Talking Youth Work

Talking Youth Work

Future Labs Project

“Talking Youth Work” is a series of podcast interviews to Youth Work experts and practitioners, that have a say when it comes to Innovation in Youth Work, either because they are using creative methods to empower young people, researching on youth trends, or responsible for Youth Policies at international level. Like a “shot” of inspiration, all of our guests have a unique point of view about how can Youth Workers shake up, upgrade and innovate on their daily work. If you want to learn more about the approaches and methods presented in the podcast, you can look up step-by-step tutorials on our T...

EduScrum with Mark Postema, season 3, episode 7

EduScrum with Mark Postema, season 3, episode 7

In this episode, we had a conversation with Mark Postema, an EduScrum trainer who also teaches English and Physics. Edu what? You might say. EduScrum is a framework that comprises tools and ceremonies aimed at creating a user-centered learning experience. It involves learners and a facilitator working together to achieve this goal, with the framework built on four pillars: transparency, adaptation, review, and trust. During our discussion, Mark emphasized the significance of trust, which we bel

Jun 20, 2023 • 46:24

Queer Youth Work with Vika Matuzaitė, season 3, episode 6

Queer Youth Work with Vika Matuzaitė, season 3, episode 6

Hello dear listeners, In this episode, we had the privilege of speaking with Vika Matuzaitė, a non-formal education trainer and facilitator, who enlightened us about the concept of Queer Youth and how youth workers can support Queer young people. In today’s world, there can be significant confusion surrounding this topic, where gender, identity, and sexuality are often erroneously treated as interchangeable terms. It also happens with other terminology. While the LGBTQI+ acronym encompasses cer

May 24, 2023 • 48:32

Esports in Youth Work with Jan Lai, season 3, episode 5

Esports in Youth Work with Jan Lai, season 3, episode 5

Dear listeners, In this edition, we had the pleasure of conversing with Jan Lai, an expert in international youth mobility, non-formal education, youth work, digital literacy, and online learning. Jan is a passionate and restless soul who enjoys a good challenge. During our chat, Jan shared how he initiated an esports* team with a group of young people in his hometown, Cagliari, with a modest budget. *Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.[1] Esports o

Apr 27, 2023 • 53:45

Learning environments with Snežana Bačlija, season 3, episode 4

Learning environments with Snežana Bačlija, season 3, episode 4

Hello dear listeners, In this episode, we talked to Snežana Bačlija Knoch, an educational consultant in the European youth field and a facilitator of learning for nearly two decades. She loves to create encouraging and inviting learning environments, facilitate action-oriented value-based learning, and experiment with (and sometimes create) different educational tools and approaches. We started by trying to understand what creates enriching learning environments. Is it the people? Is it the p

Mar 14, 2023 • 44:48

How to tackle war-related topics in non-formal learning with Michael Kimming, season 3, episode 3

How to tackle war-related topics in non-formal learning with Michael Kimming, season 3, episode 3

Hello dear listeners, This time our conversation was with Michael Kimming, an intercultural trainer, coach, online instructor and facilitator. Michael and other colleagues published an eBook called “How to Talk About War – Facilitating Learning in the Face of Crisis”, which became the topic of our conversation. Michael was facilitating a workshop when the war in Ukraine began. Some of the participants were from the involved countries, so there was a real need to address the situation. Michael e

Feb 20, 2023 • 46:20

Self Directed Learning with Paul Kloosterman, season 3, episode 2

Self Directed Learning with Paul Kloosterman, season 3, episode 2

Hello dear listeners,  In this episode, we talked with Paul Kloosterman, a youth worker and author of several publications for youth workers and facilitators. We heard Paul’s story of how he got involved in youth work, but the main topic of our talk was Self-Directed Learning. As the name implies, self-directed learning it’s a process where individuals take responsibility for planning, continuing and evaluating their learning experiences. The role of the learner here is to be curious and find t

Jan 29, 2023 • 49:04

Learning Experience Design with Niels Floor, season 3, episode 1

Learning Experience Design with Niels Floor, season 3, episode 1

Hello dear listeners, After more than a year, Talking Youth Work is back. We did miss you. A lot!  We hope you are doing well and are curious to learn about Youth Work with our guests. This time we spoke with Niels Floor, a pioneer of the concept of Learning Experience Design. Niels is a designer himself, and he brought the curiosity and problem-solving abilities of designers to the learning space. How do we create a better learning experience? By putting together some exercises a

Dec 12, 2022 • 51:08

What's new in Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges with Paavo Pyykkönen, season 2, episode 16

