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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. on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.

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Why I Use Pen and Paper Notebooks AND Digital Tools To Take Notes

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She recently authored an excellent e-book on how to use Evernote ). I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. Since I can type 120 words per minutes, I can capture complete quotes and summarize key points very quickly.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

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Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences.

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Conscious Computing: 7 Apps and Tips That Help You Focus, Reduce Stress, and Get Work Done

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I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” I set a Fi.tt

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The Networked NGO in India

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This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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Step-by-Step Guide: Nonprofit Walking Meetings

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Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Conferences: Small or large sessions at conferences. Walking meetings can help shakes things up.

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April Nonprofit Blog Carnival: The Work Behind the Work - Finding Productivity and Balance

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I’ve eagerly read productivity book after productivity book and poured over countless blog posts about getting things done (while not actually getting things done in the process). and break down larger tasks into smaller pieces I can do in shorter chunks of time in-between conference calls.

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