Notes on Skill-Building in Youth Power

Guide for Youth

Notes on Skill-Building

YOU Leading Others

YOU are a leader. How can you become a better one? Here’s some skills other young people have identified they want to develop in order to become better mentors, guides, coaches and facilitators:

Public Speaking
Managing Conflict
Time Management
Publicity
Using Change to Grow
Computer Training
Effective Communication
Facilitation of Meetings
Decision Making
Organizational Effectiveness
Working With Diversity
Getting Good Resources

Where in your school or community can YOU learn or hone those skills? Brainstorm some resources on this page.

Make sure that you visit the FireStarter Youth Power Curriculum website! <http://freechild.org/Firestarter.htm>

"A great leader worked in the field as his people finished their project.

When they were finished, they patted each other on the back and declared

'We’ve succeeded, and we did it ourselves!'

The great leader smiled, knowing his job was done."

- Summarized from the Tao Te Ching

SUGGESTED CITATION: Fletcher, Adam. (2001) FireStarter Participant Guidebook. Olympia, Washington: The Freechild Project. www.freechild.org/Firestarter

© 2001 by The Freechild Project, PO Box 6185, Olympia, Washington 98507, (360)753-2686, info@freechild.org. All rights reserved. Parts of this Guidebook may be quoted or used as long as the author and organization, Adam Fletcher, The Freechild Project is duly recognized.

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