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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters. see above).

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

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Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. Pause for reflection time before next reiteration: How to improve results? There are a couple of bonus slides in the deck about how to use metrics for podcasts and video. Can we calculate it if we haven't done anything yet? Defined Audience.

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A Community-Driven Approach to Program Design

Museum 2.0

Here are the slides so you can see what we shared. Once that group shifted to talking about project ideas and ways the museum could connect to this constituency, they were in a whole different mindset, and the suggestions they made reflected how we can meet community needs, not just market to a particular audience.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch to a Data-Driven Culture?

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I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

Just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the slides as well as the recording later on this afternoon. So I know you got some slides to pull up but the floor is yours. So on the next slide, you can see we partner with more than 500 nonprofits annually worldwide.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Integrate Practical Use of the Tools for Reflection, Network Weaving, Getting Ideas, Follow Up Work. organizational change, and technology.

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Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

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The video incorporates some slides from Angela Byron's excellent presentation, " Women in Floss " which also speaks to the dark side of gender issues in FOSS communities. A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other.