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Kerala Club Youth Leadership Forum
(KC-YLF)
Arun Das
Initiation of the Forum: As per a decision in the May 2019 EC+BOT meeting, the club leaders initiated a
Youth Leadership Forum (KCYLF) to enable the club’s youth to become self-led and self-driven leaders to
support the overall mission. The goal is to create opportunities for the youth to become e ective
communicators and leaders to improve their life skills and positively impact the local and international
community they are associated with.
Over the course of May to October of 2019, this information was shared during the Kerala club events and
social media. The following groups of people showed interest and this group of the KCYLF formation team
was created.
KC-YLF formation team: Aditya Arun, Ethan Arun, Joshua Joseph, Joshua Kelanthara,
Kevin Mathews, Mihika Shibu, Nandana Nair, Neha Reuben, Nikhil Nambiar, Rahul
Prabhakar, Seanna Ninan, Shreya Pillai
Arun Das who presented this idea to the BOT and EC agreed to continue as the champion & coordinator,
additional coordinators Prabs Chandrasekaran and Karthy Unnikrishnan agreed to be part of the team.
KC-YLF Phase I activities to prepare the Formation Team members
8 weeks Toastmasters International Youth Leadership Program (YLP) sponsored by Macomb Motivators
Club[October 26, 2019 – Jan 26, 2020]: Purpose of this program-Develop speakingand leadershipskills for
young people. Participants will run meetings through various roles, follow parliamentary proceduresto
make decisions, make preparedand impromptuspeeches, learn how to listenbetter and provide
evaluation&feedback, learn to incorporate feedback, and how to use voice, gestures, &vocabulary. The
following members from the Macomb Motivators Toastmastersclub provided the leadership for the
program. Arun Das, Coordinator, Teza Searcy, DTM, Asst. Coordinator, Richard Durling, DTM, supporting
coordinator, & Carol Durling, DTM, supporting Coordinator.
Dec 2019: Conducted Panel & Workshops between the Formation team, KC Leaders and parents to
discuss and begin documenting proposed KCYLF operating/governing structure&priorities
Wrap Up of Phase I on Jan 26, 2020 at Ponyride in Detroit, MI
The 12 formation team members completed the draft governance and operating model for KC-YLF. Each of
them showcased what they acquired through the Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program in the last 3
months. They talked about the KC-YLF and how their journey through the Toastmasters youth leadership
program have already helped them lay the foundation of the KC-YLF and how they expect to use that in
next steps of developing the KC-YLF. This wrap-up event occurred at Ponyride, an Entrepreneurship
incubator located in Detroit, MI. The participants were exposed to the Entrepreneurs tenants, listened to
couple of them speak about their journey from ideation to starting the business. They were Humayra Babby
from Boubi and Jessica Minnick from NotSorryApparel. Our club’s entrepreneur, Sunil ChataveetilCEO,
Mintmesh conducted a workshop for the formation teamto trigger their creative juices on vitamins vs.
painkillers when one attempts to create products and solutions for the world.
Thoughts about the KC-YLF phase I journey by the 12 formation team members
Put the articles below in alphabetical order, make sure their name, grade is below the pictures.
Expected Phase II activities
1. Expand the formation team as the KC-YLF governing team has more than 20 roles to standup and
operate during the remainder of 2020. Youth from grade 7 and above are welcome, contact
KCYLF@Keralaclub.org with Parents and Youth name, address, and grade. You need to be a member of
the club to enroll.
2. KC-YLF will begin meeting remotely from April 2020 to complete formation and focus on planning and
operating for 2020 and beyond.
3. Upcoming activity to prep the KC-YLF team
One day Project Management Institute [PMI) Project Management Skills for life
Program [Target TBD]: Presented in a course format, the program teaches you to identify the project,
project manager, team members and stakeholders. The program shows the project manager and team how
to create a plan to identify the tasks needed to accomplish the scope of work, manage time e ciently and
communicate with other team members and stakeholders e ectively.