Bringing you long-term solutions through youth master planning and youth engagement.
   
 
 
Our Customers
 
 

 

National Organizations

  • National League of Cities: Institute for Youth, Education and Families
  • Search Institute
  • Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
  • National Training Institute
  • American Youth Policy Forum
  • Family and Youth Services Bureau
  • YMCA of the USA
  • National 4-H Council

International Organizations

  • Singapore National Youth Council
  • Taipei American School
  • Dubai School of Government

Foundations

  • Ford Foundation
  • Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
  • The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
  • Rapides Foundation
  • Horizon Foundation
 

Commissions

  • Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Communities
  • Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families

State Departments

  • Wisconsin Department of Children and Family Services
  • Virginia Commission on Children and Families
  • New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Cities and Counties

  • Brighton, Colorado
  • Riverside, California
  • Hampton, Virginia

Local Organizations

  • Hampton Coalition for Youth
  • Newport News Office of Youth Development
  • Hampton City Schools
  • Alternatives, Inc.
 
             
       
     

"The Engaging Youth In Things That Matter training was very challenging for me. It has made me look at how I should be relating to, and with, young people in whole new light. Thanks for opening my eyes!"

- Participant in Wisconsin's annual
Youth Sharing Conference


"WOW! I was amazed at the amount of information you were able to share with us in such a small amount of time. Thanks for helping us understand what's really important in working with young people. I know my organization will never be the same."

- Youth worker attending New York State
Office of Children and Family Services

"I must admit that when I saw that both a young person and an adult were doing the training, I was skeptical. I was sure that you would waste my time and I would learn little. Boy was I wrong. The two of you worked so well together and Tammy's (young person) insights were so helpful to me. She was able to help me see for the first time, how truly powerful and valuable it is to meaningfully involve young people. My organization will never be the same."

- Director of youth serving organization
attending workshop in Milwaukee, WI

 

"I can't imagine getting a more thorough or inspiring introduction to the importance of engaging young people in the decision-making that occurs within our school system. I am excited about sharing this with my staff and co-workers when I return home."

- Principal of a high school in Phoenix, Arizona

"I wanted you to know that I am a young person who gets selected to participate in a lot of these kinds of conferences. I find most of them are repeating the same messages over and over again. Thanks for not only teaching me some new things, but for making me think."

- Youth participant at two day
youth engagement retreat
in Sullivan County, NY

 

"Thank you for all you have done for our Commission, our partner organizations, the community and for our young people. Your experience and understanding of youth engagement is amazing, however, what we really appreciated was your patience with us as we learned and applied what you were teaching us."

- Commission staff member
from Portland, OR

 
             
       
     

To provide those visiting our website for the first time or those who are unfamiliar with our work,

here is a brief overview of the events, training, consultations and presentations we provided or

are contracted to provide since January 2005. Those listed in blue use a youth and adult training team.

 
             
      Centro Nueva Creacion
Philadelphia, PA

Facilitated for Search Institute a presentation on an Introduction to Developmental Assets and the Youth as Assets 4-hour workshop.
January 28 - 29, 2005

National Youth Sector Conference
Singapore
Provided for Search Institute a 1-hour keynote and a 3-hour workshop on youth engagement to 320 participants at this conference.
March 3 - 4, 2005

Habitat for Humanity Conference
Winston Salem, NC

Provided Search Institute's 6-hour Youth Empowerment workshop to 68 youth and adults from their Central Atlantic states affiliates. The workshop was adapted to meet Habitat for Humanity’s special needs and issues.
March 12, 2005

4-H Extension Service
Ashley, Mott, Beach and Watford City, ND
Glendive and Sidney, MT

Presented youth empowerment information for adults from the communities of Ashley, Mott and Beach. Facilitated a 4-hour Youth Empowerment workshop for 80 youth and adults from Watford City, Mott, Beach, Glendive and Sidney.
March 14 - 18, 2005 and May 12 - 16, 2005

Horizon Foundation
Columbia, MD
Presented to key Board and community members, staff and youth on Hampton’s model of youth engagement. Also met with youth to assess their willingness and ability to partner with Foundation.
March 29, 2005

Taipei American School
Taipei, Taiwan
A Search Institute contract, this 5-day event for over 500 stakeholders included presentations on Developmental Assets; a 6-hour Becoming Developmentally Attentive training; consultation for administration and Board members; and, a assessment meeting with students.
April 25 - 30, 2005

Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development
Des Moines, IA
Facilitated a 6-hour training on Engaging Youth in Community Planning for 60 youth and adults throughout the state.
April 29, 2005

National League of Cities
Baltimore, MD

Facilitated a 2-day workshop for teams from 10 invited cities interested in developing a Youth Master Plan that merged cities and schools.
June 13 - 14, 2005

Head Start
Columbus, Indiana
Facilitated a 2-day training for 35 Head Start Summer Camp leaders and MS and HS youth who had volunteer to serve as mentors at the camp.
June 22 -23, 2005

