Title
Beyond Icebreakers: Powerfully Interactive Tools to Engage!
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Leading to Change
Second Presenter's Institution
N/A
Third Presenter's Institution
N/A
Fourth Presenter's Institution
N/A
Fifth Presenter's Institution
N/A
Location
Session 7 (Ballroom B)
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance
Presenter will provide.
Brief Program Description
Get ready to move! In this highly interactive session, participants will experience how to take various risk-level activities (often mistakenly referred to as “ice breakers”) and turn them into powerful vehicles for youth participation and engagement. This session will be hands-on and will showcase tools that youth providers can put into immediate use! Participants will walk away laughing and full of new ideas—don’t miss this one! Follow the music and the laughter!
Summary
Get ready to move! In this highly interactive session, participants will experience how to take various risk-level activities (often mistakenly referred to as “ice breakers”) and turn them into powerful vehicles for youth participation and engagement. This session will be hands-on and will showcase tools that youth providers can put into immediate use! Participants will walk away laughing and full of new ideas—don’t miss this one! Follow the music and the laughter!
Evidence
Presenter will provide.
Biographical Sketch
Fred is a native of the Bronx, NY and calls Fayetteville, NC home since being stationed at Pope Air Force Base in 1995. A Disabled Veteran of the United States Air Force, Fred served his country for 10+ years. As one of the most senior members of the Leading To Change team, Fred has presented to over 5,000 people – including the New York Mayors Alliance, National Youth At Risk Conference, NC Workforce Development Training Center, Alabama Department of Human Resources, and even the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. When not traveling around the country with Leading To Change Inc., you can find Fred volunteering his time, talent, and treasure in his local community. Mr. Baker is an active member of the Cumberland County Workforce Development Youth Council, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the City Rescue Mission Inc., Chairman of the Deacon’s Ministry, Advisor for the Brothers Bridging the Gap, Men’s Ministry, Young Adult Sunday school teacher, and a host of other duties.
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
3-10-2020 2:45 PM
End Date
3-10-2020 4:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Baker, Fred, "Beyond Icebreakers: Powerfully Interactive Tools to Engage!" (2020). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 179.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2020/2020/179
Beyond Icebreakers: Powerfully Interactive Tools to Engage!
Session 7 (Ballroom B)
Get ready to move! In this highly interactive session, participants will experience how to take various risk-level activities (often mistakenly referred to as “ice breakers”) and turn them into powerful vehicles for youth participation and engagement. This session will be hands-on and will showcase tools that youth providers can put into immediate use! Participants will walk away laughing and full of new ideas—don’t miss this one! Follow the music and the laughter!
