Events

Location: Durfee Innovation Society, 2470 Collingwood (Room: The Dive), Detroit, MI 48206

Facilitator: Kelly Rossi

This workshop provides practical and fun tools for engaging young people in the Plan-Do-Reflect learning process. It focuses on establishing clear, comprehensive plans at the beginning of an activity and reflecting on the results and process after the activity has been completed.

This workshop is open to all youth development professionals and requires registration. The registration fee is $30.00.

For Executive Directors Only

Location: Virtual

Leading a youth development organization today requires more than passion. It requires designing systems that help people thrive. This interactive session is exclusively for executive directors who want to strengthen staff engagement, build resilient organizational cultures, and lead through constant change with clarity and confidence.

Participants will examine how executive decisions, both visible and invisible, influence staff retention, management effectiveness, and program quality. Grounded in youth development research and adaptive leadership, this session offers practical strategies executive leaders can apply immediately to support their teams and sustain impact.

If you’re ready to move beyond crisis management and lead with intention, this session is for you.

This workshop is free and open to Executive Directors.

Location: Durfee Innovation Society, 2470 Collingwood (Room: The Dive), Detroit, MI 48206
Facilitator: Edgar Gomez
This workshop gives youth development providers practical tools to build problem-solving opportunities into programs and support young people with in-the-moment problem-solving. Participants will learn the basics of how our brain solves problems and practice a model for helping young people define and explore problems, preparing them to take action and learn from them.
This workshop is open to all youth development professionals and requires registration. The registration fee is $30.00.