KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares Ten Strategies to Improve Active Listening

Ten Strategies to Improve Active Listening

Active listening is a key part of the foundation for success. Listening to others enables you to acquire information and a fresh perspective. It fosters trust, enhances communication, builds relationships, and helps to understand a person’s point of view. However, active listening is more than ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares Free eBook Download! Optimizing Child Safety In Your Organization

Free eBook Download! Optimizing Child Safety in Your Organization

Optimizing Child Safety is an essential resource for leaders committed to protecting children within their organization. It offers valuable insights, practical strategies, actionable steps, checklists, and tips for addressing today’s protection challenges. This is essential reading for those who feel overwhelmed in their efforts to create ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In SharesFive Tips to Engage Generation Alpha

Five Tips to Engage Generation Alpha

Your organization is filled with Generation Alphas, individuals born between 2010 and 2025. They are regarded as the most technologically savvy generation, having grown up with significant digital innovations like the iPad and numerous apps. They are also expected to become the largest generation in ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In SharesUsing SMART Goals to Boost Productivity

Using SMART Goals to Boost Productivity

When serving children and youth, there is no shortage of tasks competing for your attention. Lesson planning, organizing events, recruiting volunteers, and building relationships with families create a list that feels endless and overwhelming. This may make setting and achieving goals seem daunting. What if ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In SharesShort-Term Goals: The Secret to Success

Short-Term Goals: The Secret to Success

There is a lot of information about the benefits of setting short- and long-term goals. Long-term goals are larger objectives you intend to achieve over time. They focus on the future and are reached by meeting smaller milestones. They don’t require us to revisit them, but ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares The Top Ten Blog Posts of 2024

Top 10 Blog Posts of 2024

One of our favorite things to do at the end of the year is to see which blog posts our community found most helpful. Each year, we reflect on what’s been shared and how we can continue providing information that helps you secure your organization, ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In SharesEight Practical Ways to Motivate Your Team

Eight Practical Ways to Motivate Your Team

When people feel valued, they are motivated to give it their all and perform at their best. Every person is motivated differently. For some, it’s time, flexibility, or promotion; for others, it’s money, autonomy, or achievement. Motivation is the driving force that encourages people to ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares The Legal, Ethical, and Spiritual Role of Mandatory Reporting

The Legal, Ethical, and Spiritual Role of Mandatory Reporting

Mandatory Reporting is critical in children’s ministry. Parents and guardians entrust you to provide a safe environment. Reporting laws serve as a safeguard, ensuring that concerns are quickly and effectively addressed. Understanding Mandatory Reporting Children’s ministry is often seen as a sanctuary of trust and compassion for ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares New! Learn Who Is Interested in Volunteering

New! Easily Know Who Wants To Volunteer

We’re excited to share our latest improvement regarding volunteers. Now, right in their KidCheck account, with the click of a button, parents and guardians can proactively let you know they are interested in volunteering. This provides another great avenue for you to learn who wants ...
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KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In SharesTeen Bullying - What to Know & How to Help

Teen Bullying: What to Know and How to Help

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. This is an excellent time to consider how your organization can prevent bullying and help teens experiencing it overcome it. The CDC reports that almost all forms of bullying peak in middle school. Specifically, 6th-grade students reported the highest ...
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