Youth
Leadership Program
What is Youth Leadership?
The Youth Leadership Program is a terrific way to help
younger members of society begin learning more effective
and leadership skills at a younger age.
The Youth Leadership Program helps young people develop
the communication and leadership skills they need to
be successful adults. The program is conducted by a
coordinator for a group of young people under the age
of eighteen, in four to eight sessions of one to two
hours each. Ideally, there should be 15 to 25 participants;
the minimum number is five.
Over the course of these sessions, participants learn
about effective public speaking, have the opportunity
to practice speaking themselves, and can be mentored
by experienced Toastmasters if they desire. Friendships
can and do blossom from the Youth Leadership experience.
This is a very effective way for a teenager to acquire
the skills of speaking, listening, thinking, and evaluating
-- all skills that are extremely important in today's
world.
The sessions of the Youth Leadership Program covers
a variety of topics which play a part in good public
speaking.
- Gestures
- Vocal Variety
- Using Visual Aids
- Speech Organization
- Taking the Terror Out of a Talk
- Effective Speech Evaluation
- Constructing a Speech
- Relating to Your Audience
Why Host a Youth Leadership Program?
Conducting a Youth Leadership Program is an ideal way
for your club to work with young people and to help
build goodwill in the community.
Also, coordination of a Youth Leadership Program helps
individual members by satisfying one of the requirements
for the Advanced Toastmaster Gold recognition.
How Does a Club Host a Youth Leadership Program?
If your club would like to host a Youth Leadership
Program, contact District
4's Lieutenant Governor of Marketing, who will help
you coordinate the program, tailor it to your club's
needs, refer people as participants and presenters,
and provide other resources as needed for the program
to be a success.
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