Centro Nueva Creacion
Philadelphia, PA

Facilitated Search Institute's Youth Empowerment in Your Community to a group of 18 youth and adults from this youth serving organization. Helped them develop action plans for applying what they learned.
June 25, 2005

Mental Health Association
West Palm Beach, FL

Facilitated ACTION training to 64 youth and 10 adults from areas Charter Schools. Eight different action plans were developed during this training.
July 30, 2005

Community Services Board
Blacksburg, VA

Search Institute’s Youth as Assets training for 20 adults interested in learning how to better partner with young people.
August 11, 2005

Riverside Youth Council
Riverside, CA
Facilitated a 2-day training for the 24 youth on this city's Youth Council. Lead them through a planning process to identify this year's initiatives and the process under which they will function.
August 25 - 26, 2005

August 23 - 24, 2006

National Youth Council
Singapore

Facilitated a 2-day training for 24 young people and provided one day of consultation to the NYC's in their development of a youth grant initiative.
September 1 - 3, 2005

Search Institute's 2005 Conference
Dallas, TX
Facilitated an all-day session of Search Institute's Committed, Caring and Connected workshop for leaders from 17 different organizations.
November 2, 2005

Parks and Recreation
Durham, NC
Assisted in the interviewing of applicants for a youth coordinator position charged with workforce development, youth planning and to staff the city's youth council.
November 16 - 17, 2005

 

Harvard University's Pathways Mapping Initiative
Washington, DC
Participated in a day dialogue to develop a framework to bring youth development policies and procedures to communities.
December 1-2, 2005

Horizon Foundation
Columbia, MD

Facilitated Being the Difference training to a group of 36 youth and adults working with this foundation. Helped them develop action plans for applying what they learned.
January 23, 2006

City of Brighton
Brighton, CO

A year-long contract providing consultation, training, assessments and support for the development of this city’s Youth Master Plan.

January through December 2006

National 4-H Conference
Chevy Chase, MD

Facilitated a 4-hour Being the Difference training to 35 young people from all over the country at the 4-H National Conference.

March 27, 2006

Mental Health Association
W. Palm Beach, FL

Facilitated 6-hour "Being the Difference" workshop for three Beacon school in the county. 50 youth and adults attended and created action plans to address four issues impacting their communities.
June 1, 2006

Child Friendly Cities Conference
Denver, CO

Made a variety of presentations to youth and adults kicking off Denver's Child Friendly City initiative.

June 13, 2006

Brighton Youth Commission
Brighton, CO

Facilitated 2 1/2 day training for 26 youth and adult members of the newly formed Brighton Youth Commission. Enhanced the working relationships,  created a vision, their yearly goals, and operating procedures.
June 15 - 17, 2006

National Youth Advocacy Coalition
Washington, DC

Facilitated 6-hour "Being the Difference" workshop for six organizations from the cities of Seattle, Philadelphia and Chicago. 25 attended and created action plans to address issues impacting their communities and organizations.
June 22, 2006

Wicomico County's America's Promise

Salisbury, MD
Facilitated Search Institute's Youth Empowerment in Your Community workshop for 60 youth and 10 adults.
August 3, 2006

La Plata County and the City of Durango

Durango, CO

Consulted with volunteer group interested in helping La Plata County create a Children, Youth and Family Master Plan. Presented to over 200 individuals in government, education, business and the non-profit sector.

September 6 – 7, 2006

October 16, 2006

Wicomico County's America's Promise
Salisbury, MD

Facilitated "Being the Difference" workshop for 40 selected youth and 10 adults interested in taking youth engagement to the next level in their county. September 16, 2006

McHenry County Mental Health Association

Crystal Lake, IL

Consulted with staff interested in creating a comprehensive youth engagement system, first within their organization and then within the county.

October 12 – 13, 2006

Search Institute's 2006 Conference
Minneapolis, MN
Facilitated Search Institute's 6-hour session "Committed, Caring and Connected" to individuals and teams working in a variety of schools and organizations from across the country.
October 25, 2006

Search Institute's 2006 Conference
Minneapolis, MN
Facilitated a 6-hour session "Creating Master Plans for and with Youth" to individuals and teams working in a variety of municipalities and organizations from across the country.
October 25, 2006

Westerville Parks and Recreation

Westerville, OH
Facilitated "Being the Difference" workshop for 32 youth and 17 adults interested in taking youth engagement to the next level in their city.

November 9, 2006

Dubai School of Government

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Presented the Hampton Model of Youth Engagement to the First Arab Regional Forum on Innovations in Governance. This conference was sponsored by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Dubai School of Government.

November 14 – 15, 2006

Assets for Colorado Youth

Denver, CO

Facilitated an organizational reinvention process with staff, Board, community leaders and consumers of this state-wide organization.

November 27 – 30, 2006