On July 28th, 2010, NYAC welcomed Ra'Shawn Flournoy, Internet Outreach Coordinator for AID Upstate in Greenville, SC for 'Best Practices in Internet Outeach.'  Below is more information about this presentation, including links to the actually listen/watch the presentation recording and resources shared.  We will continue to add resources to this site as we move forward, so please check back for more!  Please contact Shannon Murphy, Program Coordinator, at shannon@nyacyouth.org or (202) 319-7596 x24 if you have any questions or would like further assistance.  Click below for more info!

Safe spaces lead to safe choices. This webinar focuses on creating safe places for queer youth within your organization and on the community level. This session will also explore space zone best practices for transgender and non-gender conforming youth. If your organization is trying to outreach to the young LGBTQ community, this webinar is for you.

Recording of webinar originally presented on January 22, 2009.

Safe spaces lead to safe choices. This webinar focuses on creating safe places for queer youth within your organization and on the community level. This session also explores space zone best practices for transgender and non-gender conforming youth. If your organization is trying to outreach to the young LGBTQ community, this webinar is for you.

Slides from webinar presented on January 22, 2009.

NYAC, along with the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network, hosted HIV & Tobacco: Linkages in Prevention and Cessation for LGBTQ Youth on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010.  Featured presenters were Danielle Grospitch, CTTS and Barbara Warren, Psy.D. 

Oftentimes, our HIV prevention and testing programs can become solely focused on HIV/AIDS without much attention or resources allotted to STD prevention. This webinar will assist you in learning ways to incorporate STD awareness and testing into your HIV prevention programming. The Washington, DC Department of Health will be guest hosting this webinar to provide a look at STDs prevention, facts, and program ideas that will be beneficial for all HIV youth service providers.  
 

Recording of webinar originally presented on February 9, 2010.

Further Citations and Resources -

To find an interactive activity to teach people about how STI's increase the risk of HIV infection, please visit the CDC website here.

To learn about STI infection, rates, and resources in your area, please visit the CDC website here.

For questions and answers about STI's and STD's, use Goaskalice.com.

To access, inSPOT, to get resources on STI's and internet technologies, click here.

• I.S.I.S., Inc.is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing and using Internet technologies to prevent disease transmission and enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. Our mission is to provide leadership, innovation, educational resources and research in online sexual health promotion.

To check out what the STICC of Metro DC is doing, click here.

• Formed in 1982, the Sexually Transmitted Infections Community Coalition (STICC of Metropolitan Washington, DC) is a partnership of over thirty public and private stakeholders in the metropolitan area who have a common interest to reduce the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)*, including HIV, in the community.

Visit the American Social Health Association, here.

• The American Social Health Association is a trusted, non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of patients to help improve public health outcomes since 1914. We are America's authority for sexually transmitted infection information.

Find out more about RealTalkDC, a best practice and model for incorporating social media and text messaging into your HIV and STI prevention campaigns - click here.

Please visit Advocates for Youth for more indepth information and resources on sexual health and education for young LGBTQ people. Click here to visit.

Oftentimes, our HIV prevention and testing programs can become solely focused on HIV/AIDS without much attention or resources allotted to STD prevention. This webinar will assist you in learning ways to incorporate STD awareness and testing into your HIV prevention programming. The Washington, DC Department of Health will be guest hosting this webinar to provide a look at STDs prevention, facts, and program ideas that will be beneficial for all HIV youth service providers. 

Slides from webinar presented on January 22, 2009.

Further Citations and Resources -

To find an interactive activity to teach people about how STI's increase the risk of HIV infection, please visit the CDC website here.

To learn about STI infection, rates, and resources in your area, please visit the CDC website here.

For questions and answers about STI's and STD's, use Goaskalice.com.

To access, inSPOT, to get resources on STI's and internet technologies, click here.

• I.S.I.S., Inc.is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing and using Internet technologies to prevent disease transmission and enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. Our mission is to provide leadership, innovation, educational resources and research in online sexual health promotion.

To check out what the STICC of Metro DC is doing, click here.

• Formed in 1982, the Sexually Transmitted Infections Community Coalition (STICC of Metropolitan Washington, DC) is a partnership of over thirty public and private stakeholders in the metropolitan area who have a common interest to reduce the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)*, including HIV, in the community.

Visit the American Social Health Association, here.

• The American Social Health Association is a trusted, non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of patients to help improve public health outcomes since 1914. We are America's authority for sexually transmitted infection information.

Find out more about RealTalkDC, a best practice and model for incorporating social media and text messaging into your HIV and STI prevention campaigns - click here.

Please visit Advocates for Youth for more indepth information and resources on sexual health and education for young LGBTQ people. Click here to visit.

Come to this webinar to learn more about the unique ways that eating disorders affect LGBTQ youth, current research, and learn program ideas to implement in addressing this issue. This webinar will be guest hosted by the National Eating Disorder Association and will be a great first step in becoming involved in the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 21 – 27, 2010. Visit NEDA Awareness Week to find out more. 

Recording of webinar originally presented on January 12, 2010.

 Come to this webinar to learn more about the unique ways that eating disorders affect LGBTQ youth, current research, and learn program ideas to implement in addressing this issue. This webinar will be guest hosted by the National Eating Disorder Association and will be a great first step in becoming involved in the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 21 – 27, 2010. Visit NEDA Awareness Week to find out more. 

As part of National LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week, get an update on many of the federal policies important to LGBTQ youth, what's happening on them and what you can do to help! Policies discussed will include an inclusive ENDA, hate crimes legislation, safe schools initiatives, homeless youth and more.

