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FREE virtual training for anyone who works with young people. đź’ˇGetting youth in the room is one thing. Getting them acti...
09/09/2026

FREE virtual training for anyone who works with young people. đź’ˇ

Getting youth in the room is one thing. Getting them actively participating, contributing and feeling invested in the experience is another.

Join SkillBuild facilitator Carell Dorcé for Achieving Youth Engagement, a live virtual training focused on practical strategies for creating high-energy, inclusive experiences that amplify youth voice and support different learning styles.

đź“… Tuesday, September 15
⏰ 11:00 AM–12:30 PM ET
đź’» Live on Zoom
🎓 Certificate available

You’ll leave with tools and techniques you can put to work in your program right away.

Ready to turn participation into real engagement? Register through the link in our bio.

What changes when young people are given real opportunities to lead? Everything.Join us for the next FREE Peer Learning ...
08/24/2026

What changes when young people are given real opportunities to lead? Everything.

Join us for the next FREE Peer Learning Engagement Exchange: Youth Voice Changes Everything: Creating More Youth-Led Experiences.

Together, we’ll explore practical ways to:

✨ Create authentic opportunities for youth input and ownership
✨ Shift from adult-led to more youth-led experiences
✨ Balance structure with space for young people to make decisions
✨ Put new strategies into practice immediately

đź“… Tuesday, August 25 at 11AM
đź’» Free and virtual

Then, come back for an Implementation Lab on September 8 to share what you tried, troubleshoot challenges and continue learning alongside your peers.

Ready to listen, empower and let youth lead? Register through the link in our bio.

🚨 FREE TRAINING TOMORROW!Kick off the new program year with practical tools for creating lessons, activities, and projec...
08/17/2026

🚨 FREE TRAINING TOMORROW!

Kick off the new program year with practical tools for creating lessons, activities, and projects that don’t just inform young people, but genuinely engage and inspire them.

Join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. for Excellence in Youth Lesson and Project Delivery, a FREE virtual Midday Mastery training for teachers and youth development professionals at every experience level.

You’ll gain:
✅ Research-backed strategies for impactful delivery
✅ Practical tools for planning stronger lessons and activities
✅ Hands-on techniques you can put into practice immediately
📅 Tuesday, August 18
⏰ 11 a.m.
💻 Live on Zoom
💸 Completely FREE

Registration is still open—but time is running out! Comment LESSON to sign up and to receive your Zoom link.

Some things just aren’t working anymore. And youth development professionals know it.The trainings people forget. The da...
08/11/2026

Some things just aren’t working anymore. And youth development professionals know it.

The trainings people forget. The data we collect but never use. The “youth voice” that comes after the decisions have already been made. The programs we keep running simply because that’s how they’ve always been done.

Young people are changing. Our programs—and the way we prepare the people leading them—have to evolve, too.

At SkillBuild, we’re here to help youth-serving professionals rethink what’s possible with practical strategies, meaningful professional development, and tools designed for the realities of the work.

đź’¬ What would you add to this list? Drop it in the comments.

08/07/2026

Skillbuild by Breakthrough Miami Breakthrough Miami provides practical training, tools, and resources for the people empowering youth-serving organizations.

If you work with young people, you already know: meaningful impact doesn’t happen by accident.

SkillBuild is here with practical training, real-world strategies and resources designed for youth-development professionals—whether you’re leading an organization, managing a program or working directly with young people.

Follow along. We’re building stronger programs—and stronger youth-serving professionals—together. 💡

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A great lesson plan can still lose the room.When young people finish early, tune out during instructions or lose momentu...
08/04/2026

A great lesson plan can still lose the room.

When young people finish early, tune out during instructions or lose momentum between activities, the answer isn’t always more content—it’s stronger delivery.

Join SkillBuild for Excellence in Youth Lesson + Project Delivery, a free live virtual training designed to help youth-serving professionals prepare, structure and deliver lessons that keep young people engaged.

📅 Tuesday, August 18
⏰ 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟️ Free to attend

Comment TRAINING and we’ll send the registration link directly to your inbox.

What happens when young people are trusted to solve real problems?At Achieve Miami Summer Shark Tank, we had the privile...
07/28/2026

What happens when young people are trusted to solve real problems?

At Achieve Miami Summer Shark Tank, we had the privilege of seeing that answer firsthand.

After six weeks of collaboration, research, and problem-solving, scholar teams pitched innovative solutions to real community challenges, from education technology to entrepreneurship and sustainability. Their creativity, confidence, and critical thinking were on full display.

Our Chief Strategy Officer, Carell Dorcé, served as a Shark Tank judge, asking thoughtful questions, providing feedback, and helping select the winning team.

The experience was especially meaningful because SkillBuild partners with Achieve Miami beyond this single event. Through ongoing leadership coaching, we’re working alongside members of the Achieve Miami leadership team to strengthen leadership practices, improve program quality, and build the capacity of those who serve young people every day.

Watching those scholars present their ideas was a powerful reminder that when organizations invest in developing strong leaders, young people are the ones who thrive.

Congratulations to every team that stepped up to pitch—you’ve already demonstrated the kind of leadership and innovation our communities need.

💬 What’s one skill you think every young person should have before graduating high school?

07/21/2026

Everyone keeps telling us kids today have no attention span our Chief Strategy Officer, Lauren Kellner–Rudolph, says that’s backwards.

Young people aren’t disengaged – they’re hungry to learn, just in way we haven’t caught up to yet. The gap isn’t their attention span. It’s whether you’re planning experiences that actually earn it.

that’s the shift every youth serving adult has to make: stop asking “how do I get them to focus” and start asking “what am I building that’s worth focusing on?”

Your program collects tons of data. But is it actually making your program better? 📊Attendance sheets. Surveys. Feedback...
07/17/2026

Your program collects tons of data. But is it actually making your program better? 📊

Attendance sheets. Surveys. Feedback forms.

Most youth programs have plenty of data—but not always a clear plan for turning it into meaningful action.

That’s exactly what we’ll tackle in our next FREE Midday Mastery training:
Data-Driven Program Improvement

You’ll walk away with practical strategies to:

✔️ Identify the metrics that actually matter

✔️ Gather meaningful feedback without creating more work

✔️ Turn insights into stronger programming, staff development, and youth engagement

đź“… Tuesday, July 21
🕚 11:00 AM ET
đź’» Free | Virtual

If you’re a youth development professional, this session is designed for you.

📌 Save this so you don’t lose the registration link.
And tag someone on your team who should join you.

Link in bio.

07/15/2026

Youth-serving professionals: describe your job illegally in the comments. 👇🏼

We’ll go first…

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3250 SW 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor
Miami, FL
33129

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