text: Learn the six components necessary to make a YDPs first 90 days a success plus learn about the all new Youth Development Professional Onboarding Guide from BGCA.
  October 7, 2021	 0	
  5 Ways to Use Canva Afterschool
  The online design tool Canva is useful for a TON of projects in your afterschool program. Learn five of our favorites in this post!
  September 21, 2021	 0	
  Compassion Fatigue: What Is It and What Can We Do?
  After two years of extraordinary circumstances, many of us are feeling tired. Learn more about compassion fatigue and tips to manage it, both in yourself and for your staff.
  August 31, 2021	 0	
  Club Story: Recognizing FUN In Virginia
  One of the building blocks of the Five Key Elements is Recognition. At Clubs and Youth Centers, we use authentic gestures and encouragement to positively reinforce the good decisions, efforts, and successes of our youth. Recently, I learned about a great recognition idea from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia, so I chatted... Continue Reading →
  November 6, 2018	 0	
  Recognition Through Shout-Out Displays – Lots of Decor Ideas
  One of the Five Key Elements for Positive Youth Development is recognition. We know that when staff acknowledge young people's innate strengths and talents, members feel validated and recognized. We can positively reinforce member's efforts and persistence through authentic gestures and words of praise, and celebrate their progress and successes. We can recognize youth for a... Continue Reading →
  August 8, 2018	 0	
  Club Story: Celebrating Our Data
  Today's guest post is from the staff team at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley's Little Chute Elementary Unit. They hosted a data reveal party when this year's NYOI data was released, and it was a blast! We will hear from two perspectives in this first-of-a-kind post, first from a staff member and... Continue Reading →
  July 18, 2018	 0	
  5 Strategies to Improve Staff Recognition
  If you've been to a Club Director's Academy or a Youth Development Institute, then you will know (and love!) today's writer, Issa Prescott. I've been hounding him for a blog post because I know he is full of SO MANY good ideas! I was delivering a training recently where we were discussing the power of... Continue Reading →
  April 3, 2018	 0	
  Club Story: M&M’s Reminders
  I recently came across a SWEET management reminder tool from Tiffany Boley, Unit Director at the William Dawson Soaring Eagles Unit of Boys & Girls Clubs of Gadsden/Etowah County in Alabama. She graciously agreed to share it with us on the Club Experience Blog! Can you tell me a little about your Club? How long... Continue Reading →
  December 5, 2017	 0	
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