What's new in Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges with Paavo Pyykkönen, season 2, episode 16

Dear listeners,   We spoke with Paavo Pyykönen who is a senior program advisor for the Finnish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Youth Program, an european funding line that supports youth work related projects.   Paavo talked about the importance of international youth exchanges, where youngsters can meet peers from other cultures, pursue their interests and grow together as individuals and as citizens. The job of the adults involved is to empower the young people and not treat them like little

May 3, 2021 • 51:19

The Future of Work with Gonçalo Hall, season 2, episode 15

The Future of Work with Gonçalo Hall, season 2, episode 15

In this episode, we travel to Madeira's island to explore a new and exciting project: the Digital Nomad Village. We talked to Gonçalo Hall - the founder of the project - who had the project's idea while on an Erasmus+ project in Italy.   Gonçalo discovered digital nomadism six years ago, fell in love with remote work and became a remote work consultant. He also hosts a podcast called Remote Work Movement and started a few businesses around remote work.   Digital nomadism allows global communiti

Mar 8, 2021 • 37:35

5 Reasons Why International Youth Work Sucks with Carmine Rodi, season 2, episode 14

5 Reasons Why International Youth Work Sucks with Carmine Rodi, season 2, episode 14

Hello dear listeners, First of all, we wish you a super 2021, as this is our first episode this year. To lighten up things we talked to Carmine Rodi, a trainer and standup comedian. Sometimes humor is the best way to bring awareness to certain topics, and youth work has some particularities that Carmine explored in a very humorous way. In the work kit that youth workers and trainers use, comedy and humor can be very useful tools to engage and connect with others, to create bridges, to allow fur

Feb 15, 2021 • 1:04:46

The Art of Clowning and the Art of Youth Work with Pedro Fabião, season 2, episode 13

The Art of Clowning and the Art of Youth Work with Pedro Fabião, season 2, episode 13

Hello dear listeners, In this episode we talked with Pedro Fabião, an international clown, actor, director, trainer, and psychologist. ​He directed the biggest professional clown organisation in Portugal (www.narizvermelho.pt), where he worked for 16 years. The conversation was about the Art of Clowning and how it can help people develop empathy and self-awareness. Clowns have had a function throughout the ages, as those that push the boundaries, that bring a different perspective. Their power

Dec 21, 2020 • 1:00:37

Making Green the New Normal with Antonio Jovanovski, season 2, episode 12

Making Green the New Normal with Antonio Jovanovski, season 2, episode 12

Hello dear listeners, In this episode we go green. We talked to Antonio Jovanovski, a trainer, an activist and a social entrepreneur. He is a member of the Pool of trainers of Youth@Work partnership (www.youthatworkpartnership.org) and the founder of a youth environmental NGO (www.gogreen.mk) where he works on training and policy development related to youth eco-activism, education for sustainable development and social inclusion through the green economy.  Antonio wrote a very interesting arti

Nov 23, 2020 • 44:48

Measuring Impacts with Elin Mcallum, season 2, episode 11

Measuring Impacts with Elin Mcallum, season 2, episode 11

Hello dear listeners,   We are joined in this episode by Elin McCallum, one of the co-founders of Bantani Education, a non-profit organisation supporting entrepreneurial and creative learning. Elin is also a member of the Youth@Work Pool of trainers. One of the topics of our talk was how to measure impact in youth work, from the example of the Youth@Work Partnership. We also talked about a model of entrepreneurial competencies (Entrecomp), and the immediate connection that most people make that

Oct 26, 2020 • 35:28

How to Facilitate Learning with Nik Paddison, season 2 episode 10

How to Facilitate Learning with Nik Paddison, season 2 episode 10

Dear listeners,  Hope summer treated you well. We did miss you, and we hope you are all doing well. In this episode we talked to Nik Paddison from the UK, a trainer of trainers, youth workers and activists in the European youth field. For the last few years he has been working as a full time freelance trainer, writer and consultant. The main topic was Facilitation of Learning and how it is a process that has to engage the learner if we want real learning to take place. We discussed that the ide

Oct 6, 2020 • 59:58

Employability revisited with Maria-Carmen Pantea and Dunja Potočnik, season 2 episode 9

Employability revisited with Maria-Carmen Pantea and Dunja Potočnik, season 2 episode 9

Hello dear listeners, In this episode we talked with Maria-Carmen Pantea and Dunja Potočnik, members of the Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR) who did important research in the field of youth employability and entrepreneurship for the Youth@Work Partnership. Our conversation covered some of the tensions that the youth field faces regarding youth employability. Although the younger generation is more educated, they are at a bigger risk of becoming impoverished or socially excluded, due to

