Summit 2015 program

Summit 2015 Ann Arbor, MI October 23-25

Welcome to Summit 2015!

Welcome to the 2015 YVC Summit: Grow Your Impact.

This is our annual opportunity to get together as a Youth Volunteer Corps family. It is a chance to learn from each other, celebrate our successes and plot our way forward in a relaxing, encouraging and fun atmosphere.

We are excited to have the Summit in Ann Arbor, Michigan, site of one of our oldest and most successful Youth Volunteer Corps programs. Many thanks to the youth and adults from the YVC in Ann Arbor and their host organization, the Ann Arbor YMCA, for all their hard work in planning this Summit.

Jennifer Granholm, a Canadian who went on to become Michigan’s first female governor in 2003, said, “Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit. It may not happen fully until after I’m gone. But I know that the steps we are taking are the right steps.”

Let’s all take that to heart this weekend as we take the steps necessary to grow our YVC program and its impact.

Yours in service,

David Battey President and Founder

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YVC Headquarters Team We want the YVC Summit to be the best experience possible for you. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay at the Summit better, please let us know! Find a YVC Headquarters team member if you have any questions or just to come say hi. We’d love to meet you!

David Battey President and Founder

Lacey Helmig Communications and Media Coordinator

Tracy Hale Chief Operating Officer

Paul Marksbury Affiliate Services Coordinator

Charity Ohlund Director of Development

Taylor Neff AmeriCorps VISTA Affiliate Expansion Coordinator

Leah Scanlan AmeriCorps Manager and Administrative Coordinator

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Schedule at a Glance Friday, Oct. 23

Youth Volunteers

AmeriCorps Members

REGISTRATION Outside Grande I OPENING PLENARY: Welcome to the Summit!

Grande I & II

2:00-3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30-4:00 p.m.

4:15-5:45 p.m.

Program Directors

Beyond the Badge: Taking the Mystery Out of AmeriCorps Grande III Ice Ice Baby Orange=Petit I, Yellow=Grande I, Red=Petit II Ask the President Grande II DINNER and SCAVENGER HUNT Downtown Ann Arbor (board buses in front of hotel)

5:45-10:00 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 Youth Volunteers

Program Directors

AmeriCorps Members

BREAKFAST Grande I & II

8:00-8:30 a.m.

PLENARY: Grow Your Impact with Ypsilanti Mayor Amanda Edmonds Grande I & II

8:45-10:15 a.m.

WORKSHOPS

7:00-8:00 a.m.

10:30-12:00 p.m.

12:15-1:15 p.m.

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Youth Service Project at Growing Hope Off Site

Secrets to Positioning Your Finding the “Me” in YVC for Greater Support “Team” Petit I Grande III Promoting Diversity in our Programs Grande III Hope Is Not a Strategy Petit I

LUNCH Grande I & II

Saturday, Oct. 24 - Continued Youth Volunteers

4:50-5:20 p.m.

AmeriCorps Members

Diversity & Inclusion in Action Grande I & II

WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS

3:15-4:45 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Program Directors

More than a Buzz Word: Service-Learning in the Real World Grande III

Beyond Changing the World: How to Tell the World Petit I Selfies & Tweets Restaurant in Lobby

Community Collaboration and Social Change Garden Room Hunger in a Land of Abundance Petit I Present Your Projects Petit II

Service Project Reflection Petit I & II

Peer Learning Garden Room

Group photo immediately to follow outside Michigan Ballroom, then the evening is yours to enjoy dinner on your own!

Sunday, Oct. 25 Youth Volunteers

Program Directors

AmeriCorps Members

BREAKFAST & HOTEL CHECK-OUT TIME Grande I & II PLENARY: Be Youth Driven Grande I & II

8:00-9:00 a.m.

WORKSHOPS

9:00-9:30 a.m.

9:45-11:15 a.m.

Shaken to the Corps Grande II

Serve Your Future Petit I & II

Ask the Youth Volunteers Grande I Project Pantry: Never Scramble Again Grande III Serve Your Future Petit I & II

YVC AWARD CEREMONY LUNCHEON Grande I & II

11:30-1:30 p.m.

