beacon vo lu m e 1, issu e 1
February 2017
the Leadership Workshop coordinator welcomes excited high school delegates.
inside this issue: It's a Process
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New Staff
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About Leadership Workshop
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Leadership Workshop teaches students the importance of working together, serving others, and how to apply certain skills to the outside community.
it's not a product ; it's a process In high school, Becky Jacobs started Feed The Need, an organization whose main purpose is to serve food to the homeless. As she ran this organization, her contagious passion spread to a small group of peers. Jacobs had never considered herself much of a leader, but the role of organizer seemed to fall into her lap as Feed the Need started coming together. Her small beginnings soon had all the makings of an organization, but she didn’t know where to go from there.
Months passed with Jacobs doubting her ability to sustain Feed The Need as a full-fledged organization. When the -Allison Rowell, Coordinator solution as to how to continue successof Membership fully her organization finally arrived to her, it was as clear as a far-sighted perLEADERSHIP son putting on glasses for the very first WORKSHOP time. Jacobs realized her guidance
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counselor had told her about a useful seminar held in the spring. This seminar, known as Leadership Workshop, was the answer that Jacobs needed to successfully continue Feed The Need. Leadership Workshop is a weekend seminar aimed at high schoolers, teaching them alternative ways of being effective leaders. The seminar is conducted so high school students like Jacobs can learn how to push their boundaries as students through skits, games and other interactive activities that result in confidence increases to lead groups. The program focuses on teaching young adults how to work together in group settings through effective communication.
(see process, p.2)