BENEFITS | TESTIMONIALS | COORDINATION | FACILITATION | GETTING STARTED | PROGRAM FAQ Youth Participant Testimonials The leadership Institute was both a very enriching and enjoyable experience for me. Learning and practicing different ways to approach real-life situations made me feel much more confident about being a leader. I also learned a lot of useful tips for public speaking and interviewing. "It's hard to find adults who are even interested or concerned with the younger generation. But you saw something in us….being part of this program has inspired me to attain further achievement." "I am more tolerant of working in groups because I have learned to adjust my style of leadership to fit different groups. I have improved my ability to get others to work with me. Before this, I had no notion of how to make that happen." "I liked everything about this leadership program, meeting new people and making new friends, and learning skills to be a better leader." "I am now more confident talking in front of others at my school." "Learning about leadership styles was helpful to me." "I'm using my skills in leading meetings more effectively and in planning projects. I'm much more organized in planning projects!" "I have found out many new ways to deal with situations, when they arise. My eyes have been opened to many new aspects to being a leader that has helped me tremendously." "It helped me improve my leadership skills---such as planning and dealing with tough situations." "The leader program is filled with knowledge and skills that are needed to be a good leader, and had made better leaders out of all of us!" "It helped me improve my leadership skills-such as planning and dealing with tough situations." Comments of Student Participants from the Educational Council, Summit-Portage, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Licking and Perry Counties using the LeaderSpark curriculum. "The LEADER Institute is a group of young women from diverse backgrounds striving to make a difference in their homes and communities." "This is a very intriguing program. It has inspired me to become even more involved with activities around me. I have found the program inspiring and interesting." "This program helps teenage females in leadership skills. The skills deal with everything from conflict to working in groups." "... gives young leaders a way to express their ideas and receive comments from others. The LeaderSpark also gives young leaders a chance to learn more about how to get things done." "... helps to develop female high school students as people and prominent figures in today's society. It teaches us how to be assertive as individuals." "I would tell someone that the curriculum teaches skills to be a leader and you get to work with all kinds of people and meet new friends." "The Leadership Institute is a great thing to attend if you are interested in becoming a better leader and learning more about your strengths and weaknesses as a leader." "I think a leader is someone who decides or carries oneself as to take over a group. Not to be bossy, but to help make decisions, and run the meetings. I think the Leadership Institute will really help you, because it tells you everything you need to know, by setting guidelines, to dealing with conflict. I think you would really enjoy it." "... is a way that young people can learn to show and develop leader skills and use them at their school and in their community. They learn how to communicate with others, plan, run meetings, deal with conflict, etc…." "This is a useful program, in which young women in high school are given the opportunity to learn about leadership and to become successful leaders themselves." "The Leadership Institute will teach you to become stronger in weak areas and how to recognize and use skills." << back