Engage...Educate...Energize! Preparing Tomorrow's Youth Tobacco Advocates

Audience: This workshop will benefit advocates working with schools, teens, and tobacco advocacy programming such as (T.A.T.U., Smokebusters, etc.) or anyone who directly works with these groups providing education and leadership in shaping tomorrow's tobacco advocates.

Key Points: Today's youth are very important players in the fight against those who wish to addict them to tobacco and changing social norms around tobacco usage.  Because of their energy and their fearlessness, it can be challenging for adults to provide leadership and training that challenges them and creates effective leaders in the fight.  This workshop will give them tools to provide that leadership by:  1) describing tools or techniques to engage and motivate youth, 2) teach ways to modify standard training formats that increase effectiveness of youth trainings, and 3) showing specific field-tested activities that could be used to replace information presented in a lecture.

Educational Experience: Participants will have opportunities to work in groups to practice techniques, share ideas with the larger group, and ask questions.

Benefits: At the end of session participants will understand active learning and how it applies to today's teens.  They will be able to create a learning environment that teens can:  1) talk about what they are learning, 2) relate it to their past experiences, 3) apply it to their daily lives, and 4) help provide solutions for change in their communities.