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JUNE 28, 2018

Opening Exercise. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings.

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MARCH 24, 2020

In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. You can set up a series of fun emoji for people to cut and paste into the chat or google document to express how they are feeling. Here’s a write of this technique.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Peer Self-Assessment and Peer Coaching Exercises.

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MAY 15, 2012

This was a incredible opportunity to focus on the documentation side – without feeling rushed to get everything online. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Documentation of the Visioning Process. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique.

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APRIL 11, 2012

Documentation of Session. Panel Wiki: This is a hub for the panel and includes our session outline, resources, slides, and documentation. Panel Wiki: This is a hub for the panel and includes our session outline, resources, slides, and documentation. Our session is here. What content, lines, or ideas resonated? (I

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APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. There is also an self-assessment exercise.

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JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We had an incredible team of women tech advisers from Silicon Valley, all experts, and who taught classes on how to use various tools such as Google, Canva, and Indiegogo, complete with detailed work books with exercises. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. ” 4) Avoid.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Photo by Gary Clark.

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JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

It was fun to see NGOs in Tunisia begin to embrace, adapt, and apply the concept. The template itself is geared for the USA, but since Holly has so generously shared it for free in Google document, I suspect it could be easily localized for NGOs in many other places of the world and easily converted to other languages.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Let’s say that after implementing your own self-care plan, you discover that you have more energy and are more productive work. You are walking more, eating healthy foods, getting more sleep, taking breaks, and have fully internalized the self-care techniques we cover in the first part of the book.

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MAY 29, 2009

Draw your network After the presentation on Network Basics (materials here ), there were two exercises. This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". View more Microsoft Word documents from David Armano.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The game itself then becomes a document of that relationship (for those in the know). Also, familiarity with game design techniques, and tools, and exercises, and processes. SR: My favorite games are board games, I think. I love all the collateral you create to make the experience.

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JUNE 11, 2009

It was a fun exercise and participants were brilliant. Listening Bootcamp: Chicago Workshop View more Microsoft Word documents from kanter. In the afternoon, we took a deep dive into the listening techniques. Judith Sol-Dyss made a recommendation that made us all laugh.

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Organization Chicago Social Media Technique 51

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FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Document on the fly. Investment.

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APRIL 4, 2010

The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. I do a lot of small group and share pair exercises.

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MARCH 4, 2020

See slide 30 for a simple recipe for doing this exercise as part of a virtual meeting. Another fun role is “Rabbit Hole Monitor” that uses a technique called “ ELMO ” (enough already let’s move on). Here are some more techniques to ensure that your virtual meeting participants are listening.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The smoothest way to collect feedback is via collaborative cloud-based documents such as Google Docs or Slides, Slack, or other collaboration platforms. This way, people can comment on or start a discussion about a certain item directly within the document – both asynchronously or in real-time.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Discovery Exercise (from 23 things ). Discovery Exercise. Discover Exercise. Your first blog could even document your learnings and reflections about Web.20! Discovery Exercise: 1. Discovery Exercise: 1. Additional Exercises. Here's how to search on Technorati. Here's an example from the Red Cross.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2009

To kick off the course, we’re doing a simple exercise at the Seattle zoo (but you can do it anywhere). I believe that focusing specifically on the social capacity of an object, rather than its content or interpretation, yields new design techniques for museum exhibits and other participatory spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

See slide 30 for a simple recipe for doing this exercise as part of a virtual meeting. If someone is supposed to share their screen and is having a technical problem, make sure people have copies of the document and at minimum, you as the facilitator, so you can share your own screen. Additional Tools and Techniques.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Writing your SMART fundraising goals down gives you something to look at and a document to hold you accountable. If you are just learning how to fundraise or you’ve been at it for years, backing up in your planning to the point where you set SMART goals can be a powerful exercise in getting you on the path to a successful fundraising year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Keep Your Social Media Policy Up To Date : As the field of social media practice matures and new techniques and platforms come into use, so do new legal issues. It is important that your social media policy is a living document that reflects current practice.

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