Seeds of Growth: Thirty & Thriving Conference Resources

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  • Smart Marketing: Communicating in Ways That Sell Kidpower – Claudia Newcorn

It’s a challenge we often face: how do we find effective ways to inspire and motivate people to use and pay for our services, contribute funding, and get involved? Learn how to understand a prospect’s “WIFMEs,” ways to overcome the fear of selling ourselves, how to write and practice elevator introductions, and quick steps to create compelling one-page speaker bios. Claudia Newcorn, an award-winning marketing Consultant and Author, has been working with Kidpower over the past three years to strengthen marketing efforts and help grow fund-raising. She has an Amazon best-selling book, Zipline to Success, which is an excellent resource, especially for small businesses and nonprofits, and has won awards for her work. www.ZiplineToSuccess.com

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  • Improv FUNPOWER Workshop – MJ Hayes, Kidpower North Carolina Center Director, Kidpower International Senior Program Leader

In this kid-friendly workshop, we will play games, do improv role plays and engage in empowerment activities suitable for the whole family as well as for people wanting to increase their improv skills. Activities will include improv games, skits, fun ice-breaker games, social stories activities, the Kidpower wheel of choice game, and other interactive activities to have fun, build community, and develop skills.

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  • Connecting the Dots: How does Kidpower as a Prevention/Intervention Model Helps to Build Resilience – Jan Isaacs Henry and Meredith Henry, Kidpower Colorado

This session will look at the impact of trauma (adverse childhood experiences – ACEs) on children’s emotional and physical health.  We will address how new science is driving a movement to protect children from the damaging effects of toxic stress. We will then connect the dots to identify how Kidpower already helps to build resilience and how we can continue to be trauma sensitive. Jan Isaacs Henry, former psychotherapist with an area of specialty of working with survivors of trauma, Kidpower Colorado Center Director/Co-Founder, Kidpower International Senior Program Leader Meredith Henry, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Mental Health Lead for a school district in Denver, Colorado. Meredith provides intervention and consultation in the areas of mental health and behavior support. She leads crisis response to large-scale traumatic events. Senior Kidpower Instructor.

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‘Inside/Outside Model of Engagement’ for Different Cultures – Cornelia Baumgartner, Co-Founder of the Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower New Zealand Center and National Program Director for The Empowerment Trust. (need better names/urls for the other pages)