Student Tracks
YCC - 6-8 YEAR OLDS
Starting at $59
OBJECTIVE: To grow competency in and familiarity with the basics of communication in a series of encouraging, fun, and highly interactive experiences. Activity times will promote learning communication essentials. Students will:
- Gain familiarity with communication basics
- Get more comfortable using eyes, movement, voice, energy
- Practice storytelling with expression and meaning
- Explore and apply the concepts of respect and poise
- Learn to ask good questions
See the special schedule for ages 6 – 10 here
9-10 YEAR OLDS
Starting at $59
OBJECTIVE: Grow beyond current familiarity with the basics of communication and connection through challenging, educational, engaging, and highly interactive experiences. Activities are designed to promote a variety of communication competencies. Students will:
- Review basic communication skills
- Discover new ways to use our bodies for physical communication
- Practice audience connection as a necessary characteristic of real communication
- Explore ways communicators are leaders and the concept of personal leadership
- Consider how to use our communication in our communities
See special schedule for ages 6 – 10 here
Enjoy a peek into our 2020 Young Communicators for Christ programming in the video below.
11-12 YEAR OLDS
Starting at $99
OBJECTIVE: Expand communication and leadership skills through fun, challenging, engaging, and interactive experiences in a supportive environment. Activities are designed to promote essential competencies. Students will be empowered to:
- Learn to support a safe environment for trying new and hard things
- Discover the meaning of influence and practice using it
- Explore the importance of feedback and coaching
- Practice storytelling for real connection through audience analysis.
- Become acquainted with 5 vital skills for success in education and life: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, cultural intelligence
- Experience collaboration and ways to become a contributing team member
13-14 YEAR OLDS
Starting at $99
OBJECTIVE: Expand communication and leadership skills through inspiring, challenging, and interactive experiences in a supportive, engaging environment. Activities are designed to promote essential competencies. Students will be empowered to:
- Learn to design and maintain a safe environment for trying intimidating things
- Experience 5 vital skills for success in education and life: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, cultural intelligence
- Practice consensus-building in problem-solving with teammates
- Explore the concept of knowing yourself to lead yourself
- Practice storytelling for a real connection through audience analysis.
15-18 YEAR OLDS
Starting at $99
PURPOSE: Expand communication and leadership skills through inspiring, challenging, and interactive experiences in a supportive, engaging environment. Activities are designed to promote essential competencies. Students will be empowered to:
- Create real connection and engagement in digital communication environments
- Experience 5 vital skills for success in education and in life: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, cultural intelligence
- Explore emotional intelligence and its relationship to authentic leadership
- Probe personal influence and ways to grow it
- Practice storytelling as an effective tool for influence through audience analysis
- Discover practical ways to continue growing these skills beyond the conference
