Young people holding up their certificates

Led by WYSE alumni

WYSE Leadership Conversations

Graduates return with a leadership resource to help other young people back in their community

Increasing the impact of WYSE alumni

WYSE Leadership Conversations are a series of discussion guides designed to enable groups to explore the concept of leadership within the contexts of global and local challenges. They provide a forum where participants can share their personal understanding and wisdom through discussion. They are for anyone with an interest in actively working with the challenge of leadership in modern society.

The conversations are led and facilitated by WYSE alumni, and are aimed at supporting anyone with an interest in actively working with the challenge of leadership in modern society. These conversations have been designed in collaboration with graduates of the WYSE International Leadership Programme as a way of widening the impact of their participation in the programme through continuing to explore leadership with their local community. They can be adapted to suit all age groups and have been delivered in schools, youth groups, and workplaces.

The series

Four core sessions, plus topics of your choice

The series consists of four Core sessions (each lasting approximately two hours), supported by flexible Topic sessions which can be tailored to suit group interests.

  1. Core Session 1

    Creating a Learning Community

    About two hours

  2. Core Session 2

    Exploring Leadership

    About two hours

  3. Core Session 3

    Leadership and Values

    About two hours

  4. Topic Sessions

    Topics of your choice

    • Human rights
    • Gender diversity
    • Climate change
  5. Core Session 4

    Closing

    About two hours

Young people in Cambodia sitting in a circle on the floor around plates of fruit

In practice

Leadership Conversations: Cambodia

  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • September 2017
  • 45 young people

September 2017: Fellow WYSE ILP alumni Sovannareach (Cambodia) & Maria (Spain) collaborate to run WYSE Leadership Conversations with 45 young people in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to support local young people.

β€œThe most beautiful moments in our life are born out of love and belief. A year ago, Reach and I dreamt together... none of us knew exactly what, how, when or where, but we knew it was possible. We have just completed a full week workshop - WYSE Conversations on Leadership with 2 groups of Cambodian young leaders! Proud of them and the future they just started to build πŸ™‚ thank you WYSE for bringing inspiration to our life.”

Maria (Spain) WYSE ILP alumna Β· Leadership Conversations, Cambodia 2017

Run a WYSE Leadership Conversations series

If you are WYSE alumni and would like to run a WYSE Leadership Conversations series please contact info@wyse-ngo.org