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Communication

Communication. Youth Service Network (YSN). Communication: youth engagement. Engaging Youth Accessibility (Language Barriers) At Risk Youth Youth are not homogenous High achievers to more venerable. Communication: youth engagement. Engaging Youth Connecting to resources

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Communication

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  1. Communication Youth Service Network (YSN)

  2. Communication: youth engagement Engaging Youth • Accessibility(Language Barriers) • At Risk Youth • Youth are not homogenous • High achievers to more venerable

  3. Communication: youth engagement Engaging Youth • Connecting to resources • Relationship-building • Relationship building & Authority Figure Dilemma

  4. Communication: youth engagement Engaging Youth • Creating Safe Spaces • Authenticity • Setting Boundaries (what’s your role?) • Non-Verbal Communication (Who does or doesn’t belong)

  5. Communication: youth engagement Engaging Youth • Adopting Youth Technology • Email • Texting • Blackberry Messenger • Facebook • Twitter

  6. Communication: family engagement Engaging families • Parents of youth not accessible • single parents low-income families • working shift work or 2 or more jobs • disengaged parents • Youth don’t want their parents there

  7. Communication: family engagement Engaging families • Cultural ideas about what is appropriate for youth • Parents attend education, functions not sporting or arts • Connect with the school because they have parent engagement • Communication as a staff when you’re caught between youth and parents

  8. Communication: Member organizations • Communication strategies vary between organizations • Communication styles would also differ depending on the position (Front line workers would communicate differently than the Coordinator would)

  9. Communication: Member organizations • Branding • Messaging from funder and partners • Promote the Brand: TNO should reach out beyond South Asian community • At Network Level

  10. Communication: Network • Informal • Opportunities to socialize, build rapport and trust • We need to know each other as people not just coworkers • Suggestions • Holiday event for the YSN members ourselves • Networking with social element • Share non-work related information thatisuseful/interesting information • Create platforms for building supportive relationships

  11. Communication: Network • Formal/Strategic • Information-Sharing v. Showcasing • Working Relationships to Active Collaboration • Communications in Partnerships • Stick to commitments/Commitments are in concrete units of time • Binding verbal agreement • Event Support System Mechanism

  12. Communication: Network • Involvement Levels • Sliding scale of involvement: Core-Periphery Membership • Mandates come in different sizes!

  13. Communication: Network • Platforms • Email: acknowledge flaws with overreliance on email • Social Media: Blog with people to drive it forward – get commitment on the table

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