The Mission of the

Institute for Cultural Communicators

...is to shape culture through authentic communication and equip students with both the competence and character they need to influence culture for Christ.

Since its beginnings in 1997, ICC has grown from an annual Communicators for Christ tour into an organization offering a variety of programs, events and teaching materials designed to help all Christian students, from all educational backgrounds - public, private and home - become "cultural communicators"--people who can impact their culture through excellent communication of the truth. Our goal is to provide support and guidance to Christian schools, churches, and community education programs as together we train well-rounded communicators.

Our goal is to provide support and guidance to Christian schools, churches, and community education programs as together we train well-rounded communicators.

We have developed a three-tiered approach to coaching cultural communicators:

1. We train students to become cultural communicators.

2. We assist parents in guiding cultural communicators.

3. We equip teachers to develop cultural communicators.

Nationally recognized ICC-trained young instructors are peer mentors in bringing essential, practical, relevant and powerful communications training to cities all across the country.

Our unique structure enables us to reach even the most reluctant of students and inspire them to accept the challenge of becoming an effective communicator.

Through the Institute for Cultural Communicators and its various training programs, students have been empowered to act now.

A few ways in which our youth have made a difference:

Our youth have been able to make a difference in so many ways! Just a few of which are through:

-Generating support to stop genocide in Darfur.

-Raising awareness to help bring a stop to human trafficking.

-Leading speech classes in private and public schools.

-Increasing public awareness about political issues that affect youth.

-Building bridges with community leaders.

ICC offers numerous resources and training opportunities for parents, teachers and students. Brief descriptions of a few of them are included here. Additional literature used in event promotion is attached.

Communicators for Christ Tour Conferences

Even though good communication skills are vital to their success, many students (and most parents!) are still terrified of giving a speech. CFC conferences use ICC’s Christ-centered curriculum to train students in oral and written communication, teamwork, and problem solving through action packed, interactive, fun filled labs and activities.

Parents and teachers participate in coaching sessions, gaining tools for training Christian communicators and leaders. ICC conferences help students see past their fear in a non-threatening, encouraging environment where everyone has a chance to succeed, regardless of their level of experience speaking in public.

 Summer Camps

For communicators of all experience levels, these camps train students to communicate with excellence and to use their communication skills to serve others. Teachers and coaches are also equipped with the ability to continue training their students to become more effective communicators.

From topic discussions, brainstorming sessions and conceptual workshops, to movie nights and canoe trips, students will not want to miss this opportunity to begin analyzing debate resolutions and presenting speeches with nationally recognized instructors. The scope of ICC’s Public Speaking and Academic Debate camp’s offerings extends beyond competition. With workshops and activities designed by national champions, young people are coached in the ways of critical thinking and speaking.

The debaters and speakers who come to the camp practically apply their skills. ICC’s goal is to inspire students to use communication and argumentation skills to influence their communities.

The Annual National Convention…

Where we gather from across the country to master our communication skills for the Master. A barrage of intense training and excitement is headed this way!

Through comprehensive discussions, advanced and interactive training, intensive focus on a variety of specific skills, individual critique, coaching, and a multitude of fun and applicable activities sprinkled throughout every day of the conference, you’ll come away from this event equipped and inspired! In classes led by nationally-renowned speakers and guest instructors, your communication skills will be brought to the next level.

Flood the Five Conferences

"Flood the Five" comes from the statistic that only 5% of Americans are ready and willing to command the public platform. The Institute for Cultural Communicators is committed to coaching Christian speakers to flood that 5%.

These one and a half to two day long events, conducted on school campuses provide Christian middle school and high school students opportunities to develop skills in three distinct areas: thinking, speaking and connecting with audiences.

Faculty In-service is intended to accomplish the following objectives:

1. Equip faculty with resources for coaching communicators through Professional Development workshops; modeling curriculum and instruction;

2. Assisting school administration with tools to integrate communication education as a cornerstone of academic and character training; present a comprehensive approach to communication education.

Communication Education

ICC builds Communications Magnet schools and school groups in the following three ways:

Curriculum – ICC offers curriculum in communication education for all grade levels from grammar school through high school including specialized training in apologetics, interpretation of literature, policy and value debate. These ready-to-use teacher resources make it easy for any education program to teach communication skills in any of these areas.

Integration of communication education – Our team of instructors provides in-service training for the school’s faculty to help schools seamlessly incorporate communications training into the broader curriculum.

Co-curricular activities – ICC Chapters motivate students to practice the concepts and skills they learn in class. The Chapter Program provides opportunities for schools, students, and teachers to network with each other and create joint platforms for their students to practice communication.

Internship Training

ICC will partner with other national and international organizations to provide training programs certifying interns for leadership in those organizations.

ICC purposes to embark upon the design, development, implementation and maintenance of Internship Training Programs, equipping Christian youth for the responsibilities of internship.

ICC commits to carrying out this vision through curriculum development; targeted instruction; event-based training; community-based achievement programs; specially designed certifications; re-certification programs; and training on location.

Events are funded by participation fees and fund-raising to cover costs and overhead expenses.