Youth Leadership Summits

Hosting a Digital Youth Leadership Summit

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A digital Youth Leadership Summit provides Youth Leaders with the opportunity to connect digitally and discuss topics related to their Youth Leadership journey. Through a digital Youth Summit, Special Olympics Youth Leaders have the space to share best practices with other Youth Leaders, enhance their knowledge of Special Olympics activities, and learn how to leverage their Youth Leadership skills to spread inclusion.

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• Digital Youth Summit Toolkit: Resource with information about planning and hosting a digital Youth Summit - English

• Digital Youth Summit Youth Facilitator's Guide: Resource designed for Youth Leaders with talking points and activities to lead during a digital Youth Summit - English​

  • PowerPoints for discussions and activities can be accessed below:​
    • Unified Leadership: click here
    • Project Management: click here
    • Youth Leadership: click here
    • Advocacy: click here
    • Unified Schools & Unified Champion Schools: click here
    • Unified Sports: click here
    • Social Media Engagement: click here

• Digital Youth Summit Registration: Following a digital Youth Summit, register the event with the form below. Registration form asks for youth engagement, number of participants, discussion topics, and future plans.

  • To complete the form in English: click here​

  • To complete the form in Arabic: click here 

  • To complete the form in Chinese: click here

  • To complete the form in French: click here

  • To complete the form in Portuguese: click here

  • To complete the form in Spanish: click here

Hosting a Program-level Youth Leadership Summit

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Youth Leadership Summits provide Youth Leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to train others to become members of the Unified Generation. Through a Program-level Youth Leadership Summit, participants will gain a better understanding of inclusive youth leadership, project management, Unified Sports and Unified Schools programming.

The following section contains resources for planning, leading, and executing a Program-level Youth Leadership Summit:

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• Program-level Youth Leadership Summit Overview: Video discusses the Lead to Include Project and objectives and requirements for a Program-level Youth Leadership Summit - English

• Program-level Youth Leadership Summit Program Application: This application must be completed and submitted to Regional Youth/Schools staff before funding will be distributed - English | Spanish | French | Chinese | Portuguese 

• Program-level Youth Leadership Summit Toolkit: This toolkit provides the training materials and planning resources for a National Youth Summit - English

  • Supporting Resources for the Program-level Youth Leadership Summit Toolkit below:

    • Program-level Youth Summit Timeline

    • Program-level Youth Summit Budget Template

    • Program-level Youth Summit Honored Guests Invitation Letter

    • Program-level Youth Summit Registration Template 

    • Program-level Youth Summit Registration Email Template

    • Program-level Youth Summit Press Release

    • Program-level Youth Summit Post-Summit Survey

    • Program-level Youth Summit Evaluation

• Program-level Youth Leadership Summit Final Report: Final reports must be completed and sent to Regional Youth/Schools staff 30 days after the completion of the Program-level Youth Summit. Schools/communities hosting local Youth Leadership Summits should be identified in this report - English | Spanish | French | Chinese  | Portuguese 

Hosting a Local/School Youth Leadership Summit

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While at a Local Youth Leadership Summit, participants will gain a better understanding of inclusive youth leadership, Unified Sports and Unified Schools programming. The following section contains resources for planning, leading, and executing a Local Youth Leadership Summit:

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• Local Youth Leadership Summit Overview: Video discusses the Lead to Include Project and objectives and requirements for a local Youth Leadership Summit - English

• Local Youth Leadership Summit Toolkit: This toolkit provides the training materials and planning resources for a Local Youth Summit - English

• Supporting resources for local Youth Leadership Summit​

  • Local Youth Summit Invitation Letter for Participants

  • Local Youth Summit Pre-Summit Email to Participants

  • Local Youth Summit Post-Summit Survey 

  • Local Youth Summit Evaluation 

  • Local Youth Summit Request for Adult Mentor Sponsor​

  • Local Youth Summit Request for Speakers/Coaches

• Local Youth Leadership Summit Final Report: Final reports must be completed and sent to Program Youth/Schools staff 30 days after the completion of a Local Youth Summit - English