Types of Engagements Offered

We offer different types of engagements for youth groups, youth allies, and partner organizations. These engagements fall into the following categories:

We offer keynotes where a youth representative will come out to your event to empower youth to become their own change agents in their communities. Keynotes often involve the youth representative telling their story or giving inspirational and motivational quotes or dialogue in which the requesting organization is then able to use to get youth more involved in their communities. Keynotes often range in length from fifteen minutes to an hour.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1

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Sometimes, you might want a youth representative to sit on a panel to discuss youth involvement or give input on a particular subject. This is where we come into play. We offer engagements tailored to panel member discussion around a general or specific topic. Often, panel members will speak on a subject anywhere from thirty minutes to two hours.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1 – 3, based on topics to be discussed

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A general session will often include some sort of plenary where our youth representatives will speak to the audience on general topics such as youth involvement, the benefits of joining Youth M.O.V.E. National, anti-stigma efforts in mental health, etc. This is a great middle ground to those who want the aspects of a workshop or breakout session, but to a larger audience, like those that might be present in a keynote.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1 for short sessions, 2 for longer, all day sessions.

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Our youth representatives will come out to your event to talk about youth involvement or any other topic of your choosing, ranging from sustainability to policy to peer-to peer-support. This type of engagement often involves facilitated discussions and group work with youth or youth allies to get them involved in the youth movement.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1 for short workshops, 2 for longer workshops.

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These types of engagements are like workshops, but are often longer and more rigorous. They will often follow a theme that the requesting organization has set up for the youth representative to follow. These types of engagements often require extra time and attention to set up and complete as they will most likely, but not always, include a keynote or some type of extra activity/follow up.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 2 - 3

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Our youth representatives will come out to your event to facilitate a meeting. Some of the meetings that our youth representatives will often facilitate include those that involve developing a strategic plan, a peer-to-peer support model, etc. These facilitated meetings can be anywhere from a couple hours to a whole day event.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1 for short meetings, 2 for longer, all day meetings.

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Conference calls are great if you want to have a facilitated meeting but cannot afford to bring in a youth representative to your community. Most, but not all, of the same topics and ideas that would be discussed in a facilitated meeting can be discussed on a conference call, in a shorter timeframe. Conference calls usually last anywhere from an hour to a few.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1

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We currently offer webinar engagements where a youth representative will develop, present, and facilitate a discussion through the use of webinar software. This is a great opportunity for requesting organizations that may not be able to physically bring in a youth representative to their community. Much like a conference call, webinars can be presented on a wide variety of subjects and will usually vary in length from an hour to a few. At the current time, all webinar requests require the availability of the requesting organization’s webinar software to be used during the engagement.

Recommended # of Youth Representatives: 1 for short webinars, 2 for longer webinars.

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Engagements are not limited to just these basic types. We often get requests for other types of engagements. If you are not sure if your engagement falls into one of these categories, just give us a call (240.403.1907), and we'll let you know if you should fill out an engagement request form or not.