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Workshops

Learning, sharing ideas, leading, exploring, discussing, having FUN! Summit workshops are all that and more. On the following pages, you’ll find information about all the workshops you can pick from this weekend. Note that each workshop is targeted for a certain audience, but feel free to attend any that interest you (except where designated)! Follow the key below to see which symbol best represents you: AmeriCorps Members

YVC Program Directors and support staff

Workshop

Location

Youth Volunteers

Audience

Friday 3:30-4:00

Opening Plenary

Grande I & II

We’re kicking off Summit 2015 with a high-energy session that will set the foundation for an incredible weekend!

Facilitator: Jim Hise is YVC’s Board Chair and a Private Wealth Advisor for Merrill Lynch.

Friday 4:15-5:45 Orange - Petit I Yellow - Grande I Red - Petit II Icebreakers and teambuilders are often the most fun part of a project, so let’s kick off the Summit with some of the best! Whether it’s fast-paced and frantic, heart-warming or hilarious, you’ll learn the secrets to busting down barriers, creating comradery and building strong teams for your projects.

This workshop is split into three groups, so go to the room that correlates with the color in box 1 on the back of your nametag.

Facilitators: Chelsea VanAssche (Program Director of YVC of Plymouth), YVC of Cedar City Youth Volunteers, and representatives from our International Youth Advisory Board.

Ice Ice Baby: Putting the FUN in YVC Fundamentals

Beyond the Badge: Taking the Mystery Out of AmeriCorps

Grande III

Workshop is mandatory for all AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps supervisors Job skills, monthly reports, timesheets and more. We know it’s challenging to keep track of the lingo and run your AmeriCorps program successfully, so we’ll try to demystify it in this workshop. We’ll discuss strategies for advancing the goals of YVC and AmeriCorps and offer time for Q&A. Facilitator: Leah Scanlan is YVC’s AmeriCorps Manager and Administrative Coordinator. She enjoys getting to know the AmeriCorps members serving with YVC throughout the country and hearing about the impact they’re having in their communities.

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Friday 4:15-5:45 (Continued) Ask the President

Grande II

How do you go about starting your own nonprofit? What characteristics do the most impactful Youth Volunteers have in common? Which of the 95 countries you’ve visited is your favorite? Ask David Battey, YVC’s Founder and President, any of these questions or a thousand others during this session. Not only did David launch YVC 28 years ago, but he’s an active leader in the national service community, has met people ranging from Bill Clinton to Dick Clark, and does the best cannonball into a pool you’ve ever seen.

Facilitator: David Battey founded Youth Volunteer Corps in 1987 and is still at the helm as President. As one of the country’s leading experts on service, his accomplishments have been prominently featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, USA Today and ABC’s World News Tonight. David has traveled to nearly 100 countries, but his favorite thing is meeting Youth Volunteers in the U.S. and Canada.

Saturday 8:00-8:30

Grow Your Impact Plenary

Grande I & II

How can we grow our impact to make an even bigger difference? We’re honored to welcome Ypsilanti Mayor Amanda Edmonds to the Summit who will inspire us on how we can grow our impact in our own communities.

Facilitator: Amanda Edmonds is mayor of neighboring community Ypsilanti, MI, and CEO of Growing Hope, a local organization (and site of last year’s Project of the Year winner) that helps people improve their lives and communities through gardening and healthy food access.

Saturday 8:45-10:15 Secrets to Positioning Your YVC for Greater Support

Petit I

Want more support for YVC from your organization’s leadership and board? Discover tried and true methods for gaining support and learn how HQ can help. Hear from a panel including YVC’s President and Founder David Battey, YVC’s Board Chair Jim Hise, YVCHQ Board Member Melanie Tucker and YVCHQ Board member and Executive Director of Hampton Roads YVC Laurie Sepanski.

Facilitator: Tracy Hale, YVC’s Chief Operating Officer, will moderate this panel discussion. Tracy loves the Summit because she is inspired by the amazing Youth Volunteers, AmeriCorps members and Program Directors.

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Saturday 8:45-10:15 (Continued) Finding the “Me” in “Team”: Making your Team Leader Experience Work for You

Grande III

Workshop is mandatory for all AmeriCorps members

YVC Team Leaders are responsible for the safety, training and motivation of the youth on their team.

This session will familiarize participants with a variety of strategies they can use to be successful in this role and make the most of the YVC experience for their youth and themselves.

