🗓 Dates: 13 – 17 April 2026
📍 Location: SDG Solution Space Geneva
👥 Youth: 11 to 18 years
🗣 English Program
Then the YES Academy Easter Camp 2026 is for them.
This is a high-impact week for curious, creative, globally-minded teens who want more than just another school break. It’s for those who want to lead, innovate, speak up, and create.
✅ Using Open source Business models from top business schools — adapted for youth
✅ Located in Geneva’s SDG Solution Space, a hub of innovation and biotech
✅ Designed to build confidence, presentation skills, leadership, and creative problem-solving
✅ Over come fear to speak in Public
✅ International, English-speaking environment with small group mentoring
✅ Certificate of Completion
👋 Early drop-off from 8h30 / Pick-up until 17h
This full-day experience combines the Business Builders Launchpad and the Lollipop Leadership , offering students a complete and immersive journey through entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, and public speaking.
Certificates of Completion will be awarded.
🍽️ Lunch break from 12h–13h30 (Lunch included for those that stay for full day
Healthy snacks provided throughout the day.
🍽️ 12h– 13h30
Supervised lunch break available for those staying all day. (Lunch not included)
Students present their project and receive their YES Academy Certificate of Completion.
In this hands-on, high-energy program, participants aged 11–18 learn how to turn a simple idea into a real-world business project — just like in top university entrepreneurship programs, but adapted for youth and designed to spark excitement and confidence.
Over the course of the week, students will:
✅ Learn to brainstorm like real innovators
✅ Explore real-world challenges and design meaningful solutions
✅ Work in small teams to develop and test their business ideas
✅ Learn the basics of how a business works: from identifying a need to creating value
✅ Discover how to design a simple business model
✅ Practice customer validation through live surveys and interviews
✅ Explore prototyping and presentation through design thinking exercises
✅ Script, film, and edit a short video ad for their product or service
✅ Learn how to build a pitch deck and speak in front of others with clarity and energy
✅ Present their business at the end of the week
💼 No previous experience needed — just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to dive in.
📜 All participants receive a YES Academy Certificate of Completion, recognized as a pre-professional internship experience for school portfolios and future applications.
This program is inspired by The Lollipop Leadership Model by Feena May in her new book: The Power of a Lollipop. The course is adapted and designed for youth aged 11–18 who are ready to explore what it means to lead — not someday, but now. In a world shaped by technology, AI, and rapid change, students will gain the mindset and tools to express themselves, connect with others, and lead with clarity and confidence.
Throughout the week, participants will:
✅ Understand what is the Lollipop Leadership model
✅ Learn to speak with confidence in front of others
✅ Discover storytelling techniques that inspire and influence
✅ Explore ethical and creative uses of generative AI tools
✅ Practice collaboration, emotional intelligence, and values-based leadership
✅ Take part in debates, games, and real-world leadership challenges
✅ Create presentations using modern tools and AI support
✅ Reflect on their own strengths and leadership style
✅ Work in teams to bring a project to life and present to the class
💡 The focus is not just on what they say, but how they show up as leaders — with authenticity, courage, and adaptability.
📜 All participants receive a YES Academy Certificate of Completion, recognized as a pre-professional internship experience for school portfolios and future applications.