Posted: 02/22/2011

The Global Visionaries (GV) Youth Venture Work Team partners with Youth Ventures, a non-profit organization that offers a series of workshops designed to support youth in taking action to create real social change. This work team brings together members of the Youth Board to collaborate and learn the skills and tools necessary to transform their ideas into concrete plans and finally, implementation.

After completing their first year and returning from Guatemala, students want to continue to learn and develop new leadership skills so that they can contribute to their community.

Youth Venture Work Team Leaders will work with high school students to help lead workshops.
The workshop series includes several creative facilitation activities:  group discussions, team building exercises, concept introduction, and individual support to help students develop their own unique ideas. Youth will learn both the soft skills (leadership, teamwork, empathy) and hard skills (budgeting, goal-setting, division of responsibilities) that are crucial to change-making endeavors.


As part of this work team you will help students:

• Gain skills and tools to create change.
• Develop a plan to turn their idea into reality.
• Earn a grant of up to $1000 to get their idea started.
• Have fun!

This work team meets for 11 Saturdays starting in November 2010.
(It is a late morning start!)

November 13 and 20
December 4 and 11
January 8, 15, 22, and 29
February 5, 12 (Presentations Day!) and 19

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with high school youth
• Passion and interest for service in our local community is a must
• Good communication and organizational skills are also important

How to Apply

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