Since we launched Youth Workin’ It, many people have found our site by searching on Google for youth retreat ideas, youth retreat themes, etc. There seemed to be a large need out there for people planning a youth retreat, but there didn’t seem to be anything for them. We’ve therefore produced How To Plan A Youth [...]
Shae has delivered training in the US, UK and Rwanda. She has a lot of experience with small and large group facilitation. Her public-speaking and group facilitation style is fun, interesting, practical and real. The training she delivers is practical and all the exercises and theory presented can be replicated with young people. She includes group [...]
The What’s and What Not’s of Workplace Supervision: What it is: A safe place for encouraging the reflective practitioner inside A structured time to focus on areas of strength and development in your youth work practice, your program management and your wider organization A space for bouncing ideas, venting frustrations, exploring solutions and creating an [...]
Shae Pepper, Managing Director & Professional Youth Worker and Stephen Pepper, Operations Director & Volunteer Youth Worker Read More
Every week, we bring you a list of articles and blog posts that relate to youth, youth work and youth ministry. Here’s this week’s top 6 list: 1. LinkedIn: Class of 2013: Learn to write code, sure. But really, learn to write – Farhad Manjoo’s one of my favorite writers and he’s written an interesting article on LinkedIn this week. In it, he emphasizes why it’s so important for young people to be able to communicate their ideas by being able to write...
…I have another guest post over on Jon Acuff’s blog. I think it may have set a record for most puns within a blogpost, so check it out: The Ultimate Church Potluck Menu. Read More
Don’t forget all these special times I was sitting at my desk wondering what to write about this week. As I looked around I saw all the notes, pictures and memories from just one year of youth work on my office walls. I have over 20 drawings, notes, fan mail papers and photos and I began to wonder what I’d do with them all at the end of the summer when I’ll need new space for the next year’s youth work memories. This may seem like a crazy post. Maybe you’re...
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