Slide1 : Please set all cell phones to silent, pager, vibrate, “stun” or whatever setting will keep us from hearing your favorite snippet of Bach, Beatles, Beastie Boys or whatever music you happen to like.
Thank you.
Slide2 : We’ve got a problem.
The Role of Family and Community in Mentoring Alienated Youth in the American Midwest : The Role of Family and Community in Mentoring Alienated Youth in the American Midwest At-risk youth from blended family in farm belt.
Suffers severe head trauma from extreme weather event.
Undertakes high-risk journey to distant, mineral-based urban center.
Accompanied by three homeless adults.
Pursued by malevolent person of color (and airborne primates).
Briefly struggles with opium addiction.
Slide4 : “The Wizard of Oz” (At-risk youth) (Person of color)
Friends of the Children (Friends) is an intervention program for the most vulnerable children living in seriously high-risk environments : Friends of the Children (Friends) is an intervention program for the most vulnerable children living in seriously high-risk environments
Avoid involvement in criminal justice system
Avoid early parenting
Graduate from high school with a plan for the future Outcomes for children
Most vulnerable children are selected based on research-based risk factors
Children receive early intervention starting in kindergarten or first grade and long-term mentoring and support continuing through high school graduation
Children spend one-on-one quality time with a “Friend” who is a full-time, carefully selected, and trained professional
Children are offered comprehensive services to meet their academic, social, emotional, and physical needs Service model
Teachers, Firefighters, and Friends*—Friends will become part of the “social fabric” of our communities; helping our nation’s most vulnerable children develop the relationships, goals, and skills necessary to break the cycles of poverty, abuse, and violence and become contributing members of their community Vision
Friends’ unique program is specifically designed to identify and support our nation’s most vulnerable children : Friends’ unique program is specifically designed to identify and support our nation’s most vulnerable children Identify the most vulnerable children early… Proactive child selection process
Research shows that early risk factors can identify young children most likely to fall victim to later serious negative outcomes
Friends works with schools in high-poverty areas to select children based on risk factors and then conducts extensive outreach to families to enroll children
Early intervention
Children enter by the end of first grade …and provide them with a supportive, qualified adult Supportive, qualified adult
Professional Friends
Full time, paid employees
College educated
Are experience and talented working with high-risk youth
Selected through rigorous hiring process
Receive extensive initial and ongoing training
Are highly supported and supervised by program staff … and holistic services over a sustained period of time Holistic approach
Friends develop quality one-on-one relationship with child
Meet with each child 8 times for 16 hours/month
Develop and update individualized goal plan for child
Engage in community service and other activities
Friends and program staff work to support each child’s academic, physical, emotional, social, and mental health needs
To start the business planning process, Friends developed a comprehensive Theory of Change for the network : To start the business planning process, Friends developed a comprehensive Theory of Change for the network Helping our most vulnerable children living in seriously high-risk environments develop the relationships, goals, skills, and resources necessary to thrive.
Intermediate
Social and Emotional
Development
Strong relationships with adults, peers, and community
Improved mental and emotional health
Making Good Choices
Reduced aggression and problem behaviors
Avoidance of substance abuse
School Success
Academic performance and progress (attendance, appropriate classroom behavior, progression in reading/math/ computer literacy and promotion)
Other
Improved health care (both physical and mental including reproductive when appropriate)
Plan and skills for the future (post high school)
Long-term
Avoid Involvement in the Criminal Justice System
Avoid Early Parenting
Succeed in School with a minimum of a high school diploma (1st choice) or GED
Slide9 : “I was bad…”
Slide10 : T.R. and Zach
Slide11 : T.R. (#2) Fall 2003
Slide12 : Storytelling as Best Practice How stories strengthen your organization, engage your audience, and advance your mission.
Slide13 : Why is narrative so powerful? How do you build a lasting storytelling culture? What makes a good story?
Slide14 : Storytelling is an integral part of our history, identities, culture, and even how we remember.
Slide15 : HISTORY “…the primate who tells stories…”
Slide17 : “I don’t know any stories.”
Slide18 : The “How We Met” Story The “Where I Was on 9/11” Story The “Why I Prefer Dogs over Cats” Story The “My Annoying Teenager” Story The “I Should Be on American Idol” Story The “Why I Do What I Do” Story STORIES YOU WANT TO TELL - STORIES NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR STORIES YOU TELL (YOU) IDENTITY
Slide19 : The Mob at the Gates The Triumphant Individual The Benevolent Community Rot at the Top CULTURE
Slide20 : 1 out of 21
Slide21 : soap and shoe in a sentence 8 out of 21 “...”
Slide22 : soap and shoe in a question 16 out of 21 “ ? ”
Slide23 : 16 out of 21 “ ? ”
Slide24 : Good stories have a time-tested structure that engages our emotions and delivers what we all seek: meaning.
Slide25 : “It’s going to be okay, Jennifer.”
Slide26 : RESOLUTION
Slide28 : While an occasional disinclination to exercise is exhibited by all age cohorts, the likelihood of positive health outcomes makes even mildly strenuous physical activity all the more imperative. What if a nonprofit had created Nike’s slogan?
Slide31 : IDENTITY
Slide32 : CULTURE
Slide33 : The “Nature of our Challenge” Story The “How We Started” Story ORG ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Slide34 : Airborne ‘04 annual sales: $90-mill. No FDA testing or approval
No independent scientific evidence of effectiveness
“Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.”
Slide35 : The “Nature of our Challenge” Story The “How We Started” Story The “Emblematic Success” Stories The “Performance” Stories The “Striving-to-Improve” Story The “Where We Are Going” Story ORG ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Slide36 : The New York Times • October 16, 2005
Slide37 : The “Nature of our Challenge” Story The “How We Started” Story The “Emblematic Success” Stories The “Performance” Stories The “Striving-to-Improve” Story The “Where We Are Going” Story ORG ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Slide38 : Questions & Comments
Slide39 : Lakota Indians
Slide40 : Jane Goodall’s Sacred Bundle of Hope
Slide41 : andy@agoodmanonline.com Not The End (hopefully)
Slide42 : “All successful leaders - political, military, religious, academic or industrial - are successful to the extent that they tell and embody persuasive stories about where the institutions they lead should be going and how they will get there.”
Howard Gardner, author, Leading Minds