Philipsburg:---Students of the advanced Youth leadership program recognized their instructors during the certificate presentation ceremony on Friday evening. The advanced Youth Leadership program, which was held for the past 8 weeks at the Living Praise ministry was facilitated by DTM Rolando Tobias and assisted by ACS Valerie Brazier.
13 students conducted a presentation of a Toastmasters meeting complete with speeches, Table topic impromptu session and evaluation session for their parents and invited guests before receiving certificates of completion from Toastmasters International and certificates of participation from the Ark Foundation who co-sponsored the session.
In a surprise show of appreciation the students presented the instructors with certificates of appreciation for the work they have been doing with them over the last two years. Last year, Valerie Brazier hosted the first session of the Youth Leadership program with the same group and due to popular demand Tobias this year hosted an advanced program focusing on effective speech writing and evaluations. The youngsters presented very interesting speeches on “Essential skills for communicating”, “Talking” and “Music’ and received positive feedback on their presentations from their peers. The possibility is being explored to continue the Youth Leadership program on another level next year.