Overview

This full-day, interactive workshop is designed for educators and youth development leaders who want to better understand and apply character strengths in their work with students.

Grounded in the VIA Institute on Character’s research-based framework, this experience will help you deepen your understanding of your own strengths while gaining practical tools to recognize and develop strengths in the young people you serve.

Building a Better World Through Strengths

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Professional Development Workshop with the VIA Institute on Character

What You’ll Gain

Participants will leave with:

  • A clearer understanding of their own character strengths and how they influence leadership, communication, and relationships

  • Practical strategies for identifying and developing strengths in students

  • Tools to foster stronger collaboration, classroom culture, and peer dynamics

  • A strengths-based lens for navigating challenges, including conflict and engagement

  • Ideas you can immediately apply in your classroom or program setting

  • A certificate of completion and CEUs for your participation

What to Expect

This is not a sit-and-listen session. VIA’s facilitation approach is highly interactive and participant-centered.

You can expect:

  • Engaging group discussions and activities

  • Opportunities for reflection and personal insight

  • Real-world application through examples and practice

  • A collaborative environment with fellow educators and youth leaders

Logistics & Experience

  • Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided

  • The day includes built-in breaks and time for reflection

  • The workshop will conclude with a networking social hour

  • Drinks (beer, wine, and non-alcoholic options) will be available during networking

Thanks to the generous support of The Mayerson Foundation, this workshop is offered at no cost to participants.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is designed for:

  • Classroom educators

  • Magnified Giving Youth Philanthropy Program facilitators

  • Youth development professionals

  • Anyone working directly with youth who wants to strengthen their impact

When and Where

July 22, 2026

  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast

  • 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM | Workshop

  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Networking Social

MadTree Parks and Rec, 4321 Glendale Milford Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242

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We are please to collaborate with the VIA Institute on Character, who we have invited to facilitate this workshop. Established as a non-profit organization in 2001, the VIA Institute on Character (VIA) is dedicated to bringing the science of character strengths to the world to help people and communities flourish. VIA creates and validates surveys of character which have been taken 30 million times by people in 140 countries and continues to lead research around the world to advance the science and understanding of character strengths.

This workshop is hosted by Magnified Giving. At Magnified Giving, our mission is to educate, inspire, and engage youth in philanthropy. We accomplish this through 3 program pillars: our Youth Philanthropy Program, Camp Give, and by providing service-learning resources to our community. This workshop falls under our last pillar. To learn more about Magnified Giving’s programs, please click here.