Facilitators: Affiliate Services Coordinator Paul Marksbury started as an AmeriCorps member with YVC of Kansas City, eventually taking over as Program Director. He then joined YVC Headquarters where he works to advance the YVC mission by strengthening current Affiliates and establishing new programs across North America. Eric Stiner is a former YVC of Kansas City AmeriCorps member and Team Leader who now serves on YVCHQ’s board.

Saturday 8:45-12:00 (Project runs through both morning workshops) Youth Service Project at Growing Hope

Off Site

Did you know that today is Make a Difference Day and Food Day? We’re taking advantage of this special occasion to volunteer and help alleviate hunger in the Ann Arbor community. We’ll serve at Growing Hope, a local organization dedicated to helping people improve their lives and communities through gardening and healthy food access. We’ll meet in groups according to the shape on the back of our nametags then board buses to several different project sites. Make sure to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty, and dress warmly as project is taking place rain or shine!

Saturday 10:30-12:00 Hope Is Not a Strategy: Fundraising for Results Petit I Are you waiting, wishing and hoping for the fundraising fairy to arrive with your bag of money? Well, in case she is delayed, please join us as we share three exciting new initiatives to help you build your strongest YVC program ever. Find out how smart YVCs are using revenue generation to become self-sustaining programs. Unleash the power of Strategic Focus Areas in your grant requests. And gain access to ready-made fundraising packages from YVCHQ. Facilitator: David Battey is YVC’s Founder & President and international man of mystery. Charity Ohlund is YVC’s new Director of Development and official donut fetcher.

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Saturday 10:30-12:00 (Continued) Promoting Diversity in our Programs by Creating an Inclusive Community

Grande III

This session will explore what makes programs attractive to youth and how we can identify and remove barriers for youth who want to participate in YVC. It will explore how creating an inclusive community can help you to recruit youth from different backgrounds and maintain a diverse program.

Facilitator: Greg Lynch is the Program Director of the newly established YVC of Philadelphia. Greg has run school-based nonprofit programming for students in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia for the past 7 years. Greg is an AmeriCorps Alum and values the role that service plays in bringing people and communities together.

Saturday 1:30-3:00 More than a Buzz Word: Service-Learning in the Real World

Grande III

Let’s make service-learning more than just a lesson! In this activity-based and interactive workshop, we’ll learn how to look at service-learning differently. We will discuss how service-learning can be used as youth-involved character education, and how service-learning can excite youth about the cause they’re serving.

Facilitator: Chelsea Mann is the Program Director of YVC of Kansas City. She is a proud AmeriCorps Alum, completing five terms with AmeriCorps. In her last term, she served as a Team Leader for YVC and created the Kansas City YVC’s service-learning system.

Beyond Changing the World: How to Tell the World About Your Impact

Petit I

Your youth are transforming your community one project at a time, but how do you get the word out about the amazing things they’re doing? Join us in this panel discussion focused on how to promote your YVC including marketing, communications, PR, social media and more. The panel includes experts from a variety of marketing practices. Bring your burning questions!

Facilitator: Lacey Helmig, YVC’s Communications and Media Coordinator, will moderate this panel discussion. Lacey manages YVC’s communication strategy, web presence, social media, PR and more. She also gets the privilege of serving as the International Youth Advisory Board advisor.

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Saturday 1:30-3:00 (Continued) Diversity and Inclusion in Action

Grande I & II

How do we build bridges in our communities by valuing all dimensions of diversity? Through the practice of recognizing, appreciating and valuing all the ways an individual is unique, we are better able to serve our community and foster a welcoming environment. This workshop will equip you for the mindset you need to keep up with the ever-so-changing communities that we serve.

Facilitator: Trang Truong is Project Coordinator for Global Initiatives - International Group of YMCA of the USA.

Saturday 3:15-4:45 Present Your Projects

Petit II

Ever wonder what kinds of projects youth are serving on with YVC in Utah, Alberta or Missouri? There are thousands of YVC projects taking place each year throughout the U.S. and Canada, and we’ll hear about just a few of them in this workshop. Youth from across the YVC Network will be sharing with us some of their favorite projects, and you can share a favorite project of your own, too! We’ll also have some time to discuss how we could have made the project even better if we were to hold them again today.

Facilitator: Eileen Van Kirk is the YVC Coordinator for Muskogee Parks & Recreation. Eileen and her husband Dan, an adult YVC volunteer, spend most of their spare time working with the local community gardens and the farmer’s market in Muskogee. With an empty nest for the first time in 35 years of marriage, the new plan includes more travel and a fancy chicken coop!

