Name: From Outputs to Outcomes: Aligning Activities with Impact
Start: 2026-04-30T13:45:00-0400
End: 2026-04-30T15:15:00-0400

Welcome to Empower Youth Success 2026!
Get ready for an exciting few days of innovative learning, engagement, networking, and fun. Whether this is your first time or you’re a returning attendee, we’re so glad you’re here to help make this event unforgettable!

From Outputs to Outcomes: Aligning Activities with Impact

Thursday April 30, 2026 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT

Governor Ballroom D

This interactive 90-minute session helps youth development professionals move beyond counting participation to demonstrating real impact. Participants will explore the difference between outputs and outcomes, identify or refine their own program outcomes, and assess how well current activities align with those goals. Through reflection and peer discussion, they’ll leave with practical strategies and tools to strengthen program design, evaluation, and overall effectiveness.

Moderators

Carla Stough Huffman

Owner/Lead Consultant, Borrowed Brain

Armed with a BA in Developmental Psychology from Bard College and an insatiable quest for knowledge, Carla Stough Huffman has served as a trainer, coach, certified external observer in YPQI and Advisor/Endorser/Instructor of the NYS SAC Credential. She has been working with youth... Read More →

Presenters

Theodore Phillips

Consultant, Blaque Forest Creative Group, LLC

Theodore Phillips is a youth development trainer and consultant with more than 20 years of experience helping schools and organizations strengthen staff practice and student engagement. He has partnered with NYC Public Schools, ExpandED Schools, Ramapo for Children, and several community-based... Read More →

Thursday April 30, 2026 1:45pm - 3:15pm EDT
Governor Ballroom D Governor Ballroom D

Session

Empower Youth Success 2026

Carla Stough Huffman

Theodore Phillips

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