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JULY 25, 2017

Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Content (Facilitator: Kavita and Michael – GlobalGiving). Spectragram.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy” hosted by the Packard Foundation – not only was the content compelling (stay tuned for a post on that), but it was also a fantastic opportunity to observe one of the best facilitators I know, Allen Gunn from Aspiration.

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APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Or just keep your ears open. The common tip?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. For each of the topics we cover in the class, students are assigned reading and I do a brief presentation of examples, frameworks and open it up for discussion.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Next, of course, is diving into the design task of identifying goals and framing for the session and specific roles. How do you inspire people to be open to learning during a session? What you know?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. 6: Ask clarifying, open-ended questions when the other person pauses. These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. 3: Don’t judge the other person.

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