Jul 27, 2020 • 0:39

Women's entrepreneurship in Youth Work with Angelica Perra and Barbara Földi, season 2 episode 8

Women's entrepreneurship in Youth Work with Angelica Perra and Barbara Földi, season 2 episode 8

Hello dear listeners, In this episode, we talked with two very interesting women entrepreneurs: Angelica Perra and Barbara Földi, who are part of the Pool of Trainers of the Youth@Work Partnership that has placed women's entrepreneurship and economic empowerment among their 9 priorities - https://youthatworkpartnership.org/priorities/. Angelica is one of the co-founders of TDM, an Italian NGO with a simple and ambitious idea: to help young people from all over Europe to meet and collaborate on

Jul 3, 2020 • 0:39

Entrepreneurial competencies with Raluca Diroescu, season 2 episode 7

Entrepreneurial competencies with Raluca Diroescu, season 2 episode 7

With this episode we are starting a special season powered by Youth@Work, a Partnership on Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship of Erasmus+ National Agencies . In this episode we talked to Raluca Diroescu, the coordinator of Youth@Work. Raluca likes to call herself a youth work supporter. A person that supports youth work like a fan that wants the team to win. Her love for youth work started during a youth exchange and we talked about the importance these projects have as they create in you

May 27, 2020 • 50:32

Youth Work after COVID-19 with Laimonas Ragauskas, season 2 episode 6

Youth Work after COVID-19 with Laimonas Ragauskas, season 2 episode 6

Hello dear listeners,  In this episode we talked to Laimonas Ragauskas, a Lithuanian trainer and consultant in the field of Education, who has been involved in innovative online projects like  Cities of Learning, Trainers Appraisal and Badgecraft.  We are living a particular time with the COVID-19 pandemic and all the lockdowns around the world, so it made sense to talk about the digital acceleration that all of us had to undertake, and the tools that Laimonas is involved are very attuned to t

May 4, 2020 • 54:18

Coyote Magazine with Mark Taylor, season 2 episode 5

Coyote Magazine with Mark Taylor, season 2 episode 5

Hello dear listeners, "To create community, we need channels where different stakeholders share their points of view.” Mark Taylor  Here is another episode that was a lot of fun to record. This time with Mark Taylor, editor of the only European online magazine focused on youth work: Coyote Magazine. We wondered if youth workers live too much in their own bubble. This view - of youth work as a closed system - generates a dual thinking regarding youth work: on one hand the sector wants and needs

Apr 7, 2020 • 39:38

The Power of Non Formal Education with Jo Claeys, season 2 episode 4

The Power of Non Formal Education with Jo Claeys, season 2 episode 4

First of all is good to be back! In this episode we talked with Jo Claeys, a youth worker and a trainer who together with Denis Morel and Simona Molari, developed the training "The Power of Non Formal Education". We tried to better understand what is non formal education, how it relates to other types of education, the contact points with formal education, schools and what makes this type of learning so powerful. Jo has a lot of experience and a curious point of view, as someone that is eager t

Mar 11, 2020 • 36:06

Dragon Dreaming with Virgílio Varela, season 2 episode 3

Dragon Dreaming with Virgílio Varela, season 2 episode 3

We are joined in this episode by Virgílo Varela, a consultant in Social and Community Innovation that talked to us about one of his main skills and passion: Dragon Dreaming. Dragon Dreaming is a systemic design process, a philosophy and a methodological framework, to create collaborative and sustainable projects, something that a lot of youth workers struggle with. For some, it's difficult to have everyone dreaming in the same direction, and for others it's hard to make the projects sustainable

Dec 16, 2019 • 42:27

Embodied learning with Sandra Gojic, season2, episode 2

Embodied learning with Sandra Gojic, season2, episode 2

In this episode we talked to Sandra Gojic, an educator passionate about movement and creating spaces where young people can express themselves. The way Sandra explores this is through Embodied Learning: an educational method that has been around for a while. In our conversation our guest shared her story, how is it was difficult for her to express herself through her body, something many of us can probably relate to. There is a tendency to talk about feelings, thoughts and emotions, from our hea

Nov 4, 2019 • 0:56

Europe Goes Local with Judit Balogh, season 2, episode 1

Europe Goes Local with Judit Balogh, season 2, episode 1

Hello dear listeners! For the kickoff of our second season we talked with Judit Balogh, she is the project coordinator for "Europe Goes Local" a strategic partnership to support municipal level youth work. It was a very interesting conversation where we explored this approach to international youth work: thinking long term and on local level, creating a network of municipalities that support each other, and in doing so have a more sustainable impact. This partnership envolves 200 members, 120 mu

