The Strategic Innovator (for Leaders)
You've developed a strategic plan for digital youth work and successfully implemented it, inspired by the practice of Robin van Wonderen from Malkander and the three methodologies: online as a point of contact, for observation, and for guidance. You've paved the way by defining the right resources, involving collaborative partners, and supporting your team in their professional development. You understand that a strong online presence begins with a clear vision and strategic leadership.
By earning this badge, the leader demonstrates not only the strategic vision but also the skills to implement, monitor, and integrate it within the organisation.
Delivered Competency Areas and Indicators. This badge aligns with the following competency areas and indicators from the Digital Capacity Framework for Youth Work Organisations:
- Leadership of the digital transition: You demonstrate that you can steer and manage the digitalisation of the organisation.
- Planning for digital youth work: You've developed a vision document and a collaboration strategy, ensuring a proactive and planned approach to digital youth work.
- Mainstreaming of digitalisation: You've created a Team Plan to enhance your team's digital skills, integrating digital methods into daily practice.
- Broad-minded and transformative work culture: You've created an open, collaborative, and flexible organisational culture that embraces digital change.
- Ability to network and collaborate: You've established a Collaboration Strategy with an external party, connecting the organisation to the broader digital ecosystem.
- Quality assessment: You've set up a system to measure the effectiveness of digital efforts.
- Assessing digital youth work for internal development and external accountability: You've implemented a Measurement Method, allowing you to gauge the impact of digital work and report on it.
Tasks
Task no.1
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- Formulate a Vision Document: Develop a one-page document outlining your organisation's digital vision, focusing on the role of online as a point of contact, for observation, and for guidance. Consider how to apply this in your own context and what goals you want to achieve.
- Create a Team Plan: Conduct an internal analysis to map out your team's digital skills. Based on this, create a simple development plan to increase their expertise, for example, by offering training or encouraging peer supervision.
- Develop a Collaboration Strategy: Identify a relevant local organisation or expert in digital youth work and create a concrete plan for a potential collaboration, with clear goals for both parties aimed at reaching young people.
- Implement a Measurement Method: Define three measurable indicators to evaluate the success of your digital strategy. This could include both quantitative (e.g., reach, engagement) and qualitative (e.g., increase in one-on-one conversations, referrals) indicators.
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