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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

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Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. The true test of any training is how participants apply it to their work. Opening Exercise.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

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I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years.

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Why I Love @Canva for Nonprofits and Why You Should Too

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I traveled with a team of Advisers to conduct an interactive “Tech2Empower” workshop for leaders of anti-trafficking and women’s rights NGOs. Advisers contribute their skills and expertise to provide training and mentoring to help amplify the work of anti-trafficking organizations in Cambodia.

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The Dance Floor and The Balcony Social Media Training

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OSI Workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. I was also able to share the workshop wiki. We covered some strategy points, but also had the group tweeting.

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Embedding A YouTube Video in Power Point

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I'm knee deep in creating some new workshop curriculum. You need Powerpoint 2007 and a live Internet connection in order to make it work. I'm knee deep in creating some new workshop curriculum. Tags: training materials. Something that has eluded me is how to directly embed the YouTube Video.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions. Here’s what I learned.

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Reflections from #MFOM14: Email Marketing, Fundraising, and Visual Communications

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On August 2-3, I attended the 5th biennial Money for Our Movements (MFOM) social justice fundraising conference in Baltimore, Maryland, convened by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. Special thanks to the mighty team at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training! Here''s what they said.