Sep 26, 2019 • 0:44

Season One Finale with Anita Silva and Rui Branco, episode 17

Season One Finale with Anita Silva and Rui Branco, episode 17

For the last episode of season one, it’s just Anita and Rui and...you. We talked about how the first season of Talking Youth Work was for us, all the amazing people we talked to, and the biggest takeaways from each episode. There will be a Second Season of 10 episodes, and we are looking for a way to support it. If you have any ideas to fund the next season, please send us an e-mail, to talkingyouthworkpodcast@gmail.com, our brand new e-mail where you can reach us to suggest guests, share cool s

Jun 25, 2019 • 0:44

Entrepeneurial Mindset with Thomas Gold, episode 16

Entrepeneurial Mindset with Thomas Gold, episode 16

In this podcast Thomas Gold talks about his research on measuring the entrepreneurial mindset and how that work can inform the initiatives of youth workers. The findings from his research on entrepreneurial mindset can be found in Measuring Entrepreneurial Mindset in Youth: Learnings from NFTE's Entrepreneurial Mindset Index. Thomas Gold is a researcher and consultant with extensive experience in the United States and Globally. He started his career conducting research on political change in Ita

Jun 3, 2019 • 53:34

Questioning Innovation with Jon Ord, episode 15

Questioning Innovation with Jon Ord, episode 15

Our guest this time is Jon Ord, Professor at the University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK. During our conversation – besides the unavoidable Brexit theme and its consequences in UK Youth Work - he mentioned that some of the youth work that is still being done today is meant to “keep youngsters off the streets”, “keep them busy”, from a time when the streets were a danger. But times have changed. Now, many see a danger in screens and online activities. Young people have changed and so must t

May 13, 2019 • 0:32

Innovation research in youthwork with Andreas Karsten, episode 14

Innovation research in youthwork with Andreas Karsten, episode 14

In this episode we talked to Andreas Karsten, a youth work researcher at European level. He has been working as a researcher in this field for quite some time so he has a very deep view about the field and what is the state of play concerning innovation in this sector. Research is very important to assess the real impact of youth work programs and allows decision-makers to decide based on evidence and innovators to act based on real needs. We talked about what does it mean to research youth work

Apr 9, 2019 • 50:36

Innovation in KA2 with Claudius Siebel, episode 13

Innovation in KA2 with Claudius Siebel, episode 13

In this episode we talked with Claudius Siebel, he is the policy coordinator of the german national agency for the Erasmus+ program, and before that he was part of the team of the Key Action 2 funding line that supports innovation in youth work projects. We talked during the KA2 Now conference in Berlin last February, and it was a very enjoyable conversation about the policy making side, how can the national agencies support innovation in youth work, what is innovation in this field, and how can

Mar 19, 2019 • 0:34

KA2 Now Conference, episode 12

KA2 Now Conference, episode 12

The “Talking Youth Work” podcast was present at the KA2NOW conference, that took place in Berlin in February 2019, and where 60 innovative projects in the field of youth work, from all over Europe, presented their ideas and results. From board games designed to teach democracy to educational escape rooms for young people, or using visual facilitation and creative writing to empower others... there were loads of alternative ideas and new approaches to Youthwork. Although we cannot showcase them a

Feb 25, 2019 • 0:23

Remembrance with Joakim Arnøy, episode 11

Remembrance with Joakim Arnøy, episode 11

In this episode we talked with Joakim Arnøy from Norway, he works in the field of Youth Work as a coordinator around the topic of Remembrance. He explained us what this concept means, and in our conversation we explored this idea of looking to History and use it as a basis for reflecting about today's happenings, namely comparing past wars, and the context in which they happened, to today's’ conflicts, how they arise, what signs can we recognize and what patterns emerge. Joakim also shared with

Jan 8, 2019 • 50:23

Board Games with Sérgio Gonçalves, episode 10

Board Games with Sérgio Gonçalves, episode 10

Imagine, this is the 10th episode, and we are joined by our good friend Sérgio Gonçalves, a trainer that has a passion for board games. Sérgio has developed board games for Education and in this conversation he shares some of the ways board games can be used to learn about challenging topics like conflict transformation for example, and how educators can develop new and innovative board games that are also fun to play. Board games are making a big comeback, the industry is creating more complex

