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
Introducing Our New Member Success Director, Kara Coleman Hello Insight is very pleased to announce that Kara Coleman has joined the team as our new Member Success Director. For her initial introduction, we invited her to take part in a brief interview.
Supporting Young People to be College and Career Ready As many Hello Insight members are gearing up for summer and a return to in-person programming, we know that more and more youth-serving organizations are looking to use this time
Say Hello to Check-In Surveys, a More Flexible Way to Gather Insights Now you have more possibilities to get valid data with a single point in time survey.
New Study by Hello Insight Research demonstrates sports-based youth development programs foster social and emotional learning, especially among young men of color.
Building Teams: Measuring SEL in Sports-Based Youth Development Programs Since launching Hello Insight: Sports two years ago, we have seen over 200 sports-based youth development (SBYD) programs nationwide use the tool to continuously gather feedback from thousands of young
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
Using Data When Applying for Grants More than ever, youth-serving nonprofit organizations are being called upon to fill an unprecedented need to serve young people, left in the wake of a global pandemic, a national economic
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
Meet Hello Insight and Youth INC's 2019 Superstar Award Winners Hello Insight and Youth INC are pleased to announce our 2018/2019 Superstar Award winners. Through an extensive nomination process developed by the Superstar Foundation, judges reviewed over thirty applications
Congratulations to Hello Insight's 2019 HI Impact Awardees Always learning and constantly reflecting, Hello Insight members are dedicated to improving their work with young people. We’re excited to honor seventeen of these members with the 2019 HI
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,
