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2013 Special Olympics Global Youth Activation Summit

Youth Do Change the World, Session #9

MOTIVATE/ACTIVATE: Going Forward; Working with SO Program, Project UNIFY

and other School/Community Resources to make our Goals a Reality.

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Wagon Wheel – Purpose

• Generates many ideas, in a short amount of time.• Develop a sense of teamwork.• Collaboratively discuss topics with many people,

rather than just those at your table.

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Wagon Wheel – Directions

• Will share a question, where each delegation will have 5 minutes to discuss with the delegation across from you.

• When time “is up” the delegation will move leftward, thereby meeting a new delegation.

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How do we work best with our Special Olympics Program?

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What best practices (behaviors/interactions) can we use to work with educators,

administrators and fellow students/youth?

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How can we make our goals real?

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Mock Meeting

• As a group, we will identify:– Collaborative (good) behaviors and actions.– Disruptive (bad) behaviors and actions.

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Youth Activation Committee

• Roles:– California, Co-Chairs– Oregon, Communications Sub-Committee– Italy, Outreach Sub-Committee– Romania, SO Strategy

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Identification Checklist

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Best PracticesBy: Team Arizona

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Step 1

Know Project Unify and Youth Activation

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Step 2Be able to explain confidently

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Elevator Speech Activity

2-3 sentences and not to exceed 30 seconds

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Step 3

Identify the organizations that are beneficial to specific areas

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Step 4

Create a plan on how! Details! Details! Details!

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Step 5

Find a meeting where youth is present! Athlete and Partners are imperative to the Special Olympics Movement!

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Action Planning

• Develop a plan on how you will communicate when back in your home community.