Engagement can only happen through the good use of Communication.

Good Evening everyone,

Tom here from Worcestershire YMCA sat in bed after a busy day at the GLYN Conference here in Sunny Darlington!
After lunch today we had the lovely Keran lead a session on Communication and Engagement.
We looked at what these both meant to us and looked at the wide range of ways that we can communicate in today's world and how through this Communication we can achieve engagement. As a group we came together and discussed what engagement is and some very interesting answers entailed! Following on from this we took part in an interactive activity together and spoke about bad examples of Communication we have experienced and looking at ways these can be improved which once again would lead us to be able to engage with one another in a better way.
After dinner the small yet diverse group of young people came together for the last session of the day.
This last session was a great way to end the second day of a conference that has surprised us all in terms of action, impact and participation during the conference as we looked at 5 questions that Keran had prepared for us which looked at the Communication and Engagement of GLYN at current and how we can look at changing and improving this as we as a group move into the future.
I will let the next participant to blog let you know what was discussed as it links in very well with the Future of GLYN session I am facilitating in the morning.

One thing has stood out for me this seminar, although we are a small group this weekend it has been brilliant to see everyone here being involved, engaged and most of all communicating well with each other as we look at GLYN and everything in between.

The Future looks GLYN, the future looks within.