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JANUARY 19, 2017

Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes learning. I had requested 6 person rounds because part of the exercises included some fun brainstorming processes and exercises. You can build your resilience by listening to a lecture!

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Lecture Classroom Experiment Learning 91

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MAY 8, 2018

The workshop focused on how nonprofit leaders can activate a culture of wellbeing in their organizations. If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I don’t always have a lot of participants who are eager to do exercises digitally, but when I do I can work with them to adapt the exercise. There are apps that allow participants to use “ virtual sticky notes ” to do an exercise but these are not well designed for group collaboration.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

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MARCH 24, 2020

Short Introductions: When you are meeting with smaller group where folks do not already know each other, you can ask people to introduce themselves verbally with Name, Organization, Pronouns, and just one phrase how they are feeling. As the facilitator you can model it with brevity – it should be no more than 30 seconds.

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

From organic energy bars to artisan jewelers and even a Llama trekking company, five small businesses in Cusco will benefit from the collective knowledge and work of these twenty women. Here’s how Kanika facilitated the exercise. And then a second volunteer, until organically everyone in the room had shared their #IamRemarkable.

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Peru Exercise Empowerment Local 79

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

” I first used this exercise in 2011 in Lebanon to kick off E-Mediat project that brought trainers and capacity builders from 5 countries in the Middle East to be trained on curriculum based on my book, the Networked Nonprofit , and interactive training techniques. .” What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

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Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

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JUNE 28, 2018

The matrix enables your organization set a baseline and goals for improvement. 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. We chose the latter.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Co-Act is a unique organization, a hub for accelerating collaborative action in Southeast Michigan’s nonprofit community. The workshop had seating in a U-shape, so people did not have a desk to write on and I had some worksheet exercises for people to do. Just added these to my trainer kit).

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Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

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APRIL 1, 2014

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. A frequent question Peter is asked about how an organization can become more innovative. “What are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities.

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Training Train Design Classroom 123

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APRIL 27, 2012

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantee organizations will measure what matters.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo.

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Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Gunner also facilitated a brainstorming and affinity mapping exercise to unpack all the possible topics for deep dives in small groups in the afternoon. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

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JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Have them self-organized into small groups of three or four people and use sticky notes to come up with some statements. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

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MAY 15, 2012

My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. The second exercise was done in small groups and a report the whole group answering the questions, “What are your hopes and fears for the program?” Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

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MARCH 1, 2016

It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. I thought I’d take this opportunity to organize some of those posts into a resource list. Incorporating Movement Into Exercises. Interactive Exercises.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

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JUNE 11, 2009

It was a fun exercise and participants were brilliant. I never dive into the tools, this session began with a focus on how and where listening fits in the organization and the work flow. I demoed a lot of different techniques in real time with suggestions of keywords or examples from the participants.

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Organization Chicago Social Media Technique 51

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Formative Evaluation.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

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MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. New Zealand: Tables for Small Group Exercises.

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New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Your network is consists of people and organizations online. You can visualize your professional network or your organization’s network. Both are can be useful in reach your goals. Networks are more than random gatherings of people and organizations online. Nodes: People or organizations.

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Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

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MAY 31, 2017

I’ve known Brian for over ten years and he is a brilliant strategist for executive leaders and global brands – nonprofits, startups, and political organizations. He has done a lot of work recently in innovation processes , especially to solve big social change issues. In other words, taking the easy way out.

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Review Chapter Meme Exercise 67

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

I’ve been reflecting on the discussion we had about how meetings are “under belly” of an organization’s culture and ways to make incremental changes to improve meeting culture to avoid wasting time or frustration. This can happen even if your organization is using video conferencing.

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Virtual Ukraine Exercise Poland 50

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Many organizations do that. ” The ability to pay attention AND influence your nonprofit’s organization culture is an incredibly valuable skill to master, regardless of your position or the stage of your career. How does your organization connect its stated values to actual workplace mindsets and actions?

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Attention Culture Mind Philanthropy 92

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

An organization's dashboard is an internal report and the data not shared publicly (although NTEN shared its Dashboard spreadsheet template recently). . What if the default was to share your organization's dashboard openly with everyone? That's the cultural norm in the nonprofit sector, with a couple of exceptions.

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Public Indianapolis Museum Organization 94

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JUNE 28, 2016

The five different styles included: Educator, Creator, Visionary, Organizer, and Creator. The mini-session included some practical tips and a reflective exercise based on the emerging nonprofit leaders peer learning project I facilitated last year. They also had a chance to interact with peers with different styles to learn more.

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Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Later in the day, we did a network mapping exercise. Network Mapping Exercise. Some interesting points of reciprocity: - Word people versus Visual Addicts.

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Network Build Exercise Map 99

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The theme was “Inspired Resilience: How we sustain People, Organizations, and Causes.” We did an exercise in small groups where we reflected on a failure and share it with others. The exercise is based on failfare. How does your organization deal with mistakes and failure? Blame game or learning?

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Exercise NGO Facilitation Game 125

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AUGUST 22, 2017

While I love using magic markers and sticky notes or tossing a ball in icebreakers and exercises, don’t only use activities that require having materials or equipment on hand. Each person will have an opportunity to introduce themselves saying their name, title, organization, and a fun fact about them they would like to share.

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Training Train Exercise Fun 78

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JULY 27, 2015

The second day was a networked leadership workshop that focused on how participants could use their personal brands on social in service of the organization’s mission and practical leadership skills training. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes.

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Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

After a welcome by Kathleen Enright, President and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Diana Scearce, Monitor Institute was our facilitator. She also traced the history of nonprofit capacity building field and how the unit of analysis needs to change – from that of organizations to networks.

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Network Hawaii Exercise Stream 94

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Like all good training sessions, this workshop started off with an opening conversation that allowed us to get to know others in the room and connect to what we already know. Heather facilitated this exercise as a series of share pairs where we discussed each question with a different partner for a few minutes.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

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JANUARY 5, 2012

This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. These are brief, introductory exercises that help participants to get know each other, get connected to the topic, and their own learning outcomes. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

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JUNE 25, 2012

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantee organizations will measure what matters.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

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APRIL 11, 2012

(I always design to have the visuals be simple, and adjust my verbal presentation in real time to match audience level). The value of doing an exercise like this is that helps the participants connect with what they already know so they can take in new ideas more easily. Many in the audience identified with the “data delight stage.”

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Reflection Data Slides Exercise 95