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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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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. Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times.

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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

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Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally. Over time these reactions can lead to acute anxiety, depression, irritability, fatigue, and other health problems from heart disease to lowered immune response.” 2: Track Your Moods.

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Does Your Nonprofit Suffer from Fire Drill Culture?

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They capture their discussion by taking notes on the “tablecloths,” (in this case, it is flip chart paper). In Santa Barbara, a common theme was that their nonprofits operated in “Crisis Mode” all the time and it has created a culture of stress. .” One technique is to weave self-care into your workday

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The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing

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The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. According to the CDC, insufficient sleep is a public health problem. So, where can you start to make a noticeable change in the way you work and life to become more healthy?

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

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The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

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Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Use time-limited offers to create urgency. Their passion can be contagious.

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