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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. What is Brainstorming? . Basic Approaches.

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New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits To Improve Resilience in 2021

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Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words and stick with them for the coming year. I’ve shared My Three Themes below.

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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

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Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023

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Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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5 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals to Build Personal Resilience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. This year we hiked by Pacific Ocean near Moss Bay.(Pictured Pictured above).

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Four Tips To Boost Your Personal Resilience While Doing Nonprofit Work

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I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. Above all, silence facilitates clear and creative thinking and quiets negative thoughts. This technique is simple.

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