PYD The Great Outdoors: How Nature-Based Programs Boost Social-Emotional Learning in Young People Playing and learning in the outdoors is essential for young people’s health and well-being. Connecting young people to the outdoors and nature can help them improve their sense of
Funders Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health Funders Speak Out Event RecordingFor me, it is the little things that challenge mental health and will send you straight to therapy, the microaggressions that masquerade as jokes, and structural
PYD We Know Us: Guide to Participatory Meaning Making with Young People What does it look like to truly engage young people in making meaning of data that affects their lives – a process sometimes known as participatory meaning making? In 2022, six
SEL Weathering the Storm Through Sports: Building SEL in Challenging Times The last two years have taken a toll on our nation's social and emotional well-being. We continue to hear about the psychological consequences of two national tragedies and the wake
Executive Leaders Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health In the recent event Executive Leaders Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health, six extraordinary leaders shared how they guide their organizations through these difficult and
Promoting Career Readiness For Young People In Today’s Workplace What are some common qualities of colleagues you love to work with? They’re capable planners, who can identify big goals and break them down to figure out how to
Youth Workers Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health In a recent event hosted by Hello Insight and Youth INC, entitled Youth Workers Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health, five amazing frontline staff shared
HI Case Study: Guitars Over Guns Hello Insight was highlighted in a case study written by Peter Gerlings, Board of Trustees and Chair of the Research Committee of the We Are All Music Foundation (WAAM). The
HI Member Story: Translating Research into Practice Patti Neiman, MA (She, Her, Hers) University YMCA Director of Educational Efficacy and Leadership, Minneapolis What brought you into the field of youth development? Some of my earliest inspirational “lessons”
Unlocking The Power In Numbers The Importance and Challenge of Evaluation and Measurement in the Nonprofit Sector “Well-run organizations and effective programs are those that can demonstrate the achievement of results. Good management is based
Placing Culture at the Center of SEL Now more than ever, schools and youth-serving organizations need to create environments and relationships that involve young people in culturally appropriate activities to help children grow their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. But how do we prepare staff to promote these skills?
Youth Speak Out: The Impact of Race and DEI on Mental Health People are scared to talk about these things. I was scared to talk about these things…Everything has to do with fear but if youth can do it so can
2021 HI Impact BIPOC SBYD Awardees We are honored to present these organizations with HI Impact Awards for their work in Sports-Based Youth Development
HI Member Story: Turning College Readiness into a Career Using data to inspire the next generation of educators
New Study by Hello Insight Research demonstrates sports-based youth development programs foster social and emotional learning, especially among young men of color.
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
