It used to be that we could keep work at work and then come home to rest, relax and rejuvenate. Work life and home life could be—at least—physically separated. Over the past couple months, we’ve all been figuring out how to mix the two, some days more successfully than others. And that home-work paradox highlighted several other tensions we’ve been existing within. How do we do it?

Need help figuring out how to create an online professional development experience for your staff or network? We can help—starting with establishing your case for investing in online professional development now. If you need to communicate with your board, funders or partners that now is the time to invest in online professional development or that the funds currently tagged for programming (that isn’t occurring) should be reallocated to online PD, copy and paste today’s post into your own document to get started.

If you host a virtual happy hour and nobody comes, is it still worth doing? Do you find yourself wondering: What’s wrong? Why am I here in this virtual room, virtually alone (except for my kids playing and dog barking in the other room)? Read on to find out what to do if this happens to you.

You’ve been burning on both ends and if you don’t give yourself a minute to pause, you’ll burn out. Even outside the COVID-19 crisis, youth-serving leaders and staff suffer from burn out. Now, we’re five or six weeks into this isolated life with no clear end in sight and it’s time to take a break.

You can’t just take the in-person agenda and materials, pop them into a virtual space and then expect it to be just as amazing as it was in-person. But, you also do not have to scrap the full agenda and start over. Follow these simple steps to adapt an existing workshop agenda to the online environment.

Youth-serving organizations have been forced to close their doors, suspend or digitally transform their services in a swift turn. More staff are experiencing furloughs and lay offs as organizational revenues drop. In this incredibly challenging time of stress and uncertainty, how do you support your team?

You’ve been managing a team, but have always been able to see them in person. People have always been able to pop into your office when they need a quick response. You all have chatted in the hallway or at the coffee maker. And now you don’t. If you’re scrambling to effectively manage your team when everyone is working from home, here are five strategies to help you now.

Suddenly many people are working from home and may be feeling overwhelmed. If that describes you, read on for photos of home offices of friends and colleagues as well as basic tips we have gathered while working from home offices for over a decade.

Last week was crazy and this week is shaping up to be surreal. Leaders of youth-serving organizations are skilled, but the COVID-19 crisis is putting those skills to the test. Here are three mantras to keep you going this week.

You were scheduled to offer an in-person workshop or meeting, but now need to revise it to be virtual. Sound familiar? While you may be prepared to adapt your slide deck and discussion questions for an online environment, how do you ensure that your participants stay engaged during your live web-based session? This post offers five strategies to keep your participants engaged.

It seems like everyone has a learning management system, an e-Learning portal or an app to deliver their online professional development. When you’re planning professional development, how do you figure out if online learning is a good solution and then, what kind of tech to use? Here are some considerations to inform your thinking.

The virtual environment has the capability and flexibility to establish engaging and supportive professional learning opportunities for afterschool leaders no matter where they are located. Get a handle on online learning terms and envision the possibilities beyond the webinar.