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b. Communicating with Youth: Decrypting the Code: Learning Objectives:  How do I effectively use technology to communicate with today’s youth?  What are the do’s and don'ts of using technology with youth?  How do I correctly follow Youth Protection when communicating with youth?

c. Adult vs. Youth Responsibilities and Working with youth (more than communicating with youth): Learning Objectives:  Understanding the adult responsibilities for the Course from staff development through the final closing and how that complements the youth led culture of NYLT  Knowing when the youth are ready to be empowered to take responsibility and led the course  How to work with youth (more than communicating with youth)  Understanding why adults find it difficult to work with youth  How adults can change to empower the youth.

d. Building Your Youth Led Culture: Learning Objectives:  What does “Youth Run” actually mean?  What is the “Role of Adults” in a youth run program?  How do you develop a “Youth Run” program?  Where do we go from here? (come back next year when we discuss, “How to maintain a youth run program).

e. Add technology to the NYLT, how to use technology (all forms): Learning Objectives:  Why use technology?  What are forms of technology?  Which forms are youth friendly?  How to integrate a "cloud" based solution for the NYLT staff  Issues with technology.

f. What NYLT Leadership Academy Youth Can Do: Learning Objectives:  Understand the content of Leadership Academy,  Understand how the Leadership Academy helps participants accelerate their leadership  Understand how to enable the Academy trained youth to improve NYLT courses.

2. Fundamental a. All-Inclusive Staff Recruitment: Learning Objectives:  Importance of Recruitment  Techniques for Recruiting  How to capture the attention of Venturers  How to appeal to female Venturers  Creating a recruitment campaign

b. How to build a learning, enabling environment, Secrets to successful programs: Learning Objectives:  How to develop a culture of personal growth and fulfillment.  How to keep the program exciting for seasoned staff.

c. How to grow your NYLT program, increase market share: Who controls who attends, what do they want and how can you make them an advocate? Learning Objectives:  How to get scouts excited about NYLT  Why NYLT is important  How NYLT can help your council?  Building the reputation of your course  Turning youth into morale machines

d. Marketing NYLT: Proven methods and strategies to promote and advertise your course to maximize attendance Learning Objectives:  WHO are you trying to reach?  WHAT are you trying to say?  HOW do you deliver the message?  Overcome the hurdles and roadblocks in the communication chain to reach as many potential participants as possible and get them to register.

e. Use of social media to promote, distribute, network, … Learning Objectives:  Why use social media?  What apps are useful  How the apps work  How to address your audience  How to expand your audience

f. Problem Solving Panels Learning Objectives:  Identify problems in council NYLT courses  Discuss solutions / alternatives

3. Program Improvement a. Course evaluation: What drives your program improvement initiatives, what is your customer satisfaction? Please bring forms that your council uses. Learning Objectives:  Getting quality feedback from participants and staff  Using the sandwich method effectively  How to apply feedback to your course

b. Presentation evaluations: How can you use an evaluation process to make the NYLT presentations better? Please bring forms that your council uses. Learning Objectives:  Understand the goals and benefits of an evaluation process  What to evaluate  How to evaluate, the secret of the sandwich  Processes being used c. NYLT journal Learning Objectives:  Discuss the benefits to participants having a journal  What should the journal include  What communication styles should be used d. Beyond the Scout Oath and Law, Where is the ethical behavior line and how to get the youth to embrace it?: Dealing with the perceptions of others, getting past cool to ethical, Learning Objectives:  Understand the variation in understanding of the Scout Oath and Law  Explore new techniques for youth to wrestle with ethical solutions e. Staff Development: Learning Objectives:  Covers the 6 “WHs” of staff development with emphasis on what, how, and when.  Ask those nagging questions you’ve had and get answers from the collective experts.  Pass on great ideas that have worked for you. f. Performance evaluations, both staff and participant, How to recognize true growth in Youth?: This session will discuss the youth needs for recognition, how to provide meaningful feedback and how to alter youth behavior. Please bring forms that your council uses. Learning Objectives:  Understand the goals and benefits of an evaluation process  What to evaluate  How to evaluate, the secret of the sandwich  Processes being used g. Using Feedback as a Powerful Tool: What is feedback? How can it be used as a youth development tool / strategy? Learning Objectives:  Purpose of Evaluations  How to approach the feedback and making a list  Applying the results h. Youth Protection, Dealing with Coed situations, the rules and reality: Learning Objectives:  Understand the source of standards: BSA YPT, BSA GSS, BSA Camp Standards, State Department of Health  What are the standards  What are the training requirements  Where to get help i. Reinforce the Course Learning Objectives:  Why we need to reinforce skills after the course.  Skills that should be reinforced.  How to reinforce those skills. o What activities can be used. j. How can different courses share Learning Objectives:  How can sharing improve your NYLT course?  What would be helpful to share?  How can sharing take place? k. NYLT Basics – Attempting to go through the week long syllabus on Saturday. k.i. Syllabus: What’s in the syllabus and what’s not k.ii. Staff Development & Staffing: What is a staff? What are their jobs? How do they get trained? k.iii. Budget: How to develop a budget for an NYLT Course k.iv. Physical Arrangements, Quartermaster, Commissary, & Food Handling: The session will review the Physical Arrangements needed to setup for your local NYLT course. Included will be discusses on Quartermaster's Duties, Commissary Needs, Course Meals, and Proper Food Handling. k.v. Questions and Discussions: General discussion for basics track..