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The Talking Youth Work PodcastPsychological Safety in Learning Environments with Romy Alexandra, season 4, episode 3Hello dear listeners, In this episode, we talked with Romy Alexandra, an expert in psychological safety and experiential learning. Her work with NGOs on youth leadership and human trafficking prevention highlighted the need for engaging, effective learning methods, leading her to experiential learning and psychological safety as its foundation. Romy defines psychological safety, drawing from Dr. Amy Edmondson, as a shared environment where individuals feel safe to take interpersonal risks without fear of punishment or humiliation. This environment fosters vulnerability, inclusion, and innovation, which are essential for learning spaces. She emphasises that it’s not ab...2025-06-1658 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastSpaces of Unlearning with Juan Camilo, season 4, episode 2 Hello dear listeners, In this episode, we begin exploring the idea of unlearning, joined by Juan Camilo, a youth worker from Colombia who has been living in Iceland. Juan has a background in international education, cultural media communication, and religious studies. He is also an artist and educator who uses transformative pedagogy and non-formal education to promote human ecology and holistic human development. Unlearning is the process of questioning deeply ingrained beliefs and assumptions. We discuss what unlearning means, how educators can approach it, and how we can create safe spaces for it—bo...2025-03-261h 03

The Talking Youth Work PodcastHolistic Trainer with Katya Sherer, season 4, episode 1 Hello Dear Listeners, We are back and we missed you! Did you miss us? In this first episode of our fourth season, we talked with Katya Sherer about youth work trainers’ wellbeing. Katya is a trainer, active in the youth sector since 1998. She began her journey as a volunteer and peer-to-peer trainer, later advancing to roles as a trainer and project manager for initiatives in youth work and human rights education. Currently, she works as a freelance trainer and consultant and serves as a board member of the International Youth Work Tr...2025-02-1643 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEduScrum 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 believe is a fundamental aspect of both formal and non-formal learning experiences. Without trust, we cannot perform at...2025-01-2946 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastQueer 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 certain aspects, the term ‘queer’ transcends gender and sexuality, encompassing a broader spectrum. Unfortunately, queer young individuals encount...2025-01-2948 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEsports 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 often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly betwe...2025-01-2953 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastLearning 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 physical space? It’s a combination, for sure, but it's interesting to explore how the environments influence the group...2025-01-2944 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastHow 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 explained how he felt and how there were no tools to deal with this topic initially. H...2025-01-2946 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastSelf 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 the support needed from fellow learners, facilitators of the learning experience or other...2025-01-2949 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastLearning 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 w...2025-01-2951 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastWhat'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 kids that can't solve problems by themselves. Youth workers sho...2025-01-2951 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastThe 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 communities to have a positive local impact. When people travel to stay and work...2025-01-2837 min

The Talking Youth Work Podcast5 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 further engagement and deepen hard...2025-01-281h 04

The Talking Youth Work PodcastThe 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 is a counter power. As Pedro pointed out during our conversation ther...2025-01-281h 00

The Talking Youth Work PodcastMaking 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 article about the upside of going green in job creation, and the cost of not doing so. You c...2025-01-2844 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastMeasuring 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 entrepreneurship is about creating your company or being a founder o...2025-01-2835 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastHow 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 t...2025-01-2859 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEmployability 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 job market dynamics. Society expects a leading role from the youth field when it c...2025-01-2839 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastWomen'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 the common ground of intercultural dialogue and active citizenship. Barbara Földi is the the owner ...2025-01-2839 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEntrepreneurial 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 young people the willingness to participate in the construction...2025-01-2850 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastYouth 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 the current situation we’re in. We talked about possibl...2025-01-2854 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastCoyote 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 more resources but, on the...2025-01-2839 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastThe 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 to...2025-01-2836 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastDragon 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. Many times, both. The process is composed of four steps: Dreaming, Planning, D...2025-01-2842 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEmbodied learning with Sandra Gojic, season2, episode 2In 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 heads, we rationalize. Yet, we all have had times that...2025-01-2856 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEurope Goes Local with Judit Balogh, season 2, episode 1Hello 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 municipalities in 23 european countries. That's amazing! Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we...2025-01-2844 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastSeason One Finale with Anita Silva and Rui Branco, episode 17For 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 stories ab...2025-01-2844 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEntrepeneurial Mindset with Thomas Gold, episode 16In 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 Italy as a Fulbright fellow. For the past 18 years, Dr. Gold has held leadership positions focusing on research, measurement and evaluation in higher e...2025-01-2853 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastQuestioning Innovation with Jon Ord, episode 15Our 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 the paradigms and the practices in youth work. Jon Ord also has a...2025-01-2832 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastInnovation research in youthwork with Andreas Karsten, episode 14In 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. As in all fields...2025-01-2850 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastInnovation in KA2 with Claudius Siebel, episode 13In 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 the european policies foster a collaborative and innovative environment. ...2025-01-2834 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastKA2 Now Conference, episode 12The “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 all to you, we interviewed a few so you can have a taste of the conference and mayb...2025-01-2622 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastRemembrance with Joakim Arnøy, episode 11In 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 us how can youth workers - that don't wor...2025-01-2650 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastBoard Games with Sérgio Gonçalves, episode 10Imagine, 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 and challenging games as well as coo...2025-01-2636 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastCoaching in Youth Work with Tomáš Pešek, episode 9This 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 thes...2025-01-2641 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastVulnerability 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 people. Contrary to some beliefs, Vulnerability is...2025-01-2644 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastLARP, Live Action Role Playing Games with Patrycja Paula Gas, episode 7In 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 live fully this game for days, with costumes, just like a big...2025-01-2634 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastEducational Escape Rooms with Gabi Steinprinz, episode 6Episode 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 used to help young people deal with all kind o...2025-01-2532 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastTrends in young people with Ellen Anthoni, episode 5This 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: Blurred lives Super scul...2025-01-2535 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastGame based learning with Stephan Schölzel, episode 4This 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 improve social skills related to empathy, re...2025-01-2542 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastImprovisation Theatre with Gergely Kiss, episode 3Here 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 First published on Tuesday Jul 24, 2018 2025-01-2545 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastDigital Innovation with Nerijus Kriauciunas, episode 2In 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 he sees innovation in the field of youth and we identified possible barriers that might be sto...2025-01-2546 min

The Talking Youth Work PodcastPresentation of the Project, Talking with the partners, episode 1In the first episode the partners are discussing on the project goal and the importance for developing digital youth work. First published on Wednesday May 09, 2018 2025-01-2512 min

Talking Youth WorkThe 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 to...2020-03-1100 min

Talking Youth WorkDragon 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. Many times, both. The process is composed of four steps: Dreaming, Planning, D...2019-12-1600 min

Talking Youth WorkSeason One Finale with Anita Silva and Rui Branco, episode 17For 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 stories ab...2019-06-2500 min