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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

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Have you ever sat through a board retreat and spent more time watching the clock, daydreaming, and checking texts than listening to the facilitator? Did your last facilitator stand behind a lectern and drone on like a record playing in slow motion? Facilitate and engage with confidence. Were they unengaging? Credibility.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path.

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7 steps to advance your volunteer program with your online member community

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When a member volunteer joins your program, be sure to extend a warm welcome in your member community, make introductions, and get your new volunteers connected within your existing volunteer program groups. If your volunteer program is large, you might want to add more groups to ensure conversation flows more freely.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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While you may not have a Warren Buffett in the group, hopefully, there are some above-average number crunchers. To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. What is your board’s financial IQ? Online courses.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Networked Facilitation.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. If that sounds like a heavy lift for your group, identifying the reward in change will go a long way toward winning your staff’s cooperation. They are also good facilitators.