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Effective ministries that truly advance community shalom set concrete goals and know how to measure, document, and communicate their progress to stakeholders. This workshop offers practical assessment tools, how-to’s on establishing indicators, and information on identifying best practices against which to measure program models. Listen 78:46 minutes (72.11 MB)

FASTEN (Faith And Service Technical Education Network) offers a website rich with hundreds of practical, relevant resources for urban youth workers. It includes how-to skills, model programs, free curriculum, grant writing advice, information on best practices, and more. Come see his demo of the website, and take advantage of all fasten has to offer your ministry. Listen 58:00 minutes (53.11 MB)

  Measuring Your Effectiveness: Tools and Best Practices Effective ministries that truly advance community shalom set concrete outcome goals and know how to measure, document, and communicate their progress to stakeholders. This workshop offers practical assessment tools, how to’s on establishing indicators, and information on identifying best practices against which to measure your program model(s). By Amy Sherman Listen 68:16 minutes (8 MB)

 Toward Civic Justice and Economic Empowerment This workshop focuses on the importance of prayer (individual and corporate) when serving the poor, and demonstrates how prayer and practical service filled with love and mercy will lead to peace–with ourselves, our clients, our neighbors and our community.Read more Listen 68:50 minutes (8 MB)

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(Economis 1 is a pre-requisite session for Economis 2.)  This session provides a live demonstration of Economis, an interactive, online “mini-economy” you can use with youth to teach them financial life skills.  Economis is being used with students at Wheeler Mission’s community center as well as several other Christian after school programs and schools around the country.  Economis is suitable for all grades but especially works well with middle school students.  It offers an experiential way for youth to learn about personal money management, saving, and investing and also serves as outcome-tracking software for your youth ministry. Listen 77:02 minutes (8 MB)

Amy Sherman and Wayne Hast present on resources for youth entrepreneurship programs at CCDA 2004. Listen 79:58 minutes (8 MB)