Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program: Find Your Voice & Learn to Lead Series

Want your teen to get ahead by developing and practicing her or his leadership and communication skills while playing improv games?  If so, enroll your teen in a Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program (YLP), sponsored by San Mateo Storytellers, today to find your voice and learn to lead!   This is essential to share your message with your pals, parents, and teachers.  Learn ways in which your voice impacts you at school and home as well as discover how to control it to get what you want!  Up to 25 students (e.g., 12 - 17 years old) in middle and high school will learn and apply skills with fun, interactive workshops on the following topics: 7/1 - Introduction to Chairmanship with Evaluation of Present Speaking Ability 7/8 - Introduction to Public Speaking 7/15 - Impromptu Speaking & Improv Games 7/22 - Organizing & Giving Your Speech 8/19 - Active Listening & Giving Constructive Feedback 8/26 - Gestures in Speaking 9/2 - Control Voice & Vocabulary 9/9 - Show Your Skills, Debate, & Start a Gavel Club 9/9 - Awards Ceremony & Celebration Banquet We'll meet on Mondays from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.  Thanks to San Mateo Storytellers, the YLP program educational materials are FREE:  Youth Leadership Kit ($17) + 8.75% tax ($6.04) + shipping & handling fees ($16.45) Workbook ($2 each) Completion Certificate ($0.60 each) Evaluation Guide ($0.06 each) Contributions or donations ($20 per student via PayPal.Me/SMStorytellers/20) are welcome for the following: Snacks with water (contributions or $5 per workshop donation) Alternate venue (private studio in Redwood City) Gavel club Unused funds will be distributed (upon mutual agreement) among 20 Gaveliers to pay for their membership dues to Toastmasters International, a 501c3 nonprofit organization where leaders are made: Gavel club certification fee with 20 new member training aids ($2.50 each) Annual gavel club fee ($2.40 each) Advanced Communication Manuals ($6 each) By delivering prepared presentations, impromptu speeches and role plays, and effective evaluations, your teen will develop an edge in achieiving her or his goals.  Thus, please support this as follows:  Share TM-Youth-Leadership.Eventbrite.Com with this brochure and flyer with your colleagues and Parent Teachers Asssocation Join a carpool as a driver or passenger For more info, email Jenny Liu at President-3461760(at)ToastmastersClubs(dot)Org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program Instructor & Coordinator Jenny Liu is a business developer with over 10 years of experience empowering executives at start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to digitally transform health care.  During college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ms. Liu co-founded the educational South Cove Asian Program on Empowerment (eSCAPE) for teens to learn and educate others about various health issues.  To complement her breadth of experience in life sciences and depth of expertise in marketing, she earned a Master of Business Administration degree with Distinction from Hult International Business Schooland received professional certifications, ranging from project management to management consulting.   In addition to serving as an MIT Education Council Counselor, Ms. Liu is a seasoned Toastmaster, who found her voice and sense of humor by leading three specialty and advanced clubs, chartered by Toastmasters International: San Mateo Storytellers President, Laugh Lovers Toastmasters Vice President of Education, and Silicon Valley Mandarin English Toastmasters Coach. Aside from culinary experiments with exotic ingredients, Ms. Liu also enjoys electronic sports, heliboarding, and dragon boat racing.