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Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project

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Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential. Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project. Who is on your team?. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ---Dalia Lama. The Three Keys. Notice them Be a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential

Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential

Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project

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Who is on your team?

Be kind wheneverpossible. It is alwayspossible.---Dalia Lama

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The Three Keys

Notice themBe a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter

Establish and maintain high standards

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, and compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.---Lao Zi

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Notice them!

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Notice them!

What are they good at doing?What makes them laugh?When are they happiest?What makes them sad?

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.---Mark Twain

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Why is it important to notice them?

This is your “in”Opens doors

Builds connectionsThe wisdom of 9th graders

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.---Robert Brault

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Be a Prophet

Belief

BehaviorResult

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Be a Gardener

Plant ideasWater them

Get rid of the weedsPlants need pruning

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.---Henry Ford

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Be a Treasure Hunter

“X” may not mark the spotWhen you find it, share it

Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it.---Oscar Wilde

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The Golem Effect

Kids knowNon-verbals

Classroom observations

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.---Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Set and Maintain High Standards

This is where WE failTwo things all kids want

Study on religious affiliationChris Collins and Miss Sally

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.---Jim Rohn

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Who is dreaming for our youth?

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.---James Allen

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Thank you!

The young do not know enough to be prudent,and therefore they attempt the impossible

and achieve it, generation after generation.---Pearl S. Buck