Recording of webinar originally presented on May 28, 2009.

If your organization is directly serving young adults between the ages 18-24, you might be qualified to become part of the nationwide LGBTQI Young Adult Tobacco Needs Assessment. The first step in preparing your organization to be part of the Needs Assessment is attending this webinar that will include all the details and logistics required in becoming one of NYAC’s partners in this initiative. If you plan to distribute the needs assessment to the young adults you serve, at least one person from your organization must take this tutorial about the survey tool and submit the evaluation/registration form provided during the webinar to receive the stipends given to the first 50 organizations to sign up with NYAC.

For more information about the Needs Assessment and to see the Survey, click here.

Recording of webinar originally presented on November 10 @ 3 p.m. ET

Social marketing is more than just a clever slogan; it is a process that can yield great results for any number of programs or services. This session will explore the core elements of creating a successful social marketing campaign without a commercial budget. Webinar includes interactive activities and broad discussion.

Recording of webinar originally presented on February 19, 2009.

Social marketing is more than just a clever slogan; it is a process that can yield great results for any number of programs or services. This session will  build upon the Social Marketing 101 by offering a process you can use to create a successful social marketing campaign.  Social marketing 101 is not required for this webinar, but is helpful. Webinar includes interactive activities and broad discussion.

Recording of webinar originally presented on March 19, 2009.

This webinar will explore the theory behind social networks strategy (SNS). Social networks strategy encourages youth to promote HIV testing or other programmatic goals by working within their own social network. The premise is that the youth we try to reach socialize and engage in risky behavior with peers within their "network." By training youth leaders to deliver key messages within their social network, providers increase the likelihood of reaching other youth at risk. This webinar will examine the theory and principles behind SNS.

Recording of webinar originally presented on May 20, 2009.

This advanced webinar continues further into social networks strategy (SNS). During this webinar, participants practice modeling the key elements of SNS. This highly interactive webinar will discuss best practices for SNS and ways to adapt the tool into existing programs.

Recording of webinar originally presented on July 17, 2009.

With a cooperative agreement with the CDC, NYAC will be creating an HIV prevention social marketing campaign geared towards Latino LGBTQ youth across the country. In order to design a culturally competent and effective program, NYAC will be guided by a series of focus groups and talking circles with youth, youth-service providers, and HIV prevention specialists within the Latino LGBTQ communities.  Join NYAC to evaluate imagery, messaging, and social marketing techniques that are most appropriate for this community. This webinar will be highly interactive and will provide an opportunity to network and share ideas with other Latino LGBTQ HIV prevention specialists across the nation.

Recording of webinar originally presented on December 8, 2009.

“You Know Different” is NYAC’s award-winning HIV testing social marketing campaign. For the last five years, organizations across the nation have utilized “You Know Different” to increase the number of LGBTQ youth testing for HIV at their organizations. NYAC is now launching an online version of “You Know Different” called yKNOWd on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Learn how online outreach strategies can enhance HIV prevention services.The Facilitator will introduce the new section "yKNOWd," and provide a step-by-step walk through instructional of how to use the photo manipulator and twitter generator.

Recording of webinar originally presented on June 3, 2009.

Proven effective at encouraging youth of color to get tested for HIV, NYAC’s award-winning social marketing campaign, You Know Different, offers organizations an opportunity to enhance their existing HIV counseling and testing programs with minimal effort and no cost. This webinar provides participants with an overview of the principles, implementation strategies and evaluation framework for a campaign designed for and by youth of color. You will receive all the information you need to run a campaign in your community. Plus you can request additional follow-up assistance.

Recording of webinar originally presented on October 23, 2008.

Enthusiastic youth leaders and committed adult supervisors - how can they work together? This webinar will explore ways to maximize youth participation by strengthening youth-adult partnerships. This webinar will offer best practice examples and principles that should be in place to encourage a strong and productive working relationship. This session will also explore the importance of mentorship and offer ways to establish effective mentors.

Recording of webinar originally presented on July 8, 2009.

Enthusiastic youth leaders and committed adult supervisors - how can they work together? This webinar will explore ways to maximize youth participation by strengthening youth-adult partnerships. This webinar will offer best practice examples and principles that should be in place to encourage a strong and productive working relationship. This session will also explore the importance of mentorship and offer ways to establish effective mentors.

Slides from webinar presented on July 8, 2009.

Youth-serving organizations should always include young people on its board of directors. But how should youth board members be recruited, trained, encouraged and retained? This webinar will examine ways to nurture effective youth board members and discuss the ways to encourage youth to join a non-profit board. This webinar will also discuss the legal and ethnical ramifications of youth board members.

Recording of webinar originally presented on September 2, 2009.

More than 25% of people who are infected with HIV are unaware of their status; youth (ages 13-24) continue to be disproportionately effected by HIV/AIDS and hesitate to seek HIV/AIDS services. This webinar helps HIV counselors and testers assess their skills in counseling youth and provide concrete ways to enhance their counseling skills and offer ways to ensure that barriers to testing experienced by youth are minimized in their testing sessions. In addition, we present strategies designed to mobilize youth for testing services.

Recording of webinar originally presented on November 20, 2008.

Interning can be both exciting and terrifying. How can we construct useful internships that utilize the skills and perspective of young people? This webinar will explore ways to build internships that are both useful to the organization and the intern. This session will also discuss common mistakes made in dealing with interns and offer suggestions on how to recruit, maintain and support them.

Recording of webinar originally presented on September 16, 2009.