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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

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The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. We worked in small teams. Bull’s Eye.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

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Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. ” (More about learning as leadership here ). The downside is that when you have four very experienced facilitators, with different styles, methods, and subject matter knowledge, it takes longer to design and you have to allow time for getting into a rhythm as a team.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

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Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. Social Media Strategy As Design Process. Executive Creative Director of frog design , Robert Fabricant, leads multidisciplinary design teams, teaches at NYU’s Tisch School.

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Expert Tips for #GivingTuesday Success

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Collaborating with internal teams can lead to fresh ideas and smooth execution for the day itself. Whether it is the first time your organization has thrown its hat into the ring or its preparing to top last year’s results, there’s always more your organization can learn and do.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

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” I was lucky enough to collaborate with Janet McIntyre , a nonprofit leadership coach and Jeffrey Golde , Adjunct Professor of Management: Columbia Business School, along with Abe Flores from AFTA. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

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One area we cover is social awareness, the ability to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and teams that we collaborate with professionally. The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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