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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

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Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques. Spectragram.

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3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Tech Project Should Begin with a Discovery

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A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. With an experienced tech agnostic partner to facilitate, you will increase team buyin, cohesion and adoption through participation. Here are our top 3 reasons: 1.

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Don’t Get Too Comfortable at the Top–AI Puts a Twist on Leadership

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Our research included interviewing thought leaders, organizing think tanks, and surveying professionals. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. Several years ago, my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I, wrote two books. Association 4.0 Make them think you’re reading their minds.

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Can You Measure the Impact of Capacity Building for Nonprofits?

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As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building. To answer the questions, they conducted a landscape analysis of existing research on the impacts of capacity building on organizational strength and social impact.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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They have to do a network map and analysis as well as strategy for a development organization in their area of student. Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

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There are lots of ways to collect data on the current practices of your organization- common best practices are surveying and interviewing. What Wyman did: We designed interview protocol for staff, board members, and donors consisting of 10-15 questions (the interviews took anywhere from 30-60 minutes). Conduct the Audit.

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