Selfies and Tweets for Youth Service

Restaurant in Lobby

A silly cat video can be viewed by millions within an hour, and a celebrity’s selfie can reach all corners of the earth. But how can we use social media to promote all the awesome things youth are doing in their communities through YVC? Let’s harness this viral power of social media to make a difference. We’ll break into small groups to talk about how to share our stories of service on social media to recruit volunteers, find potential donors, spread the word about YVC and more. We’ll leave with the tools and ideas to share our stories of service to help further YVC’s mission.

Facilitator: Lacey Helmig is YVC’s Communications and Media Coordinator. She manages YVC’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts but mostly just posts too many photos of her two dogs on her personal social media accounts.

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Saturday 3:15-4:45 (Continued) Hunger in a Land of Abundance: Why Is There Still Hunger in America?

Petit I

Ever wonder why community hunger exists? Join us in a conversational workshop on how you can overcome some of the issues related to hunger and poverty in your own community. Participants will learn about the importance of community collaboration and how to create sustainable solutions to existing hunger issues.

Facilitator: Jared Aslakson works with the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.

Community Collaboration and Social Change

Garden Room

How can we work together to make a real difference in our communities? Let’s join forces to bring together different stakeholders, including both youth and adults, to create lasting social change.

Facilitator: Katie Richards-Schuster, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Director of Community Action and Social Change Minor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She is an expert on community collaboration and involving youth in community social change.

Saturday 4:50-5:20 Power Session: Last Workshop of the Day

Peer Learning

Garden Room Learn from experienced YVC leaders. Inspire your peers.

Network without networking.

Service Project Reflection

Petit I & II How did we grow our impact in the service project this morning? Let’s discuss and share stories!

Saturday 5:20 Group Photo (Outside Michigan Ballroom)

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Sunday 9:00-9:30

Plenary: Be Youth Driven

Grande I & II

Youth thrive when they have voice and engage in genuine decision-making. This keynote will focus on how supporting a culture of youth and adult partnerships is one of the key ingredients to foster youth empowerment.

Facilitator: John Weiss served as the Executive Director of the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor’s Teen Center, for nine years and has been serving as its Director of Strategic Initiatives since January.

Sunday 9:45-11:15 Serve Your Future

Petit I & II

Service is one of the most important ways to support and connect with your community. The community receives direct help, but how does the service you provide help you in the long run? There are no doubt incredible intrinsic values you gain when serving, but service can also build unique skills that open up countless opportunities, including jobs, scholarships and even more adventurous service opportunities! This workshop will involve a panel discussion created to provide a broad perspective on all the options and opportunities your service can lead to, including AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, jobs, scholarships, college choices and more (note that some of the opportunities discussed may only be available for U.S. residents, i.e. AmeriCorps).

Facilitator: Eric Stiner is a former YVC of Kansas City AmeriCorps member and Team Leader who now serves on YVCHQ’s board.

Ask the Youth Volunteers

Grande I

Gain insight into the mysterious minds of youth! This workshop will give you the chance to ask some of our International Youth Advisory Board members about their experiences serving with YVC, what their favorite projects are, and what keeps them coming back to YVC. Facilitator: Misty Town, Program Coordinator of YVC of Kansas City, will moderate this panel discussion. Misty has spent the last 10 years coordinating various programs for youth from infancy to 18. Not only was she was named homecoming queen at her community college, but she also went to clown school and goes by the alter ego“Dilly Pickles.”

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Workshop

Location

Audience

Sunday 9:45-11:15 (Continued) Shaken to the Corps: How to Rock Your YVC!

Grande II

Recruiting, promoting youth service, education and the quality experience. Sounds like a Team Leader or Program Director job, right? Well, it’s NOT. Find out how YOU, the Youth Volunteer, can make your YVC program even better than it already is.

Facilitator: Matt Muszynski is the YVC Director in Alpena, Michigan. He helped start the program back in 1993 as a member of the Advisory Board at age 13 and has now come full circle to being the Director of the program. When Matt is not working with his YVC youth, he enjoys spending time with his wife Cynthia and sons Henry and Owen. And fishing. Lots and lots of fishing.

Project Pantry: Never Scramble Again

Grande III

You won’t have to panic ever again after you learn how to prepare for rained out or otherwise disrupted projects with back pocket ideas. This will include discussing successful unique projects and brainstorming new ones!

