Best Practice Number Thirteen

Conducts an annual self-assessment to reflect upon its strengths, challenges, use of Best Practices and opportunities for improvement.

Explanation:

A self-evaluation allows members to reflect individually and as a group on membership, diversity and recruitment issues, training needs, grantmaking, YAC structure and group dynamics. The relationship with the community foundation and with the adult YAC advisors should also be assessed.

Recommendations for YACers:

Develop a process for identifying how the YAC could improve its activities.

Consider different methods for evaluating your YAC: surveys, discussion in large or small groups.

Survey YAC alumni to find out how their YAC experience has impacted them after they left.