Activate Sectors
Activate entities of the community-such as schools, congregations, businesses, and youth, human service, and health-care organizations-to create an asset-building culture and to contribute fully to young people’s healthy development.
Community Capacity Building:
- Community Asset Building Workshops
Goal: Hold Community Asset Building Workshops
Community members, organizations, businesses, schools, youth professionals, parents
Everyone's an Asset Builder: This workshop will introduce participants to Search Institute’s Developmental Assets and invite them to become asset builders in their personal and professional life. This training will help participant understand Search Institute’s framework of Developmental Assets and the role of asset builders;
· identify the characteristics of effective asset builders and their own personal strengths and challenges;
· understand “circles of influence” and identify those circles in which there is potential for asset building;
· explore barriers to being an individual asset builders;
· make and share a personal commitment to asset-building action.
Sharing the Asset Message: This informative and engaging workshop will help asset advocates in your community or organization effectively deliver a variety of asset-building messages to multiple audiences. This training will help them
· clearly describe Search Institute’s Developmental Assets framework and the Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth initiative, and discuss how they relate to other positive youth development efforts;
· identify key asset-building message within time frames of 10-15 minute, 20-30 minute, and 60-90 minute presentations;
· develop engaging presentation strategies to meet the unique needs of any audience;
· effectively use relevant presentation materials, tools, and methods to ensure a successful presentation.
Building Developmental Assets in School Communities: This workshop will explore how individuals can contribute to a school climate where all students are more likely to succeed. Participants will learn:
· detailed information about connections between the asset framework and student success;
· how you they can intentionally implement asset-building strategies in their daily work with students;
· strategies for forming and maintaining influential relationships with students.