{"id":6141,"date":"2022-05-03T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gng.org\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:43:45","slug":"program-impact-content-creation-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/2022\/05\/03\/program-impact-content-creation-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Impact: Content Creation Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cOur generation is the future and it\u2019s crucial that we start working together on these issues, sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/div>\n
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It all started in early 2020 with a simple \u201cwhat if\u201d? The pandemic was in its early stages and the world was on pause. A student was curious if Global Nomads Group was offering any online internships, since we had pioneered virtual education experiences 20 years before. \u201cNot yet,\u201d was the answer, \u201cbut that\u2019s a great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was an opportunity here amid all the chaos. Global Nomads had always centered youth in its curriculum. What if we handed the keys over to the young people and let them create our educational programming themselves? Out of this question grew what would become the wildly successful\u00a0Content Creation Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Global Nomads ran an experiment with three eager students from Jordan, Ecuador, and the U.S. (See Isa Pryde\u2019s Youth Ambassador profile<\/a> for more on her first-hand experience.) With guidance from Global Nomads staff, these students met weekly to create the \u201cOvercoming Bias\u201d Student to World curriculum in use at Global Nomads today.<\/p>\n

The three students were so engaged and the materials they produced so compelling that the program definitely needed to expand.<\/p>\n

An official pilot program was formed. A cohort of 34 students was organized into four youth-led teams with team-selected topics. The pilot was an intensive semester-long program that taught team leadership, content production, curriculum writing, organizational skills, time management, effective feedback, and conflict resolution, all while youth produced high-quality educational content for Global Nomads programs.<\/p>\n

It was an instant success.<\/p>\n

On top of the independence and skills they learned, youth reported the profound impact it had on their perspective of the world. One said it \u201cmade me look differently at life and humanity.\u201d Another said \u201cit\u2019s all about growing as a person and trying to grow as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Global Nomads formalized the Content Creation Lab (CCL) program in the fall of 2021. Over 100 students applied for 36 open spots in what would become the current spring 2022 cohort. Four teams, each with two peer leaders, are composed of members from the U.S., Jordan, Lebanon, South Africa, Brazil, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Philippines, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Hungary, and India. Together they are working on career-related topics of their choosing: Architecture, Finance, Media, and Medicine\/Health Science.<\/p>\n

From the beginning the program was designed to be as diverse and inclusive as possible so that students are designing experiences that resonate for a wide variety of youth around the world. The teams consist of a wide range of ages, genders, geographic locations, races, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds. As with any Global Nomads program, the goal is to foster intercultural dialogue and open young people\u2019s minds to the world outside their own experience. The end products are curricula that are as diverse as the teams that made them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI got to meet new people, learn about their cultures, beliefs, and got to learn about different points of view through working with them.”<\/p>\n