Facilitator: Morgan Greening is an AmeriCorps Member with YVC of Western Connecticut. Morgan has learned the ins and outs of YVC for three AmeriCorps terms and has worked hard to grow Western Connecticut’s program. She is a junior at Western Connecticut State University studying Communication and Justice and Law Administration and has a passion for volunteering.

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YVC Affiliates

Alpena, MI • Anderson, SC • Ann Arbor, MI • Annapolis, MD • Arlington, TX Aurora, CO • Baton Rouge, LA • Bay City, MI • Billings, MT • Brooklyn, NY • Calgary, AB Cedar City, UT • Charleston, SC • Cleveland, OH • Corvallis, OR • Dallas, TX • Danbury, CT Des Moines, IA • Farmington Hills, MI • Greensboro, NC • Kansas City, MO • Lawrence, MA 14

Little Rock, AR • Lordsburg, NM • Macon, GA • Madison, WI • Manhattan, KS Muskegon, MI • Muskogee, OK • Nanaimo, BC • Nashville, TN • Newport News, VA Ogden, UT • Omaha, NE • Pennsauken, NJ • Philadelphia, PA • Plymouth, MI • Portland, OR Racine, WI • Sioux City, IA • Southgate, MI • St. George, UT • St. Joseph, MO • Staunton, VA

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International Youth Advisory Board Thousands of Youth Volunteers serve with YVC each year, and these 25 International Youth Advisory Board members represent each and every one of those volunteers. The IYAB members are attending the Summit and also having their only in-person meeting here. Introducing the 2015-2016 IYAB...

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Garrett Beaulieu Alpena, MI

Katharine Birkness Calgary, AB

Christopher Bratcher Hampton Roads, VA

Joy Chiles Philadelphia, PA

Jack Dean Baton Rouge, LA

Thomas Ferguson Hampton Roads, VA

Karin Frederickson Corvallis, OR

Ryan Frederickson Corvallis, OR

Aubrey Grimshaw Cedar City, UT

Bradley Herbert-Perez Muskogee, OK

Laura Jarriel Anderson, SC

Aislinn Kinsella Kansas City, MO

Amanda Kuang Calgary, AB

Weston Lee Ogden, UT

Katja Lemermeyer Calgary, AB

Brandi Manning Alpena, MI

Cameron Marshall Manhattan, KS

Sophia Mauro Kansas City, MO

Mackenzie Mitchell Danbury, CT

Matthew Norris Anderson, SC

Samara Rangel Cedar City, UT

Kaylin Shelley Cedar City, UT

Riley Strube Little Rock, AR

Maddie Tolsdorf Kansas City, MO

Martin Tomlinson Kansas City, MO

Interested in serving on next year’s IYAB? Applications will be available next spring. Follow YVC on social media to be the first informed.

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Summit Menus It’s not all about the food, but food is an essential part of a great event, right? Here’s what you can look forward to for this weekend’s meals: Friday Dinner: Pizza dinner in downtown Ann Arbor Saturday Breakfast: Traditional Buffet Breakfast Saturday Lunch: Taco Bar Saturday Dinner: On your own! Join up with some new friends to explore Ann Arbor’s restaurant scene Sunday Breakfast: Traditional Buffet Breakfast Sunday Lunch: Chicken with Cilantro Cream Sauce Do you have a special diet consideration? The back of your nametag should display your diet consideration if you requested on your Summit registration vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. meals.

Please show this to the wait staff at meals.

We’re delighted to help celebrate

Youth Volunteer Corps . . . . and proud to have been part of launching the local chapter at the Ann Arbor YMCA in 1994.

It’s been a successful partnership with over $165,000 in grants to support a program that has inspired a lifetime ethic of service.

Ann Arbor Area

Community Foundation For good. For ever.

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PHOTOBOOTH? Grab a Prop & Strike a Pose

#YVCSUMMIT Located in the hallway between Petit Ballroom and Grande III.

ALWAYS HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ANN ARBOR YMCA

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Stock Up at the YVC Store!

Gray Hoodies $22

Red Hoodies $22

Water Bottles $7

Variety of Short Sleeve Shirts $10

Laptop Bags $25

Temporary Tattoos 2 for $1

Bumper Stickers $3

Mugs $5

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