. First, select ones that relate to your subject; refrain from using movies with profanity and sexual content! Secondly, decide if you will show clips of the movie or the entire feature. Third, prepare stimulating discussion questions. Finally, plan related activities.
Youth Leadership Training – 5 Ways to Break Out of the Box When Designing Youth Leadership Training
Contrary to what you might believe, tough times do not limit those who design training programs. Tough times push the real innovators further out of their creative boxes. This article discusses five ways to break out of the box. They will encourage you to produce cutting edge leadership programs for teens regardless of the economic climate.
5 Ways to Break Out of the Box
* Be original.
