AUGUST 23-24, 2025

Our On Location
Program arrives in Savannah

Our life-changing program brings multicultural perspectives and professional skills to young people across the world. Will you help us bring change to Savannah?

Unleash Youth Potential

Opportunities are EVERYWHERE around you and REGISTRATIONS are STILL OPEN

Your Big Year® is coming to Savannah, Georgia with our career-readiness program! In partnership with Visit Savannah and Student and Youth Travel Association (SYTA), we are offering youth, ages 14-21, a fully-funded, interactive workshop alongside SYTA’s Annual Conference!

Participants will gain critical career-ready skills, have the chance to connect and network with friendly and passionate leaders from the travel & tourism industry, gain clarity and confidence towards navigating their next steps, growing both personally & Professionally. Did we mention that FREE lunch and a FREE event t-shirt is also included?

This program is run by high energy facilitators who maintain engaging participation. What makes this program more unique is that it is highly adaptable to specific needs of an institution, geographical location, and logistical requirements.

Our programming is based on 15+ years of experience working with young people, globally, and with leading technology companies to design products for the future of work and education.

 

ON Location from August 23rd - 24th, 2025
Savannah, Georgia 🇺🇸

DEVELOP FUTURE READY SKILLS

Youth will enter a dynamic environment to learn about digital collaboration, social impact, multiculturalism, and more!

CONNECT WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS

Participants will have networking opportunities with professionals in the hospitality and tourism industries, priming them for when they have to make that first impression.

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS

Through exposure to new skills, fresh perspectives and professional exercises, youth will learn to take advantage of opportunities in their own Lowcountry backyard


Thank you to our Partners:

Your Big Year® has extensive reach:

Through partnerships, we’ve engaged young people globally. Partner with us, so we can make this year YOUR BIG YEAR.

You’re an individual and want to join?

SEE HOW THE 2024 NYC EDITION WENT


Event Schedule

10:00 am Morning interactive activities:
  • Welcome: Ice-Breaker
  • Your community / Your world: Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Personal Brand and Presenting Yourself
  • Networking and Mapping Your Resources
11:30 am Professional Industry Panel:
  • Brent Imrie, Tour Time
  • Anjuli King, Visit Savannah
  • Heather Thies, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
  • Dayne Whitehurst, Medieval Times
12:30 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Handson workshop provided by Broadway.com
2:30 pm Reflection and Action Plan
3:30 pm Program Finishes

Sign Up Today!

Note: If you are slightly out of the age range, we do have exceptions so feel free to apply anyhow.