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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

Bloomerang

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators. Create a judgment-free zone. Banish assumptions and criticisms. Give everybody a turn.

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Prioritizing authentic connections through trust-based philanthropy 

Candid

We continue to implement this open feedback cycle, as it helps us ensure that HF’s fundamental approach remains rooted in trust and connection. In our experience, TBP is the logical result of listening to grassroots organizations, rather than a theoretical framework that grantmakers should adopt for purely philosophical reasons.

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What We Talk About When Talk About Open Data

Tech Soup

But surprisingly few nonprofits are talking about open data. The government is even planning to appoint a chief data officer to manage the effort, earning praise from the Open Data Institute as the most advanced government in the field of open data. According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2

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Report calls for shift to more equitable evaluation practices

Candid

Foundation staff participating in the discussion called out “a need to assess readiness for change—willingness, ability, and facilitative conditions—among individuals, teams and organizations” and a “fluidity required to engage in the continual evolution of process, understanding and adoption.”

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Why Fundraisers Should Offer People An Opportunity To Give

Bloomerang

Think of yourself, instead, as a “ philanthropy facilitator.” You have an opportunity –a privilege – to open people up to the joy of giving. Most people are complicated, enjoy a breadth of interests, and have open hearts. That makes it about love. People are perfectly capable of saying no on their own.

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#LOVols, do this and be happier with your online meetings

Twenty Hats

Lucky you for facilitating an important session at the wrong time. What I’ve discovered over these last many months, though, is that volunteer managers (and anyone, really) can shift the mood of the group by focusing on one area of facilitation: The warm-up. You don’t need to do anything complicated.

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate.