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YGA Leadership Program consists of 3 steps :
1 - LDP: Leader Discovery Program :
Seminars and Project Workshop.
2 - LEP: Leader Educating / Training Program :
Leadership School in Istanbul and Leadership Camp/ Conference in USA.
3 - LCP: Leader Development Program :
Leader Coaching and Leadership Workshop.
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1 - Leadership Seminars
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Student applications received through the YGA web site and applications received after the university seminars are evaluated by the YGA selection board. Students who qualify participate in the project workshop which is the Creative Libraries: Read-Think-Share Program. |
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2 - Project Workshop
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Creative Libraries: Read-Think-Share :
40 students selected by the YGA selection board participate in the Project Workshop every Saturday from 11 am to 1pm as trained volunteer moderators to teach the Read-Think-Share
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3 - Leadership School
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| Every year 15 students are selected by YGA selection board from Project Workshop to participate in the Leadership School in Saklikoy- Istanbul. |
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4 - USA Leadership Camp/ Conference
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Each year YGA selects 15 Turkish and American university students from different campuses in Turkey and USA. Every September the selected participants undergo two weeks of leadership training camp/ conference in New York, Washington D.C , Raleigh,NC and Figure Eight Island, Wilmington. Speakers who are leaders in their field from Turkey and USA give seminars, workshops, train and educate the participants o leadership skills. The participants also meet with NGO's from different fields. The International conference exposes the participants to cross-cultural exchanges between the countries and gives them new perspectives and ideas on leadership development skills. |
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5 -Leadership Workshop
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YGA graduates develop and implement projects / programs in different areas of social, economic and education development in Turkey and in USA. All of YGA's projects and programs are on-going.
1 - Istanbul Cultural Ambassadors:
The aim of this project is to select, educate and train Istanbul Cultural Ambassadors from all over the world to build cultural bridges between the countries. To introduce Istanbul, Turkish culture and Turkish cuisine.
2 - Empowerment of Visually Impaired Youth:
To empower the visually impaired university students.
To educate and train visually impaired socially responsible leaders.
3- Leadership School for the Disadvantaged Youth :
12 students are selected from the Creative Libraries- Read-Think-Share program
Every year in August they participate in the YGA Leadership Camp in Saklikoy/ Istanbul.
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6 - Leader Coaching
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| Every other month YGA graduates meet with Leaders from different fields and backgrounds for mentoring sessions. These sessions include topics such as Leadershp Development Skills, Innovative Leadership, Insightful Innovation for Social & Economic Development, Managing Diversity, Cultivating the Turkish and American Leaders of Tomorrow and Unleashing the Potential Within. |
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| Young Guru Academy Speakers: |
| Ali Danis |
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CEO, AC Nielsen |
| Ayse Pamucak |
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President, YGA , USA |
| Bill Blackton |
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Director, LC Industries |
| Bill Vassar |
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Executive Vice President EUE/Screen Gems Studios |
| Cheri Coleman |
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Program Director, Loaves and Fishes Ministries |
| Cetin Yüceulug |
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World President, Diversey Lever |
| Cigdem Acar |
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Founder & CEO, Acar Law Firm |
| David Mills |
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Executive Director, Common Sense Foundation
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| Dr.Selahattin Icli |
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Composer |
| Earline Middleton |
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Directror Agency Service, Food Bank |
| Emin Pamucak |
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President , BTF |
| Eric Guckian |
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Executive Director , Teach for America |
| Eyup Soner |
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Director, Johnson Wax |
| Fen Williams |
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Wanderer |
| Frank Capra, Jr. |
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President EUE/Screen Gems Studios |
| Gamze Sulen |
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Mercedes, Director |
| Gurkan Dogan |
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Prof. , Dogu Akdeniz University |
| Hakan Kok |
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Owner, CEO, Sakliköy |
| Haluk Ziya Turkmen |
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Consultant |
| Hasan Yilmaz |
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CEO, Unilever Türkiye |
| Hazim Ellialti |
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CEO, Algida |
| I.Mirmahmutogullari |
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CEO, Dizayn Grup |
| Ilber Ortayli |
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Prof., Galatasaray Üniversity |
