1. The Ninoy and Cory Aquino
Leadership Journey
NCACL Youth Leadership Formation Program
NCA Leadership Journey Batch 12
Preparatory Activity 1

2. WELCOME!
We have prepared several activities to
prepare you for the program. We don‘t want
you to feel uncomfortable when we do the
Leadership Journey.

3. Imagine a guitar.
―TUNING IN‖

4. For it to make beautiful
music, its strings have
to be in tune.
―TUNING IN‖

5. If one of the strings is
out of tune, it wouldn‘t
sound nice, would it?
―TUNING IN‖

6. Thus, musicians carefully
listen to each string, putting
each in its place to make
beautiful melody and
harmony.
―TUNING IN‖

7. Treat the program as
your dance partner.
YOU AND THE PROGRAM

8. In order for you to take all
the experience in, you
have to be in tune with it.
YOU AND THE PROGRAM

9. For you to be able to embrace
the messages, you have to
practice it a couple of times
before you ‗dance‘ with it.
YOU AND THE PROGRAM

10. Are you open to ‗tune in‘ with
the program?
- With your problems and concerns,
with your burden and successes?
- With yourself and your desires?
- With God?
―TUNING IN‖

11. If you‘re ready to
tune in, let‘s
start!

12. To start the first activity, let‘s
watch Boyce Avenue‘s
version of Katy Perry‘s
―Firework‖
CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocL-o8GY02k

13. Did you like the song?
What does the song say
to you?

14. What‘s your most
favorite line?

15. You don‘t have to feel a
waste of space. You don‘t
have to feel like you‘re
nothing on this planet.

16. Like a firework, you will ignite
this world. I guess, this song
wants you to look within --- to
find that deepest desire and
share that to your world.

17. PERSONAL SWOT

18. For this program, that‘s
what we would like you to
do --- LOOK WITHIN.

19. We‘d like you to have a
bucket list. Like a business
organization, have a
PERSONAL SWOT.

20. Download the handout here.
Strengths
What are your gifts, talents, ideas,
achievements, blessings?
Weaknesses
What are your weaknesses, failures,
embarrassments, frustrations?
Opportunities
What are your desires, ambitions
and dreams?
Threats
What are your fears, concerns,
burdens right now?

21. Was it easy doing your
personal SWOT? Hard?
Why?

22. Look back at your
SWOT. What are you
most proud of? What
are you most
embarrassed about?

23. What are the
common themes in
your life? What are
the patterns?
Why is that so?

24. The first step in this program is
for you to have an idea of
yourself –
who you are
what you can do
what you cannot do
your potential and limitations

25. In life‘s journey, every
experience will either
make or break you. Not
knowing yourself fully
will hinder you in
growing.

26. The challenge for us is to
constantly try to grapple
with ourselves—to know who
we are as we experience
triumphs and
failures, success and
heartaches.

27. The Ninoy and Cory Aquino
Leadership Journey
NCACL Youth Leadership Formation Program
NCA Leadership Journey Batch 12
Preparatory Activity 1