LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION ACADEMY
Summer Camp registration now closed. Join us again next summer!
“I liked learning how to start a business and about the design process”
“I enjoyed all the hands-on activities. The camp has helped me believe in myself and my ideas!”
“I learned so much. I most enjoyed learning about the mindsets and the design thinking process”
Or join us for a 1 DAY workshop…
FUTURE LEADERS LAB:
INNOVATION & DESIGN WORKSHOP
In this one-day workshop, students begin to learn how to think like innovators, changemakers, and entrepreneurs. They will engage in innovation activities and start to learn the design-thinking methodology created by Steve Jobs and currently taught at Stanford’s design school. Design thinking is a way to solve complex, messy problems creatively.
Resilience Rising Workshop
Have you ever wondered…How entrepreneurs thrive through failure and rejection? How they recognize opportunities & take initiative? How they innovate in the face of challenges? Or how they stay optimistic when the outcome is fuzzy & uncertain?
With an entrepreneur’s mindset.
Join us for a one-day workshop to learn how to build this mindset, reframe failure into strength, and fearlessly put your ideas out into the world!
Plus, workshops on building strengths, confidence, financial literacy and positive social media literacy for girls
Financial Literacy Workshop designed exclusively for teens! Because we believe it's never too early to start learning about money management, saving, investing, and making smart financial choices that will pave the way for a secure and prosperous future
Our social media digital literacy workshop is designed specifically for young women, aiming to transform the way they engage with and use social media. Gain insights into how social media algorithms work and how to critically assess the content you consume and create. Explore how to leverage social media in a way that aligns with your values, goals, and identity and to promote what you care about most.
Middle school marks a pivotal period; a period in which girls undergo significant cognitive, emotional, and social development. This makes it the ideal time to focus on excavating and building on her strengths. This workshop is designed to help girls ages 11 - 14 identify and leverage their strengths. This workshop is essential because knowing your strengths improves self esteem, motivation, and agency as well as increases academic achievement, personal happiness, and future success.
Join us for a dynamic and interactive workshop designed specifically for middle school girls! This empowering experience will help you develop the skills and confidence to speak up and present your ideas with clarity and poise, to advocate for yourself and your needs with assertiveness and self-compassion, and to embrace your unique strengths and talents to be your best self. Leave feeling inspired, motivated, and equipped with the tools to succeed in all areas of your life!
Our workshops are specifically designed to help girls develop essential skills, including creative problem solving, critical thinking, informed decision making, perspective taking, teamwork, and communication. As well as helping them get comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity. By participating in our workshops, girls gain a fresh outlook on themselves and the world, developing effective strategies for tackling complex challenges.
We encourage the natural creative ability of our students and allow it to emerge, teaching girls how to stop self-censoring their most interesting ideas and to color outside the lines!
Workshops are all live, in person, and instructor led. No apps or virtual instruction! Just real, one-on-one education that is interactive, classroom tested, and practical.
Do participants need to be female? No, GGL welcomes all types of people as entrepreneurs and innovators. But we do try to stay over 50% female so that we can achieve our mission of helping girls see themselves as entrepreneurs.
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We are currently only in the Chicago area, but excited to expand!
Contact us if you want to bring Girl Gonna Launch to your community….