Youth Impact! Forum Showcase – Schedule 2020

Montessori Model United Nations > Youth Impact! Forum Showcase – Schedule 2020

Youth Impact! Forum Showcase: March 4th-7th, 2020
Preliminary Schedule*

 

Tuesday March 3rd 2020

 

10:00 AM -6:00 PM

MMUN & YIF Onsite Conference & Security Check-in (based on assigned time slots)

Starts at 4:00 PM

Hotel Check-in

Wednesday March 4th 2020

10:00 AM -3:00 PM

MMUN & YIF Onsite Conference & Security Check-in (based on assigned time slots)

Starts at 4:00 PM

Hotel Check-in

6:15 PM

YIF Parade Participants Line-up for Rehearsal & Ceremony

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM (Doors open at 7:15 PM) 

Parade of Nations & Opening Ceremony

  • The Opening Ceremony begins with a Parade of Nations, where Youth Impact! Forum participants parade with a representative banner while MMUN country delegations also display their homemade flags in the procession.
  • This Formal Ceremony launches both Conferences and includes relevant inspirational speakers.


Thursday March 5th 2020

 

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Set up Your Project Display Board and View Other Projects

9:00 – 9:05 AM

Introductions, Judith Cunningham

9:05 – 9:20 AM

Story of Youth Activism, Jay’len Boone, Director of Sustainable Youth in Action

9:20 – 11:15 AM

Getting to Know Each Other, Gabriel Forestieri 

  • Informal Presentation of Project Ideas to Students;
  • Discuss Guided Questions and Brainstorm to Provide Feedback, Share Ideas and Learn More about projects.

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break

11:45  AM – 12:00 PM 

Dynamic  Presentations & Pitches, Alexa Carlin, Founder & CEO of Women  Empower X

12:00 – 2:30 PM 

Recommended Lunch Time

2:00 – 3:30 PM 

Speed Pitching & Discussions, YIF Team 

  • Focus on Developing the Compelling Components of your Pitch to Different Stakeholders.
  • Edit and Revise Pitches.
  • Practice Your Pitch to Other Students Using Different Strategies to Address the Different Types of Stakeholders (Supporters, Opponents, Uninterested profiles).

3:30 – 3:45 PM 

Break

3:45 – 4:45 PM

YIF Private Project Showcase (with MMUN audience)

  • YIF Students Man their Project Easels for Discussion with Interested MMUN Students, Teachers and Visitors.

5:30 – 8:00 PM

Recommender Dinner Time 

Friday, March 6th 2020

 

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Reflect and Update Pitches, YIF Team

9:00 – 10:15 AM

Stakeholders, Identification, Engagement and Development, Francesca Forestieri

  • Stakeholder Tips and Guidelines for Engagement
  • Role-playing Stakeholder Engagement

10:15 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Give Life to Your Brand, Alexa Carlin 

  • Learn to use Social Media and Blogs to Generate Interest and Get Your Message Out to the Public.

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Networking Tips, Alexa Carlin

  • Provide Guidelines on How to Network within an Event and Beyond; Understanding what Success Metrics are for Networking
  • Practice Networking; Role-playing

11:30 – 2:00 PM

Video Pitch & Interviews during lunch time 

11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Recommended Lunch Time

2:30 – 3:15 PM

YIF Closing, YIF Team

3:15 – 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 – 6:00 PM

YIF Showcase Fair & Auditorium Presentations to NGOs, UN Experts and Investors

  • Now that You’ve Practiced Your Pitch on Fellow Students and MMUN Conference Participants, this Showcase Fair of Youth Impact! Forum Project Ideas is Your Chance to Influence External Participants
  • Auditorium Presentations
  • Opportunity for Bilateral Discussions and Feedback with the Participation of NGOs, UN experts, and investors.

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Recommended Dinner Time 

Saturday, March 7th 2020

6:30 – 8:30 AM

Recommended Breakfast Time

Begins at 6:30 AM

Luggage Storage

8:00 – 10:30 AM (Doors open at 7:45 AM) 

UE, MS & YIF Closing Ceremony

  • An Elected YIF Speaker will Present a Summary of the Group’s Work

By 11:00 AM 

Hotel Checkout

*This is a tentative schedule. YIF reserves the right to change the conference schedule at anytime.

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