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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. What was your experience?

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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Walking While Working

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The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. It’s also boosted by the increasing number of open-space offices , which give even top executives little privacy to speak candidly or have any alone time. Even in the nonprofit sector.

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The Networked NGO in India

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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. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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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. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table.

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Healthy and Productive Meetings: Free Guidestar Webinar on Feb. 12th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops.

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