| Izzet Garih |
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CEO, Alarko Holding |
| Jim Rasmussen |
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Director of Volunteer Services, Food Bank |
| Kadir Topbas |
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Mayor of Istanbul |
| Kerim Altinok |
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Composer, Author |
| Lale Saral Develioglu
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Marketing Director Turkcell |
| Levent Erden |
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CEO, Euro, RSCG |
| Leyla Sever |
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CEO, Sever Impeks |
| Linda Ornt |
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Director, Triangle Reading Service Radio Station |
| Matt Friedrick |
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NCIW Project Manager, Center for International Understandings |
| Mehmet Unal |
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Consultant |
| Murat Silan |
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Co, Founder, Intrinsic |
| Muzaffer Akpinar |
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THY Board Member, Former CEO, Turkcell |
| Nilmini Rubin |
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Manager, Foreign Relations Committee |
| Oguz Satici |
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President , Turkish Export Council |
| Okan Utkueri |
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CEO, Garanti Insurance, Eureka |
| Osman Sinav |
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Director |
| Omer Kaymakcalan |
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President Tübitak, MAM President |
| Penny MacGuire |
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NCIW Project Manager, Center for International Understandings |
| Prof. Ahmet Mete Isikara |
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Kandilli Rasathanesi past president |
| Prof. Aziz Sancar |
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Scientist, National Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Bulent Ender |
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Doctor, Rex Healthcare |
| Prof. Jerry Kim |
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Professor, Columbia Business School |
| Prof. Robert Shea |
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Director, Columbia Business School
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| Rachel Crosby |
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Manager Volunteer Services, Food Bank |
| Robert Waddell |
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Manager Volunteer Services, Food Bank of North Carolina |
| Scott Berrie |
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Founder & CEO, Scojo Foundation |
| Selen Ucak |
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Director, American Turkish Society |
| Selim Altinok |
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Author, Consultant |
| Selim Somcag |
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Economist |
| Selim Siper |
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CEO, Ipragaz |
| Serdar Erener |
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CEO, Alamet-i Farika |
| Sinan Yaman |
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Author, Consultant, Founder of YGA |
| Sefik Guldibi
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Manager, Nortel |
| Senay Ataselim |
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COO, Turkish Philantropic Fund |
| Thomas Zampieri |
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Director, BVA |
| Tinaz Titiz |
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Author, Consultant |
| Todd Culpepper |
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Executive Director, IVC/WAC |
| Umran Beba |
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Pepsico International, Vice President |
| Virginia Foxx |
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Congresswoman, NC, USA |
| Yasar Buyukcetin |
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Businessman |
| Yavuz Yekta |
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Actor |
| Zulayka Santiago |
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Director Youth Programs, El Pueblo, Inc. |
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I 've been following YGA's programs for sometime now. I am very impressed with the program and with the YGA graduates. I 've participated in the workshop for the visually impaired youth and was very excited to be with a group of individuals who had so much energy. I am still thinking of ideas to share with the group for the empowerment of the visually impaired youth.
- Hasan Yilmaz - Unilever past CEO. Pepsi past CEO. Koç Holding group past president |
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It was a great pleasure for me to be one of the speakers in the Leadership School. I have no doubt that everything you are doing right now and everyhting you will be doing is going to have a great impact for a better Turkey, for a better world for the generations to come. I wish everybody the best and thank you for this great opportunity to be one of the speakers.
Cetin Yuceulug - Diversey Lever Past World President |
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To be a part of the YGA family and to share your dreams for a better Turkey, for a better future has been very precious to me. To be able to share my experiences with the future leaders was a great opportunity and an wonderful experience. Thank you YGA.
Okan Utkueri - CEO, Garanti Insurance |
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I love being a speaker at Young Guru Academy. I love sharing my experiences, ideas with the young leaders and learning from them. Thank you very much for this chance to be part of YGA family.
Lale Saral Develioglu - VP, Turkcell |
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