1. Presented by: The Young Leader’s Council (YLC)
Let’s Talk About Best Buddies: Using Your Strengths to Communicate Our Mission
Presented by: The Young Leader’s Council (YLC)

2. Agenda Topic: Activity: Facilitator(s):
Identifying & capitalizing on your personal strengths
So you think you can delegate?
Sam Cook
How do you convey your story to a specific audience?
Storytelling exercise
Sarah Williams
Professionalism in presenting: practical skills for any audience
Creating your Confidence Profile
Communicating the Mission!
“Shark Tank” Pitch

3. Identifying & capitalizing on your personal strengths

4. “What will happen if we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what’s wrong” -Donald O. Clifton
Let’s find out!

5. Capitalizing on your strengths
How to identify strengths/weaknesses in your leadership style
Leadership can be defined by “moments”
Successes, failures, experiences, etc.
What ”moments” come to mind in your experience as a leader?
Focus on the “why”
The same action can create a different result depending on the situation
What motivates you to do what you do?
Translating this knowledge into action
Delegation is a great way to accomplish your long-term goals
How do you use your strengths/weaknesses to delegate?

6. So you think you can delegate?
Take 5 minutes to write down the things you think you can do best. After you have created a list of your skills, partner up and discuss how you and your partner would delegate the scenario on your sheet based on your specific strengths.

7. Capitalizing on your strengths
Presuming competence within your audiences
Competence: A cluster of related abilities that indicate sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations.
Why is assuming that everyone you interact with is capable of contributing so important?

8. How do you convey your story to a specific audience?

9. How do you typically explain what Best Buddies is?
Turn to the person sitting next to you and tell them in 30 seconds what Best Buddies means to you as if they had never heard of Best Buddies before.

10. What plays a role in knowing your audience?
Telling your story
How your audience impacts your storytelling
What plays a role in knowing your audience?
Age
Gender
formality/informality
Setting (timing, place)
Any background info you know about them?
Body language
These are all traits to keep in mind in order to persuade your audience properly and effectively.

11. Background/Motivations
Telling your story
What kind of factors impact the stories you tell
Topics
Inclusion, advocacy, engagement, etc.
What portions of your story change based on the topic you want to convey to your audience?
Relationships
Siblings, teachers, community member, fundraiser, etc.
What impact does your relationship with someone have on what you can share?
Background/Motivations
Personal experience, statistics, community impact, etc.
How do you use your knowledge of someone’s background to share information that is most important to them?

12. Professionalism in presenting: practical skills for any audience

13. What does your body language say about you?
Let’s find out!

14. Controlling body language
How your body language impacts the audience’s perception of your story
Practice makes perfect
The more times you present, the more comfortable you will get with these ideas
What opportunities can you think of where you are able to present information to another person?
Reading someone else’s body language
Sometimes non-verbal cues give you more information than a person will tell you on their own
While you are presenting, what does the audience look like?
Confidence is key
Personal experience, statistics, community impact, etc.
How do you use your knowledge of someone’s background to share information that is most important to them?

15. Creating your Confidence Profile
Fill out the worksheet being passed around then be prepared to share your answers with the group.

16. Communicating the Mission:
“Shark Tank” Style
Use the scenario in your handout to work with your group to come up with the best way to convince that person to donate and/or get involved with Best Buddies.

17. Scenario 1
Getting your neighbors to join your Friendship Walk team
Knowledge of Best Buddies: Moderate-High
Motivations: Community Impact
Communication Style: personal connection
You are talking to your neighbor when you walk out to get the mail and they ask about your Best Buddies t-shirt. The Friendship Walk is right around the corner.
How do you get them to understand the importance of Best Buddies and get involved?

18. Scenario 2
Trying to get a friend to join your local Best Buddies chapter
Knowledge of Best Buddies: Moderate
Motivations: Social
Communication Style: Social media/texting
You are spreading the word about your school’s new Best Buddies chapter to a friend in your class.
How do you get them to understand the importance of Best Buddies and get involved?

19. Scenario 3
Trying to raise money from a bank executive
Knowledge of Best Buddies: Low
Motivations: Financial
Communication Style: short & sweet
You are helping raise money for your friend’s Champion of the Year campaign and decide to call your local bank to see if they would be willing to sponsor them.
How do you get them to understand the importance of Best Buddies and get involved?

20. Wrap-Up