Call for Presenters: Youth Service Institute

Posted by on September 3, 2007

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Youth Service America seeks presenters for the 2007 Youth Service Institute

The Youth Service Institute will focus on four target areas of service and service-learning success;

* Addressing critical global issues through strategic service
* Increasing the impact of youth service: effective methods
* Engaging youth audiences not typically asked to serve (disadvantaged youth, youth with disabilities, younger children, and others)
* Planning effective projects: the nuts and bolts

YSA is looking for presenters to share innovative and successful approaches that address one or more of these components. The Call for Presenters deadline is September 28, 2007. For the CFP, please go to: http://ysa.org/Portals/0/ysi/ysi07presenters.pdf. For more information, please contact Andra?a LaVant at alavant@ysa.org or 202-296-2992 ext. 112. For the website link: http://ysa.org/GYSD/YouthServiceInstitute/tabid/181/Default.aspx.

Who Should Attend?

The Youth Service Institute is open to any individual and group interested in building the youth service and service-learning movement. Youth are especially encouraged to attend. Participants and workshop presenters come from a variety of fields including:

* Non-profit sector
* Service and youth development organizations
* Schools and universities
* Faith-based groups
* Federal, state, and local government officials and agencies
* Corporations

Service is a meeting ground for interactions across various fields. The Youth Service Institute is an example of how organizations and individuals from diverse backgrounds and sectors can come together to share best practices and expand their capacity to impact change.

About The Youth Service Institute

Youth service is a proven strategy for improving communities across the globe and practitioners are continually growing, learning, and implementing better practices for community and youth development. The 2007 Youth Service Institute (YSI) will unite participants from the service, service-learning, and youth development fields for three days of inspiration and innovation. Youth and adult attendees will develop and build their impact and scale by sharing effective practices and engaging in workshops that illustrate the strength and power of the youth service movement. The Youth Service Institute is the ideal environment for participants to further develop their organizations and programs while learning and sharing inventive ways to engage young people as assets and resources on Global Youth Service Day and throughout the year.