Dec 17, 2018 • 0:36

Coaching in Youth Work with Tomáš Pešek, episode 9

Coaching in Youth Work with Tomáš Pešek, episode 9

This episode was recorded during a Future Labs partners meeting in the beautiful Tuscany in Italy. While we were recording, during a break, some of the partners were enjoying the good weather, but we don't know who had the most fun, because we sure enjoyed very much this talk. Tomáš Pešek is a youth trainer and also a certified coach, and we discussed some of the ways that he uses coaching with young people, both on a one-to-one and in a group setting. He also trains youth workers on how to use

Nov 26, 2018 • 41:56

Vulnerability with Dani Korai, episode 8

Vulnerability with Dani Korai, episode 8

"In this episode we talked to Dani Korai about the topic of Vulnerability, a sensitive and a strong topic, at the same time. Dani is a Dutch youth worker and trainer that believes in the power of Vulnerability to connect with young people. According to him, it helps them to open up and share their struggles, step by step, in what needs to be a mindful process. A safe space is needed for using vulnerability in a positive and constructive way; it needs preparation and the building of trust between

Nov 5, 2018 • 44:00

LARP, Live Action Role Playing Games with Patrycja Paula Gas, episode 7

LARP, Live Action Role Playing Games with Patrycja Paula Gas, episode 7

In this episode we talked to Patrycja Paula Gas, a witch as she confessed to us, but a different kind of witch, the kind that is doing LARP - Live Action Role Playing game - a new aproach  into a learning evironment, an immersive experience that will definetly engage the participants minds, bodies and souls. Patrycja who is a polish anthropologist, uses LARP with young people to tackle a wide array of topics such as discrimination, migrations and leadership skills.  In LARP, the participants liv

Oct 15, 2018 • 34:34

Educational Escape Rooms with Gabi Steinprinz, episode 6

Educational Escape Rooms with Gabi Steinprinz, episode 6

Episode 6 of the Talking Youth Work podcast is with Gabi Steinprinz about Educational Escape Rooms. Gabi is - in her own words - a game addict, and also a creative person, so in a project also funded by Erasmus+ she decided to experiment joining the gaming part of escape rooms with the learning/educational part. The results were very interesting, with a high engagement of the learners, interesting challenges, the focus on the learning and especially the fun part. Educational escape rooms can be

Sep 24, 2018 • 0:33

Trends in young people with Ellen Anthoni, episode 5

Trends in young people with Ellen Anthoni, episode 5

This is truly a handful, it is our fifth episode, and our guest this time is Ellen Anthoni, who's a trendwatcher. Ellen has worked in recent years for Trendwolves, working on their trend reports. We had another interviewer with us, Tomáš Pešek, that was a big help with very insightful questions. During our conversation with Ellen we tried to understand what is trendwatching, and how it is important to all of us, but in this case, youthworkers. Some of the trends that we talked about were: Blurre

Sep 3, 2018 • 35:49

Game based learning with Stephan Schölzel, episode 4

Game based learning with Stephan Schölzel, episode 4

This episode is with Stephan Schölzel, a youth worker that uses games as a vehicle to talk about other subjects with young people, and by using games we can learn about what are their concerns but also their interests.  A lot of times people criticize video games because of the absent mindedness it may cause in our children, but, if we can see the potential of engagement that video games have, we can tap into something that we better connects us with young people, and by using games we can impro

Aug 14, 2018 • 0:42

Improvisation Theatre with Gergely Kiss, episode 3

Improvisation Theatre with Gergely Kiss, episode 3

Here is a fresh episode of “Talking Youth”, a podcast about innovation in youth work. This time we talked with Gergely Kiss about using Improvisation Theatre with young people and the skills they develop while practicing it. Ready? 3,2,1....scene!   The book mentioned by Gery , "Impro for Storytellers" by Keith Johnstone

Jul 24, 2018 • 43:36

Digital Innovation with Nerijus Kriauciunas, episode 2

Digital Innovation with Nerijus Kriauciunas, episode 2

In this episode we talked  with Nerijus Kriauciunas, an international trainer in the field of youth. Nerijus is really a reference when it comes to connecting the digital world to youth work on the field. We started talking about his personal journey  into youth work and how that shaped what he does today. in the beginning Nerijus connects references like Paulo Freire on Education and critical thinking with Mcluhan on Media literacy, which I find really interesting. Than we discussed a bit how h

Jun 20, 2018 • 45:56

Presentation of the Project, Talking with the partners, episode 1

Presentation of the Project, Talking with the partners, episode 1

In the first episode the partners are discussing on the project goal and the importance for developing digital youth work.

May 9, 2018 • 12:16

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