Support Resources For Registration and Lodging Process

Support Resources For Registration and Lodging Process

In addition to the above resources, please utilize the numerous resources the Region provides, i.e. webinars, this Teen Conference Planning Guide, FAQ, Regonline, Region Website, and always your Lead Teen Sponsor.

Wednesday: Reg. Teen Off. Meeting 9:30am

Delegate /Alternate Training 5 – 6:30pm

Committee Meetings 5 – 6:30pm

Host Welcome Reception & College Fair w/ hors d’euvres 6:30pm
Thursday: Breakfast

Opening Session 9:15 – 10:30 am

Plenary I: 10:45 – 11:15am

Lunch 11:30 – 12:15 pm

Oratorical Competition 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Sports/Games Day 3:30 – 8:30 pm

Dinner (Ensworth)

Dance/Movie/Chill Lounge 9 – 11:30pm

Plenary II (speeches) 9:45- 10:45

Senior Outing 11:15 – 12:45pm

Civil Rights/Lunch/ Community Service 12:45 – 5:00pm

Talent/Step Show/Dance/Movie/Game Room (TSU)

Workshops (Session I) 9 – 10:30am

Plenary III (officer voting) 10:45am

Leadership Luncheon 12 – 2pm

Workshops (Session II)/ Senior practice 2:15 – 4pm

Senior Reception 6 – 7:30pm

Senior Gala 7:45 – 10pm

Gala Dance/ Movie/ Chill Lounge

Worship and Memorial Service 10am

Teen Conference 2014 - Workshops

Workshop Descriptions – Session I (Choose One)

Workshop 1: I AM NOT MY HAIR: STEREOTYPES OF BEAUTY

Description:  Beyoncé, Rihanna, Meagan Goode, and Lauren London top the list of American beauties in today’s pop culture. Their hair and fashion images influence teens worldwide. With these star studded celebrities setting the beauty standard, it can be challenging to develop and appreciate your own personal style. This exciting workshop will give you confidence to create your unique brand and stand out in style and inner substance.

Workshop 2: HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY, FRIENDS, DATING

Description:  It’s all about relationships! Making friends, keeping friends, healthy dating, nurturing family relationships and creating the networks to help you reach your goals, are all skills you will need for success in this fast paced world. Come to this empowering workshop and leave with tips to help you improve your interpersonal communication in ways that will take you all the way to the top!

Workshop 3: GENDER BASED BEHAVIORS (Different sessions for boys and girls)

Description: What’s cool for a guy to say and do, may not be as cool for a girl. In this workshop, you will explore the behaviors that are appropriate in most settings based on your gender. This workshop will show you the ropes. Separate sessions for the guys and girls will allow you to “keep it real” as you break it down.

Workshop 4: SPOKEN WORD: HOW TO DEVELOP SPOKEN WORD AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Description:  Are you feeling “some type of way”? Need to find the best way to say what’s own your mind? What is Spoken Word? This workshop will show you how to use it as a tool to get your point across and communicate your feelings.

Workshop 5: TEENS COPING WITH STRESS, HOW TO AVOID DRUGS, ALCOHOL,, SEX AND PEER PRESSURE (Session specifically for Juniors and Seniors)

Description:  How do you as a teen manage making good grades, studying for the ACT, preparing for college, participating in extracurricular activities, maintaining positive relationships and dating, without crushing under the pressure to make negative choices that could hurt your future? This workshop will present effective strategies for managing stress and setting the right priorities.

Workshop 6: STUDENT ATHLETES: MANAGEMENT OF TIME AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS

Description:  It looks so easy and perfect from the outside. But only student athletes see the true side of trying to “keep it all together”. A professional athlete will lead this workshop and discuss the demands of being a great athlete while trying to manage the stress of school and a social life, as well as the real consequences for making negative choices as an athlete.

Workshop 7: SOCIAL MEDIA: PORTRAYING WHAT YOU ARE NOT

Description:  CATFISH!! REALLY???? How does your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Vine profiles portray you? Are you the person that your profiles say you are? In this creative workshop you will learn how to represent your true image using Social Media in ways that will work to your advantage versus your detriment.

Workshop 8: DATING ETIQUETTE (Session specifically for Juniors and Seniors)

Description:  Rap music videos suggest some interesting ways for guys and girls to interact in today’s dating scene. Should the girl pursue the guy? Should the guy expect a kiss or more or anything at all on the first date? In this dynamic, “no holds barred” workshop you can share your best practices, learn new ones, ask questions and learn tips for dating in the real world! There will be separate sessions for freshmen and sophomores, and juniors and seniors. We will break this session between the 9^th and 10^th graders and the 11^th and 12^th graders to talk about age appropriate question about dating.

Workshop 9: CPR READINESS

Description:  When you least expect it, you may have to try to save a life! Will you know how? After completing the first ever, CPR Readiness mini-course during the teen conference, you will be prepared and ready to assist a person who may be in a medical crisis. You will learn the fundamentals of emergency response such as recognizing distress signals, as well as the specific techniques to use to administer CPR to preserve life, if a person has stopped breathing, perform the Heimlich Maneuver, if a person is choking, and more. This mini-course will be offered to all teens to make sure you know what to do in the case of an emergency.

Workshop 10: CPR READINESS

Description:  When you least expect it, you may have to try to save a life! Will you know how? After completing the first ever, CPR Readiness mini-course during the teen conference, you will be prepared and ready to assist a person who may be in a medical crisis. You will learn the fundamentals of emergency response such as recognizing distress signals, as well as the specific techniques to use to administer CPR to preserve life, if a person has stopped breathing, perform the Heimlich Maneuver, if a person is choking, and more. This mini-course will be offered to all teens to make sure you know what to do in the case of an emergency.

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