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YELL = Youth Engaged in Learning about Leadership

At YELL, youth will have fun and network with other leaders, take a leadership survey, practice communication, develop management strategies, strengthen planning and organizing skills, and learn more about decision making in youth-adult partnerships and service learning.

YELL (Youth Engaged In Learning about Leadership) Conference was held:

Saturday, February 28, 2009

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Action City in Eau Claire, WI

Photos from 2009's YELL Conference:

At the YELL Leadership Conference, Chris Viau, Dunn County 4-H/ Youth Development Educator teaches the REAL COLORS program that helps young people identify their strengths as leaders.	Over 50 youth participated in the YELL program that strenghthened their leadership skills and provided the opportunity for networking with other youth leaders from around Western Wisconsin.

YELL delegates participated in engaging, interactive and hands-on teambuilding activities.	Annie Lisowski, Buffalo County 4-H & Youth Development Educator taught a break-out session on safe use of online social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook.
Photos from 2008's YELL Conference:

At the YELL Leadership Conference, Lucas Duley facilitates a leadeship activity with fellow youth leaders about the importance of belonging.	Lester Mlinar and Courtney Braaten present the Buffalo County youth's secrets of effective youth leaders.

Ella Rippley learns about her personal leadership style at the YELL conference.	Buffalo County youth leaders engage in an interactive teambuilding activity at YELL.

If you have any questions about the YELL Conference, please contact one of the following 4-H Youth Development Educator and YELL Coordinators:

Annie Lisowski, Buffalo County, 608-685-6256 annie.lisowski@ces.uwex.edu

Laura Pettersen, Monroe County, 608-269-8722 laura.pettersen@ces.uwex.edu

Megan Stuessel, Trempealeau County, 715-538-2311 megan.stuessel@ces.uwex.edu

Jackie Johnson, Chippewa County, 715-726-7950 jackie.johnson@ces.uwex.edu

A YELL Leadership Curriclulum developed by Annie Lisowski and Laura Pettersen is also available below. Please let us know how you are using this curriculum in your county and club programs.

YELL Curriculum (entire document) (120 pages, 4.41 MB) pdf version (4.67 MB)

Chapters of the YELL Curriculum are also available by leadership development skill:

Learning about Leadership (24 pages, 2 MB)

Goal Setting & Decision Making (13 pages, 246 KB)

Stress & Time Managment & Communication (13 pages, 1.53 MB)

Working With Others (9 pages, 1.44 MB)

Conflict Resolution & Engaging Others (18 pages, 404 KB)

Cultural Competence - Diversity (13 pages, 149 KB)

Managing Others & Teambuilding (12 pages, 201 KB)

Program Planning & Evaluation (16 pages, 241 KB)

Leadership & Service Learning (9 pages, 406 KB)

Leadership & Youth-Adult Partnerships (9 pages, 126 KB)

If you have any questions about the YELL curriculum, please contact Annie Lisowski, Buffalo County 4-H & Youth Development Educator, at 608-685-6256 or by email at annie.lisowski@ces.uwex.edu or Laura Pettersen, Assistant State OMK Project Director by email at laura.pettersen@ces.uwex.edu.

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Download a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print information provided as PDF files.

YELL = Youth Engaged in Learning about Leadership

At YELL, youth will have fun and network with other leaders, take a leadership survey, practice communication, develop management strategies, strengthen planning and organizing skills, and learn more about decision making in youth-adult partnerships and service learning.

YELL (Youth Engaged In Learning about Leadership) Conference was held:

Saturday, February 28, 2009

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Action City in Eau Claire, WI

Photos from 2009's YELL Conference:

At the YELL Leadership Conference, Chris Viau, Dunn County 4-H/ Youth Development Educator teaches the REAL COLORS program that helps young people identify their strengths as leaders.

Over 50 youth participated in the YELL program that strenghthened their leadership skills and provided the opportunity for networking with other youth leaders from around Western Wisconsin.

YELL delegates participated in engaging, interactive and hands-on teambuilding activities.

Annie Lisowski, Buffalo County 4-H & Youth Development Educator taught a break-out session on safe use of online social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook.

Photos from 2008's YELL Conference:

At the YELL Leadership Conference, Lucas Duley facilitates a leadeship activity with fellow youth leaders about the importance of belonging.

Lester Mlinar and Courtney Braaten present the Buffalo County youth's secrets of effective youth leaders.

Ella Rippley learns about her personal leadership style at the YELL conference.

Buffalo County youth leaders engage in an interactive teambuilding activity at YELL.

If you have any questions about the YELL Conference, please contact one of the following 4-H Youth Development Educator and YELL Coordinators:

A YELL Leadership Curriclulum developed by Annie Lisowski and Laura Pettersen is also available below. Please let us know how you are using this curriculum in your county and club programs.

YELL Curriculum (entire document) (120 pages, 4.41 MB) pdf version (4.67 MB)

Chapters of the YELL Curriculum are also available by leadership development skill:

If you have any questions about the YELL curriculum, please contact Annie Lisowski, Buffalo County 4-H & Youth Development Educator, at 608-685-6256 or by email at annie.lisowski@ces.uwex.edu or Laura Pettersen, Assistant State OMK Project Director by email at laura.pettersen@ces.uwex.edu.