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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

.” This is a simple process for getting participants to prioritize ideas or decisions. You use this to follow a brainstorming activity which may yield an abundance of new ideas. The technique helps you need to evaluate the ideas. As a group we spend time clustering similar ideas before reviewing them.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Project 10 100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Send us your idea by October 20th. Simply fill out the submission form giving us the gist of your idea. Voting on ideas begins on January 27th. Here's how to join in.

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MARCH 13, 2018

I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. If participants are afraid that their ideas might be shot down by others, brainstorming will not be productive. All ideas are as valid as each other. Encourage as many ideas as possible. What is Brainstorming? .

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FEBRUARY 23, 2008

This is a great idea of how to document a conference and perhaps encourage remote participation. I remember in 2006 - Nancy's wonderful session on the 7 Online Compentencies (I didn't attend). Alan recorded it, Nancy put up her slides, and Nick Noakes wove them together. It just happened. Maybe we can create something like this?

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APRIL 30, 2020

Need so more ideas for energizers, check out this list from Dancing With Markers. This where new ideas may be hatched or cross-department pollination occurs. Here is a blog post that includes many ideas for check-ins, relationship building activities for teams that can used in meetings. Want more ideas?

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OCTOBER 18, 2008

How I might remix this: I'm going to add a few things:   I set of cards that describes the audience based on culling a few ideas from here.     And, of course, the idea of a low risk experiment.    Alternately, you could add a sentence into the objective cards that describes the audience.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Because of this, I was inspired to write a book, “ Simple Acts to Change the World: 500 Ways to Make a Difference ,” with lots of ideas that are quick and easy. There are ideas for people of all ages, with all interests and abilities. Her idea – love it!). You can also send any ideas with the contact form on 500SimpleActs.com.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The idea is to help them create hand-crafted items that can be sold on the Web. Marketing Women's Craft Skills helps women broaden their skills beyond farming and to take advantage of the crafts that are available in local villages which include embroidery, sewing, and weaving. Environmental program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2006

The idea is brilliant. You get stacks of business cards, a notebook full of new ideas, and some great energy. Chris Heur of BrainJams , along with Shannon Clark from MeshForum, organized something called MeshWalk for the day after Gnomedex. You know how inspired you feel after attending a conference?

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DECEMBER 22, 2005

Some of these might be appropriate for small group activities in a training for brainstorming new ideas related to the topic of the training. Here's a collection of group creative problem-solving techniques catalogued by UK consultant Martin Leith. Here's a classic - brainstorming on post-it notes.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas. Their idea was to have virtual pizza parties using Zoom and simultaneous pizza delivery at the different sites.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

As part of my work with nonprofit organizations to help them build a culture of resilience that I wrote about in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , I have facilitated retreats where staff brainstorm ideas and identify simple ways that they can make working at their organization more enjoyable. Do people genuinely like each other?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

I read a lot of feeds for a lot of different projects. I use two different readers - Google Reader and Bloglines - and have multiple accounts on each to manage projects. There are a couple of reasons for that --. Easy to manage multiple projects with lots of feeds - and I don't get distracted.

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JULY 23, 2014

The event will end with an “ Idea Accelerator ” where participants will have an opportunity to develop and pitch an actionable idea for feedback and funding. What great about this conference is that we will have creative immersion and change to “sleep on our ideas.”

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MAY 8, 2018

We had a dozen small groups that each brainstormed 20-50 ideas each. Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group. Here’s the list: Function. Working on improving workplace culture is always a work in progress.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

I love this idea for reducing zoom fatigue and techno stress. I have a few fun ones that I do on zoom such as “catch the stretch” where people follow each other’s stretches like a game of follow the leader. Photo by Eric Janssen. It comes from Eric Jenssen , a teacher, who had his students leave the zoom call mid-class.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

The all-day session had us brainstorm new ideas, prioritize, and flesh out some concepts. It can also help generate many ideas. Our group generated 100 ideas! Using structured brainstorming methods can lead to innovative ideas for nonprofit programs, platforms, and strategies in any area. What was your experience?

