2008 NSA Youth Program

Schedule At A Glance

Saturday, August 2 | Sunday, August 3 | Monday, August 4 | Tuesday, August 5

Saturday, August 2

8:00am – Noon
Youth Registration Open

9:00am – 12:30pm
Youth Leadership Training
* For Youth Leaders Only

3:45pm – 5:15pm
YOUTH OPENING GENERAL SESSION with Parents/Guardian
Get a Clue!
Harriet Turk
This dynamic leadership session combines humor with a thought-provoking message
that shows youth and adults that we can achieve dreams. Believing in ourselves,
developing our character and making positive choices reaffirms that we do have power!

5:15pm – 6:00pm

Dinner

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Meet & Greet with Youth Vice Chair, Jerome Williams
Jerome Williams
Get up close and personal with Youth Vice Chair, Jerome Williams and get a sneak-peak at what's to come for the 2009 Youth Leadership Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

7:00pm – 8:45pm

Team Time

8:45pm – 9:00pm

Youth Pick-Up

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Sunday, August 3

7:30am – 8:00am

Youth Check-In

8:00am – 9:00am
The Magic of Youth! Anything Is Possible. . .but Everything Isn’t
The Amazing Hondo!
Hondo will use his magical skills and educational background to show how creativity,
intuition, participation and the willingness to take a chance, will open up unlimited
possibilities in your young life. It’s all about choices. Hondo will share stories of his
magical journey from high school math teacher to full-time platform prestidigitator, as
they relate to the lives of our youth. Master of the FUNdaMENTALS will be
emphasized. Be there—or risk disappearing!

9:00am – 9:15am

Break

9:15am – 10:15am
Television That Teaches: Creating Media That Educates and Inspires!
Becky Friedman
An interactive session where kids can learn about the process of making children’s educational television, and get inspired to think about what they might have to offer the next generation of youth! Be prepared to brainstorm, write and THINK BIG!

10:15am – 10:30am

Break

10:30am – Noon
Here is the News
Alan Stevens
You’ll be part of a team, working under pressure to create a television news
bulletin. Youth attendees will work in groups conducting interviews with NSA
professionals, and editing the footage to deliver a short, sharp, effective message on
video. The techniques you learn can be used to make better videos than 99% of YouTube™ users.

Noon – 12:45pm

Lunch

12:45pm – 1:45pm
From IPODs to Cool Bikes—Solving the Energy Crisis
Vikas Jhingran
Have you noticed the gas prices lately? The world is in the middle of an energy crisis and what you are doing about it? Join Vikas Jhingram, 2007 World Champion of Public Speaking, in this entertaining, enlightening and motivating session and learn cool facts about energy and how you can be part of the solution to the global energy crisis.

1:45pm – 3:00pm

Team Activities

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm – 4:30pm
I Can, I Want To, I Will!
Pegine Echevarria, MSW
This isn’t Kansas Toto—this is New York City! Get ready to shout “I can, I want to, I
will!” Learn how you can change yourself, believe in yourself and have fun while doing
it all with a Bronx in-your-face attitude, laughing, dancing, learning and transforming.

4:30pm – 5:00pm

Team Time

5:00pm – 5:15pm

Youth Pick-Up

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Monday, August 4

7:30am – 8:00am

Youth Check-In

8:00am – 9:00am
Total Impact—Catalytic Ideas to Change Your Community
Mike Weber
How you think effects how you act. How you act effects everyone around you. Learn
five mind-shifts that will change your thinking, your actions and the community you live
in. You can make a difference every day of your life. Change, grow, lead!

9:00am – 9:30am

Break

9:30am – 10:00am
Signature Moves: Standing Out In a Sit Down World
Discover Your Talents When You’re Young and Think WAY Outside the Box
Jason Hewlett
Discover your talents, perfect your signature moves, begin defining success in your own
life by utilizing PAL—purpose, authenticity, legacy. Laugh your way through the music,
comedy and story of celebrity impersonator Jason Hewlett.

10:00am – 4:30pm
Off-site Event—Hayden Planetarium
You’ll spend the day exploring the Hayden Planetarium as you’re transported to the
beginning of time and space, experience a dramatic, multi-sensory recreation of the first
moments of the universe. Enjoy the Cosmic Collisions Space Show that sends viewers
through a scientifically accurate virtual recreation of our Milky Way Galaxy and beyond
to the “edge” of the observable universe.
* Lunch will be provided

5:00pm – 5:15pm

Youth Pick-Up

6:15pm – 11:00pm

Youth Dinner & Dance

11:00pm – 11:15pm

Youth Pick-Up

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Tuesday, August 5

7:30am – 8:00am

Youth Check-In

8:00am – 9:00am
The Games Speakers Play

Ed Tate, CSP
Learning can be fun. Through audience involvement, retention is increased while participants are having fun. YOU are the stars. Ed Tate is an accelerated learning expert. He'll deliver and teach without using lecture, and much more.

9:00am – 9:30am

Break

9:30am – 10:30am
Dare 2 Dream/Dare 2 Win—Developing Leaders That Rock!
Willie Jolley, CSP, CPAE
Willie will share his award-winning message Dare 2 Dream/Dare 2 Win, taken from his popular PBS Special, which highlights life skills necessary for young people to reach and exceed their goals. This message focuses on making wise choices about drugs, alcohol, academic excellence and the impact others can have on your success…so choose wisely! A program that has been a popular message among NSA youth over the last two decades!

10:30am – 11:30am

Team Time

11:30am – 11:45am
Youth Pick-Up

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