What is your personal brand?
What is your brand worth?
Do you live your brand everyday?
These are just some of the questions that over 40 courageous teens asked themselves this past week at the Inner Wisconsin Teen Leadership Institute. This is my third year of facilitating camp, and every year I am more and more honored to be in the presence of some amazing and courageous teens.
You might wonder why I call them courageous…all they have to do is show up to camp…right? They are asked to do so much more! Day one they were asked to truly take a look at every part of themselves, internally and externally…to research what others think about them, to look at how they live their lives and the choices they make and decide if they are truly living lives of integrity. They were challenged to live their values each and every day, with every choice and every relationship. How many of us do that as adults?
The second day, teens were asked to look at problems facing our community such as underage drinking, prescription drug abuse, unsafe celebration around prom and graduation times and parent involvement. They went through the steps of a true PR Campaign and identified real activities and steps to make changes in their communities.
On Day 3, they presented these ideas in a PowerPoint to community leaders including coalition leaders, mayors, superintendents, parents, principals and law enforcement. These teen leaders will now spend the next year putting their ideas into actions and programs. They will be asked to have the courage to Speak Up! To go against the norm. To stick to their beliefs. To stand up and be counted.
So, when you were 14-18, what did you do during your summers? I don’t know about you, but I sure wasn’t rocking my community like this! These kids…they inspire me! Are you inspired by their courage? If so, tell us about it! Give the kids some positive encouragement!
What is your brand worth?
Do you live your brand everyday?
These are just some of the questions that over 40 courageous teens asked themselves this past week at the Inner Wisconsin Teen Leadership Institute. This is my third year of facilitating camp, and every year I am more and more honored to be in the presence of some amazing and courageous teens.
You might wonder why I call them courageous…all they have to do is show up to camp…right? They are asked to do so much more! Day one they were asked to truly take a look at every part of themselves, internally and externally…to research what others think about them, to look at how they live their lives and the choices they make and decide if they are truly living lives of integrity. They were challenged to live their values each and every day, with every choice and every relationship. How many of us do that as adults?
The second day, teens were asked to look at problems facing our community such as underage drinking, prescription drug abuse, unsafe celebration around prom and graduation times and parent involvement. They went through the steps of a true PR Campaign and identified real activities and steps to make changes in their communities.
On Day 3, they presented these ideas in a PowerPoint to community leaders including coalition leaders, mayors, superintendents, parents, principals and law enforcement. These teen leaders will now spend the next year putting their ideas into actions and programs. They will be asked to have the courage to Speak Up! To go against the norm. To stick to their beliefs. To stand up and be counted.
So, when you were 14-18, what did you do during your summers? I don’t know about you, but I sure wasn’t rocking my community like this! These kids…they inspire me! Are you inspired by their courage? If so, tell us about it! Give the kids some positive encouragement!
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