1. seek&summon: A training and consulting practice partnering with non-profit organizations to build and grow training departments, bolster professional development, and create safe and healthy workplaces. 2. HeartSwell Yoga: Yoga for your big day, and yoga for your everyday. Offering personalized yoga classes for your wedding day, bachelorette, baby shower, milestone birthday, and any other life event. Also available for staff retreats and corporate yoga classes.
Training, technical assistance and consultation to non-profits, schools, and government entities. Focus in the areas of Systems of Care development, strategic planning, grantsmanship, evaluation, coalition building, community organizing, and program implementation.
Parent and Youth empowerment programs including parent-to-parent support, youth-to-youth support, and parenting workshops.
Over 20 years of professional experience in serving Southeastern Indiana with a primary focus on macro-level work. From Coordinator of local Rape Crisis Services to Systems of Care development both for youth with mental health concerns and those with substance use disorders, Brenda has focused upon system level work to improve the local community. Brenda has been the local Project Director of two SAMHSA initiatives and several other community change initiatives. She is also a certified instructor for Mental Health First Aid, Youth Mental Health First Aid, and QPR Suicide Prevention. She also led the planning of the annual Indiana System of Care conference for several years, growing the attendance from approximately 300 to 650 in 5 years. Brenda also has spent her entire career working on various grants and currently teaches the Program Evaluation and Grantsmanship course within the Social Work program at Mount Saint Joseph University.
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Southeastern Indiana - Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley and Switzerland Counties.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Systems of Care
Mentorship Areas
Grant writing
Southeastern Indiana area
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Grant writing
Coalition building
Facilitation
Training
Organization Development: Areas of Expertise
Starting a non-profit agency
Staff recruitment and retention
Full compliment of Home, Business, Security; Health and Wellness Products & Services; Affordable Healthcare; Commercial and residential energy contracts.
Professional Youth Worker for over 40 years - expertise in facilitation and training: topics include Youth Philanthropy, Strategic Planning, Renewal and Leadership Development, Adolescent Development, Staff Development and Program Development
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Status of Indiana Youth and the lack of adequate funding for youth serving organizaitons
Mentorship Areas
Anything youth work or renewal related
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Renewal and Self-Care
Growing the field of youth development
Adolescent Development
Youth Philanthropy
Youth in Governance
Youth as Trustees
Organization Development: Areas of Expertise
Renewal in the Work Place
Staff Personal and Professional Retreats
Team Building and Planning
Strategic Planning
Inspiring the leader
Board Development
Keynote presentations
Renewal and Self-Care
Youth, Young Adult, and Outdoor Ministries
Spiritual Disciplines
Short Bio
Randy Kuss is a Disciples minister with over 45 years experience in youth, young adult, and outdoor ministries. He serves with Disciples Home Missions as Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Consulting Services. Randy is a co-founder of the Disciples Youth Ministry Network and leads spiritual renewal and visioning retreats for youth workers and other leaders. He is trained as a Labyrinth Facilitator through Veriditas, an international organization that promotes creation and use of labyrinths worldwide.
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Youth and Young Adult Voice and Empowerment
Spiritual Grounding for Life and Work
Mentorship Areas
Renewal and Self-Care
Spiritual Disciplines
Youth Ministry
Young Adult Ministry
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Labyrinth Facilitator
Team Building
Song Leading
Spiritual Disciplines
Youth Ministry – All Aspects
Outdoor Ministries – All Aspects
Ministries Across Generations
Organization Development: Areas of Expertise
Team Building & Planning
Visioning Processes
Event Planning
Spiritual Practices & Grounding for Organization Mission
Staff Retreats
I offer training and resources in the following areas: Staff Development, Crisis Management, Behavior Management, Program Development, Youth Work Advocacy, and Youth Work Advancement. Additional skills include data management, grant management, community engagement, volunteer management, and experiential learning standards.
Short Bio
Shawna earned her Masters of Science in Youth Development Leadership from Clemson University in 2013. In 2018 she earned her CYC-P with the guidance of Journey Fellows.
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
Youth Worker education and training, and the advancement of the field of youth work including youth worker accreditation. Serving all youth equitably. Ensuring resources for youth workers.
Mentorship Areas
Youth worker advancement/education. Youth worker experiential learning.
New Pros.
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
Behavior Management, program management, staff management, team engagement, crisis management, and youth worker advancement.
To facilitate a safe place for youth to develop their personal, social and educational development and to enable them to develop their own voice so they can reach their full potential.. whatever that may be!
"Since 2002, I have served as adjunct faculty at the Indiana University Purdue University Columbus campus teaching courses in juvenile justice and social work. I have a master’s degree in social work (MSW) from Indiana University.
I am a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Indiana Juvenile Detention Association (IJDA), and the National Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA).
I served as the Director of the Bartholomew County Youth Services Center from 1999 to 2008 and as the Center’s Resident Counselor and Staff Training Coordinator from 1992-1995. I also served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Youth of Bartholomew County, Inc., and of the Bartholomew County Youth Advocacy Commission. I was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff from 1984-1988, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, in Kenya, East Africa from 1980-1982, and a VISTA volunteer paralegal with the Legal Aid Society of Lincoln, Inc. in Lincoln Nebraska from 1974 to 1975.
I was an editor and contributing author to The Desktop Guide to Quality Practice for Working with Youth in Confinement available at http://www.desktopguide.info."
Areas of Advocacy and Interest
I have limited time available to mentor individuals seeking certification as a youth worker.
Mentorship Areas
Professionalizing the field of youth work through worker certification.
Professional Development: Areas of Expertise
"I facilitate training for juvenile justice and youth work practitioner in other practice settings on the following topics--Using Positive Youth Development Strategies; Building Healthy Relationships with Youth; Adolescent Development; Behavior Management: Shaping Youth Success Through Coaching, Modeling and Teaching; Interpersonal Communication; Applied Leadership and many others.
Organization Development: Areas of Expertise
Executive coaching and not-for-profit board development, strategic planning and board training