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LeadAmerica is the nation's premier youth leadership organization. Our mission is to inspire and empower young people to achieve their full potential and to instill in them a sense of purpose, integrity, self confidence and personal responsibility. With a rich history dating back over 20 years, LeadAmerica is committed to educating and empowering young leaders.


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NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Washington, DC as Your Classroom

Explore the heart of national leadership right from the corridors of power. It's an up-close, firsthand look at leadership as you've never seen it before: watch and be engaged directly in how issues are debated, policy is made, and world events unfold.

Engage in Issues Facing Our Nation

Join other outstanding young leaders in discussing current issues and events that are facing our nation. You'll gain insight from national, state, and local leaders about the importance of teamwork, persuasive communication, and critical thinking. Leave the National Leadership Summit inspired, motivated, and prepared for a lifetime of leadership and the exciting challenges ahead.

Develop and Grow Your Leadership Skills

The National Leadership Summit is a fast-paced, dynamic program that offers outstanding students hands-on experiential learning opportunities. Step into the roles of those who lead on the national level in the Legislative Simulation, where you will be faced with complex issues and conflicting points of view.

Think on your feet, engage in critical thinking, and solve complex problems. You'll actively engage in discussions and debates while you practice negotiation and effective communication, developing the skills necessary for effective leadership.


LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY

Unlock your Leadership Potential

Welcome to Leadership University, the premier forum for transforming today’s most motivated students into tomorrow’s most influential leaders. Leadership University is an in-depth, intensive immersion experience that uncovers true potential and develops lifelong skills - and is specifically geared toward top students from around the globe. Leadership University is designed to tap into your natural potential and teach you specific and tangible skills that you’ll carry forward throughout your high school, college, and professional career.

Nurture, Grow & Test Your Skills

In high school, you learn from textbooks and lectures. At Leadership University, you’ll learn by practicing your team-building skills in realistic, hands-on scenarios. Our role-playing and time-sensitive challenges give you the chance to practice, test, refine, measure, and improve your leadership expertise - a rare and valuable opportunity not available to most high school students. Best of all, you’ll learn to give and receive constructive and timely feedback - tools critical for every successful leader.


ENGINEERING & ROBOTICS

Discover breakthrough technology in ENGINEERING & ROBOTICS.

Immerse yourself in the most forward-looking discipline of our time. This challenging and dynamic program will introduce you to leading scientists, engineers, and futurists who develop technology and conceive the advancements that will carry us into the next millennium. Gain a foundation for developing advanced technologies, then apply what you’ve learned to actual engineering challenges.

Build a self-guided robot in the ROBOTICS SIMULATION.

Science fiction becomes reality when you create a real working robot that accomplishes tasks you set out for it. Working with a team, you’ll design, construct, and program an automated machine that completes functions operating by your rules and protocols. Along the way you’ll learn about material logistics, mechanical stress, design strategies, and other topics that will give you a leg up in this fascinating field.

Think critically and compete in TEAM ENGINEERING CHALLENGES.

One of the best ways to move from theory to application is to participate in competitions like those held at engineering colleges. In the Engineering & Robotics conference, you’ll do just that.

As part of an engineering team, you’ll compete in a series of increasingly difficult challenges that will encourage you to think critically and collaborate to achieve common goals. The competition will feel like a fun and challenging game, but it will also bring the theoretical principles of engineering and physics to life


GLOBAL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Build a business in GLOBAL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

Building, owning, and operating your own business is an experience like no other, so why wait until after college to learn how? This “junior MBA” program will expose you to a curriculum similar to a business school’s, but designed specifically for motivated high school students. You’ll learn what it takes to build a business – from that first great idea to the birth of a successful company. Business leaders, educators, and executives will share firsthand knowledge on how to get the job done.

Lay the foundation in the ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIMULATION.

Teams of junior entrepreneurs develop a full-scale business plan and present an executive summary to potential investors – a critical component of any emerging company. Your plan will include everything from concept and product development to marketing, sales, and finance guidelines. You’ll also research the competitive landscape, and make savvy decisions to ensure success.

Present your ideas to real investors for valuable feedback.

It’s not surprising that investors and venture capitalists tell us some of the freshest ideas they’ve ever heard come from students in this program.

With thorough training and creative collaboration, you’ll be better prepared then many entrepreneurs in real-world situations. Practice your presentation skills and “sell” your idea – once you’ve done it here, there’s no limit to what you can do “out there.”


LAW & JUSTICE

Explore the world of Criminal Justice and the Legal System

Ready to investigate a crime and take it to the courtroom? Whether your aspirations lie in the career fields of crime scene investigation, crime lab and evidence analysis, or as an attorney and member of the legal team this exciting and fast paced conference will help you gain valuable insight into the legal process. Few professions call for as much technical knowledge, critical thinking and strategic teamwork. At the Law & Justice conference, you’ll discover exciting fields where scientists step out of a laboratory and law professionals fight for justice. Meet forensic experts, crime scene specialists, government agents, and other legal professionals who will lift the veil to show you how evidence is processed and a case is presented in the courtroom. Ultimately you’ll understand the complex threads between the first few minutes at a crime scene and a solid conviction.

