Area Agency Tour

In fall of 2010, 30 community youth program leaders participated in a tour of five area agencies.  Here, they visit and hear about the work of  Liberty Plaza and it's partnerships with Youth Voice and PLUS Time.  Open Cities Medical Clinic, Face-to-Face, Hallie Q Brown Food Pantry and Safe Zone also welcomed the group and shared information about their services.
Other Training

More convention training opportunities include sessions offered in partnership with the Youth Work Institute at the University of Minnesota, and short sessions on various topics to enrich the monthly business meeting. 
Training for Leaders

Leap Forward Collaborative - Staff Trainings

These introductory classes are available to any staff of Leap Forward Collaborative Partners. 

FREE - Space is limited. RSVP to jwiedow@ywcaofstpaul.org

 

Interested in more advanced components of these classes? 

Email requests with your RSVP.

 

All sessions held at the YWCA St. Paul

 

Microsoft Excel – Level One

Thursday, November 17, 9:00-11:00

·         Learn Microsoft Excel 2007.

·         How to create and edit spreadsheets.

·         Enter formulas. 

·         Apply formats.

·         Print Excel documents and more!

 

Microsoft Word - Level Two 

Monday, November 21, 9:00-11:00

·         Learn the shortcuts and hidden options.

·     How to use research functions.

·         Complete a "mail merge."

·     Create labels.

·     Complete advanced formatting tasks.

·     Track changes to complete collaborative tasks.

 

Facebook for Non Profit & Small Business Staff 

Wednesday, November 30, 9:00-10:00

·    Learn how getting your business a presence on Facebook can help you connect with clients and increase market share.

·    Set up a business Facebook page.

·    Add content.

·    Gain users. 

·    Create Facebook advertisements and use sponsored stories.

 

Microsoft Excel - Level Two

Thursday, December 8, 9:00-11:00

·       Edit and format the contents of a cell.

·       Perform spell check.

·       Insert and delete cells.

·       Columns and rows.

·       Moving and copying cells.

·       Linking cells.

·       Change the font, size, style and color of cells.

·       Add borders and shading.

·       Freeze and unfreeze panes.

·       Split a worksheet into two windows.


Word Press - Web Design Software - Level I 

Wednesday, December 14, 9:00-11:00

·    Basic blog set-up on a host server. 

·    Overview of Word Press user-interface.

·    Using Word Press themes. 

·    Work with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

·    Recommended plug-ins.










By offering training for youth work professionals, LEAP hopes to:
  • Prepared adults to build positive, caring relationships with youth
  • Increase the quality of youth programming in member organizations
  • Partner with agencies and coalitions to make professional development opportunities accessible in the community.
Summer Youth Institute
In 2010, Leap Forward Collaborative for Youth joined the East Side Network Cafe in offering the Summer Youth Institute.  Over 200 summer workers gathered for this day-long training event for summer youth workers.  Three of the institute's instructors came from LEAP organizations during this inaugural year of participation:
 - Juliet Mitchell of UJIMA and Camphor Church led the session "Youth Work Village," which addressed the need for all the adults in a child's life to work as a team
 - Cathy Courtney of Scheffer Recreation Center taught the session  "Maximizing Impact through Program Planning"
 - LEAP Coordinator Jocelyn Wiedow of the YWCA led Maintaining Your Mojo:  Boundaries to Prevent Burnout"

"We were thrilled to have LEAP join us in this venture," said ESNC Coordinator Lou Bender.  "Their willingness to share their skills with the community added immensely to what we were able to offer in support of St Paul youth programs this year."