YDN Accomplishments

A Look at YDN Through Participant Evaluations:
YDN SPARK Fall Series  - 2011
  • Building Community Through Icebreakers -- September 27, 2011 -- Sierra Health Foundation
    • Forty participants participated in this session -- taking with them a set of icebreakers designed to intentionally take their groups from "strangers" to "community"

      • Building Community Through Icebreakers Participant Evaluations

        AJ, a participant at our first Fall Sparks training, has this to say about it...
  • Debriefing or "How to make activities into dynamic learning opportunities" -- October 19, 2011 -- Sierra Health Foundation
    • Thirty-five participants explored the strategies for leading engaging and thought-provoking discussion after an event or activity in order to help youth process and learn from what happened.
    • These reflection strategies help develop critical 21st century skills for youth: communicating, listening, critical thinking and problem solving
  • Dealing with Negative Behaviors, Positively -- November 16, 2011-- Sierra Health Foundation
    • Develop an arsenal of asset-based strategies for addressing problem behaviors that pop up in all groups. 
    • These tools will assist you in shifting your mindset and approach so that you can be positive, proactive and effective in dealing with challenging behaviors, without feeling like a grouch or policeman.
Youth Action Teams (YATs) 
  • October 15, 2011 -- Service Learning Dojo!
    Twenty participants enjoyed a fun day of activities, energizers, good food and great time spent with each other.
    Check out what they learned from the experience.  View participant evaluations
Asset Based Community & Youth Development (ABCYD) 
  • ABCYD (Asset Based Community Youth Development) Workshop:  The Youth Development Network (YDN), in partnership with Pacific Community Solutions, Inc. (PCS), on November 29-30, 2012, hosted this 2-day learning event, at the George Sims Community Center, to equip institutions, associations and individuals to enhance the strength and health of young people through community leadership.  The ABCYD Institute blends the frameworks and best practices in the youth development field with the principles and practices of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and community organizing.

    The Institute emphasized practical paths to implement the four key findings from the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development’s survey of research summarized in “A Pathway to Civic Engagement” (2005).      
    • Recognize that young people are assets to & experts about their communities
    • Bring young people and adults together to work as equal partners
    • Build young people’s connections to their own identity, culture & community
    • Engage young people as community leaders on issues that matter to them

    View participant evaluation and see what attendees gained from the workshop.   Nov. 29, 2011 session          Nov. 30 2011 Session