Crime Scene Reconstruction

You will see how evidence is collected and persevered and how the smallest detail can unravel a complicated crime. Whether you’re analyzing blood spatter or collecting latent fingerprints, you’ll work on the cutting edge of investigative science. The responsibility of the scientist doesn’t end with the collection and preservation of evidence – you will experience first hand how an expert prepares scientific data for attorney questioning and ultimately trial.

Present Your Case

After careful review of the scene and evidence, you’ll present your findings as an expert witness in a simulated courtroom, or you may be an attorney on the prosecutor or defense team. There’s nothing as exhilarating as arguing a case or cross-examining a key witness - especially when law and justice hang in the balance. You’ll learn how to think on your feet, argue persuasively, and respond intelligently to questions.


MEDIA & JOURNALISM

Explore print, broadcast, and digital media.

These days, the media is the moment. Events are recorded as they occur with little time for analysis and interpretation. And with the advent of citizen journalism in new formats like YouTube and blogging, the media has changed considerably in the last few years alone. Get a firsthand look at this fast-paced field and learn how the various areas of the media differ in reporting and presenting the news. Take advantage of the rare opportunity to meet and learn from some of the leading journalists, media figures, and educators influencing our word. Understand how the media shapes our reality, and how you can shape the media.

Understand the critical role journalists play in our democracy.

Journalists have always served as a check on government and business by objectively reporting happenings to the public. In the Media & journalism conference, you’ll examine the way media works, and debate the practices, legal ramifications, and ethics involved in capturing, framing, and presenting a story.

Research, write, and report your story in the JOURNALISM SIMULATION.

Once you’ve studied the role of media, put theory into practice and go into the field to research and report a story. You’ll identify a relevant issue and frame your story while making decisions about objectivity and entertainment value. You’ll conduct interviews, review similar stores, and present your ideas to your Editor-in-Chief for approval. With constructive workshops on reporting skills, fact checking, and pyramid writing style, a Pulitzer Prize – winning story is in the works in no time.


MEDICINE & HEALTHCARE

Explore print, broadcast, and digital media.

Enter the complex and changing world of MEDICINE & HEALTHCARE.

Explore the world of medicine and find out what you can do to improve your chances of getting into medical school. You will examine the most significant and controversial issues facing the medical profession today. Leading researchers, physicians, and educators will expose you to the challenges of managed care, lead you in discussions about global health issues, and take you through cutting-edge processes in diagnosis and treatment.

See the inner workings of a HEALTHCARE TEAM.

Experience what it’s really like to be part of a healthcare team. Working as a general physician, specialist, hospital administrator, or other medical professional in our simulation, you’ll manage a patient’s case and make healthcare decisions based on new medical facts and circumstances presented each day.

Practice diagnosis and treatment in the MEDICAL SIMULATION.

Depending on location and session, students have the rare opportunity to either work with cutting-edge robotic simulators that look and respond like real patients, or participate in a standardized patient simulation where medical actors play the roles of patients with unidentified illnesses.

Students conduct patient interviews, evaluations, and assessments to diagnose the illnesses and then select treatment regimens – while weighing healthcare and insurance costs – to obtain the optimal outcome. These are invaluable and innovative learning tools for engaging potential medical students with up-to-date procedures.


NATIONAL SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE

Get an inside look at the nation’s agencies and organizations that ensure our national security.

Meet intelligence officers, diplomats, military leaders and policy makers and learn about the complex issues facing our world today. Get a first-hand look at the ways in which governments gather and use intelligence to create national security protocols, form diplomatic strategies and consider military alternatives. Discuss and debate the sensitivities of foreign relations among countries with competing interests.

You’ll explore the roles of domestic and international organizations in intelligence gathering, diplomacy and both national and global security. You’ll learn how agencies such as the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA and Secret Service operate. You will also explore the role of the United Nations and its member countries in maintaining world peace. You’ll see why inter-agency and international cooperation and coordination are so important, but so hard to achieve.

Intelligence, Defense and Foreign Affairs Workshops and Simulations

In our workshops and simulations you will be confronted with real world crises and challenging diplomatic scenarios. Acting as a decision maker, you will use intelligence to analyze threats and formulate long and short term solutions. Short of living through an actual threat situation, there’s no greater way to gain insight into the preparation for and management of an unexpected crisis.


THEATRE ARTS

Find your inspiration on Broadway.

Whether you’d like to write, work behind the scenes, perform, or produce dramatic theatre, you’ll find inspiration in the Big Apple. This hands-on conference gives you insider access to almost every aspect of this exciting field. From backstage to onstage, our curriculum covers topics like Shakespeare, improv, musical theatre, and more. If your dream is to perform, you can start down the path by developing your actor’s voice and learning what it takes to “make it.”. If you’re interested in nonperforming roles, you can learn about directing or theatre management. Whatever angle you pursue, you’ll learn from theatre educators, playwrights, actors, and casting directors working in the industry today.

Hone your craft in New York City.

If you’re ready to live and breathe the theatre arts, there’s no better place than New York City. You’ll experience the magic of Broadway and gain a rich understanding of various aspects of the business. Enjoy the camaraderie of theatre life in daily workshops on playwriting, improvisation, auditioning, writing and delivering monologues, and performing Shakespearean scenes.

By the time you’ve completed the conference, you’ll know how to write, rehearse, direct, and perform a short performance. Working with a partner or in groups, you’ll feel the contagious energy of the theatre.



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