Connect Effect: Plugging the Energy of Youth into the Needs of Community

This new life-changing conference empowers teens to learn leadership skills, make viable connections with community leaders, and then immediately put these skills and connections to use serving others. Your entire community will be impacted as teens directly partner with community-based organizations to develop and implement service projects. 

The Connect Effect Conference:

• Develops leadership in a broad range of young people

• Helps teens to discover their own unique ability and passion to serve

• Trains young people to confidently influence friends, peers, and communities

• Cultivates a commitment to community service and leadership

• Creates sustainable relationships between teens and their communities

The four-session program includes:

• The Connect Effect Preparation Event -- We invite community-based organizations to come together for event training  (1 to 4 weeks before conference).

• First Conference Day -- Through fun, intense, and interactive activities, teens learn new ways to build their confidence and leadership skills.

• Second Conference Day -- After an organizational fair, a student panel, and teambuilding activities, teens team up with adult leaders to plan community service projects.

• The Connect Effect Follow-up Event -- At this community-wide celebration, teens present their completed projects. This provides accountability as well as further networking opportunities (2 months after conference).

How does it work?

The Connect Effect Conference is planned, organized, and carried out by L.A. Stewart and can be implemented countywide, throughout a school district, or even by an individual school.   

Connect Effect Conference Demo

2009 Steuben County, Indiana Connect Effect Conference slideshow