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The YESS Institute on National Public Radio
Over the holidays, Colorado public radio featured co-founder Carlo Kriekels in their series on stories of hope and gratitude. You can hear it online. Go to www.kcfr.org and click on stories of hope and gratitude and you’ll see a picture and button to hear the 4 minute segment. It’s about how an adventurous motorbike trip from California to Chile in 1992 changed his life path from becoming an European attorney to starting the YESS Institute in the US ten years later.
What is the YESS Institute
The YESS (Youth Empowerment Support Services) Institute is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit located in Denver, Colorado, that provides youth, role models and assisting organizations EmoSmart™ - emotional intelligence - leadership education through experiential instruction and peer mentoring. The YESS Institute's approach to education and youth leadership By adopting the following innovative, developmental approach to learning, the YESS Institute has successfully enhanced relationship skills, self-confidence and academic success of hundreds of Metro Denver youth since 2001:  | Peer Mentoring
The most influential individuals in the lives of adolescents are their peers. Therefore, the YESS Institute uses peer-to-peer mentoring and peer education to promote ethical, positive behavior to at-risk youth through its Youth Mentor Leadership Program. |
| Emotional Intelligence Leadership Education
Emotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman, states that 80% of success in life comes from the ability to perceive and manage one’s and others’ emotions. The YESS Institute has adopted these principles into its youth programs covering four key adolescent developmental quadrants:
Self-Awareness - Self-Management - Interpersonal Management - Community Awareness |
The YESS Institute's approach to capacity building The YESS Institute has built the capacity of numerous youth agencies by training staff and volunteers in the YESS EmoSmart™ curriculum.
To positively affect the kids, we believe that the EmoSmart™ skills must be instilled at all levels of the agency through:
| Coaching for Executive Directors |
| Staff Leadership Training |
| Volunteer / Mentor Training |
Click on services to see in more detail the capacity building services YESS provides.
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Vision and Mission Our Vision is to offer the most effective and comprehensive Emosmarts (EQ) training and education in the U.S.Our Mission is to build EmoSmart Leadership™ within youth, their role models
and organizations that support them. What is Emosmarts? Inspiring others through emotionally intelligent behavior. Testimonials "We are eager to see our children develop into caring and productive members of our community, and believe that the YESS Institute will be a pivotal factor in the attainment of this goal. YESS is forging a new frontier in terms of youth enrichment activities."Christine Smith - Denver Public Schools, Director of Community Partnerships "The YESS Institute has worked closely with our organization. They understand our needs and this is reflected in their trainings. I have the greatest faith that they will keep delivering innovative, effective and long-lasting training efforts to mentoring organizations, schools and the youth of Denver."
Donna Hultin - Executive Director - Denver Kids, Inc."The YESS Institute has a deep level of experience about life-skills and emotional intelligence. We are using that expertise to increase the life-skills in our Dreamers."
Mary Lee Hanewall - Executive Director - Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation "The YESS Institute has done a fabulous job. Wouldn't it be fabulous if everyone had that kind of training behind them."
Wendy Trumbull - Mountain Vista High School counselor talking about the Youth Mentor Leadership Program training for HS students
"When he first started, he was a C average and as soon as he got into the program, he started to focus more in school and he made the honor roll. And we were so execited and he was excited. He said: Dad, it doesn't stop there, I am going for straight A's."
Father talking about his middle school son after completing the Youth Mentor Leadership Program.
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