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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Rounding up a group of members who are eager to share their wisdom might seem like a fairly simple proposition. Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. There are multiple smaller interest groups in each area. Take Hardy’s advice. Look outward.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

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As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud.

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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

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As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers? Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over.

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Just One Good Tip To Address Nonprofit Workload Stress

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When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms. … Read More.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn. There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. .” ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. Which brain do you think is more open to learning, retaining, and applying the content during a training?