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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. I had requested 6 person rounds because part of the exercises included some fun brainstorming processes and exercises. Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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Photo: Americans for the Arts. Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action).

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

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Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). I have used online polling mostly on Webinars to learn more about audience characteristics at the beginning of the session and as reflection exercises in between sections of content.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities.

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The Networked NGO in India

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The exercise usually takes 90-120 minutes in the afternoon, but participants were so engaged they didn’t want to stop for tea. ” On Day 2, we take a deep dive into understanding how to develop an integrated social media strategy, beginning with an exercise that helps participants really define what success means.

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A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People in Philadelphia

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Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Crash Course: Social Media for Arts People View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: arts ).

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

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Learn the Art of Saying No Effectively. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day.