Ages 11–23 Promote Peer Bonds Promote Peer Bonds is a young person’s experience with an adult who helps them work with peers in teams and groups, creating a safe space to learn with and
Ages 11–23 Share Power Share Power is a young person’s experience with an adult who ensures that their voices and opinions matter. Sharing power involves supporting young people to feel connected, engaged, and
The Power of Youth Organizing: Hello Insight and the Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing Over the past few months, this country has witnessed a powerful movement of young organizers. Many were impelled by the murder of George Floyd and impelled to take their fight
Evaluating Youth Organizing: Hello Insight and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation Funding to benefit under-resourced communities inevitably raises questions of power. Improving the lives of those on the downside of power necessarily entails increasing their own agency and ability to change
Closing the Evaluation Gap In this Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Dr. Kim Sabo Flores, CEO of Hello Insight, argues that, “the gap between those organizations that have access to high-quality evaluations and those
Planting the Seeds to Social and Emotional Learning Success In the youth development program, Food for Thought, young people are planting the seeds for their own growth. Through working on organic farms, along with community service projects, youth philanthropy,
Youth Organizing: A High-Quality Environment for Developing Social and Emotional Learning Over the years, those working in youth organizing have witnessed the important role their work plays in a young person’s development. These types of programs train young people in
Finding SEL Sweet Spots Through Rugby Through rugby, young people can build strong team collaboration skills. Many people did not know that young people in New York City love the game of rugby, but one group,
Can team building accelerate SEL skill development? There is a deep love of baseball in New York’s East Harlem community. DREAM’s TeamBuilders program has not only tapped into young people's passion for baseball, but they’
Ensure Young People are Truly Prepared for College by Evaluating Your Program with Hello Insight: College Readiness Over the past two years we have worked alongside the YMCA of the USA to develop an easy-to-use continuous improvement tool with real-time, research-based reporting for their Achievers program. But
Strategies for Deepening Youth Engagement in Your Program How do we ensure young people have “a voice and a choice” in our program? How do we incorporate young people’s desires, needs, and perspectives while still meeting program
Effectively Communicating Results Youth programs need to communicate with many kinds of stakeholders — people with different kinds of interests in the program, such as parents, staff, and board members. Communication needs in your
Jump-Start Your Thinking on Data-Driven Decision-Making “Data-driven decision-making” sounds good in theory; in practice, there can be a long road between having data and actually using it to drive decisions. While it’s up to each
The In Between Times: Building Strong Youth-Adult Relationships in an Era of Overscheduling What happened to free time? Time to play, experiment, and create relationships? The most important parts of childhood have been relegated to the in-between times.
Congratulations to Hello Insight's 2018 HI Impact Award Recipients One of the most exciting things about working with Hello Insight's community is the opportunity to witness the breadth of the incredible youth development work we support. We’re as