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JULY 25, 2017

We were asked to brainstorm ideas in each category, jotting down notes on the post it notes and adding to the wall. We were asked to brainstorm ideas in each category, jotting down notes on the post it notes and adding to the wall. Next, we were asked to brainstorm ideas to address the challenge. We were given ten minutes.

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APRIL 14, 2008

At the 5th Annual Personal Democracy Forum this June we will be publishing " Rebooting America: Democracy in the 21st Century ," an anthology of essays from leading thinkers and activists (see the complete list of invited essayists here.)

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JANUARY 17, 2018

One of my favorite activities is to do a networking walk on The Dish trail, a five mile somewhat challenging hike adjacent to the Stanford University campus, a location where Silicon Valley start up entrepreneurs have famously walked and made deals or come up with great ideas. How to go from Post-It to proof of concept?

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MAY 25, 2023

Beth : I love that idea. The key, however, is for leaders to acknowledge the feedback, address the concerns, and take tangible steps towards improvement. This ensures that employees feel heard and valued. This allows employees to voice their concerns and provide real-time feedback on the organization’s culture and practices.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Synthesis: Combining ideas and themes or boiling down a lot of information into a summary. Customization: Changing the title, context, or revising some of the ideas to match your audience’s needs. Reasons and Evidence: What are some other examples of this idea? Evaluating: Rate and rank items in your collection.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Innovation / Generating New Ideas. A simple “who else has an idea?” Writing people’s ideas on a flip chart or white board helps with the group memory and knowledge capture. If you facilitate and scribe, sometimes it can slow down the conversation and this can be problem if you are doing brainstorming.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Last year, Google made an open call to organizations around the world to submit their ideas for how they could use AI to help address these social challenges. Each area describes the project idea, type of AI technology and data sources. Have a clear idea of the responsibility guidelines to be followed .

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

For example, donors consistently expressed a desire to build ‘true, holistic’ partnerships, where challenging and bringing stimulus to new ideas is built into the dynamic from the beginning.

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MARCH 29, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce that I contributed to: npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS), a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more.

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MARCH 9, 2022

To celebrate the launch, our friend and colleague, Susan McPherson, recorded a video with us to share the key ideas in our book. The Smart Nonprofit (Hardcover). The Smart Nonprofit (Kindle). We’ll hope you take a listen and be inspired to purchase the book!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. Scribe: The role of the scribe is to capture ideas and build group memory.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The idea is that you can bounce back in the earlier stages more easily than letting stress take it toll. A News Inquiry: The big idea here is that when you question your stressful thoughts – asking “is it true?” – or when you turn around the beliefs you see as true, you shift to a bigger perspective and feel greater peace and openness.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. G amestorming: From my colleague David Gray, this is a recipe book for creating innovative new ideas.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. When we first launched our Editorial Calendar four years ago we had no idea it would become so popular. Great idea!

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JUNE 9, 2017

The many methods of Design Thinking go through a similar path of gathering research, analyzing and identifying the right problem, developing creative ideas, and testing prototypes. The design thinking methodology encourages exploration of unconventional solutions by looking at a problem from the point of view of the people being served.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. After finishing the share pairs, we did a quick full group “popcorn” of the ideas that bubbled up. We circled in on these ideas: Revisiting the discomfort zone and know it is normal.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Having a robust, well-connected network can help your nonprofit find new resources, get new ideas and inspiration, and be more effective. My blog post shares some ideas about how to do this and would love your comments and ideas over at the SSIR blog.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Today, after several years of researching and writing, Timms and Heimans have finally published their book called “ New Power: How Movements Build, Businesses Thrive, and Ideas Catch Fire in Our Hyperconnected World.” Here’s a sampling of just a few: How do you create ideas that the crowd embraces, makes stronger, and spreads?

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APRIL 1, 2014

Six month agos, I was introduced to Luma Institute’s work as a participant in a Foundation convening to get ideas for their digital strategy development. I not only learned a huge amount, but I was able to systematically apply and iterate with the techniques over the last year. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

But there is always more to learn and participants shared a few ideas worth noting: Empathy or Discovery Walks : We talk a lot about the health and productivity benefits of walking meetings, but there is yet another benefit – building stronger relationships. .” ” This helps participants identify what to put into practice.

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