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Creating a Space for Nonprofits to Connect & Share Insights

Saleforce Nonprofit

Is there expertise we can share? Are there connections we can facilitate? In May 2021, we created the CDO Council, a regular gathering of Chief Development Officers drawn from a diverse cross-section of nonprofits in North America. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

Bloomerang

Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. To stay healthy, nonprofits must continually generate and share new ideas. Create a judgment-free zone. Do you have one in place?

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6 Reasons Why You Should Broaden Your Search For Your Next Nonprofit Board Retreat Facilitator

Bloomerang

This is all the more reason to hire a high-quality nonprofit board retreat facilitator. And though you may feel it’s risky to hire a facilitator from outside your region, they may also provide a unique perspective and even greater results. More than 80 percent of board retreat facilitators have never run an organization.

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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

Kindful

Have you ever sat through a board retreat and spent more time watching the clock, daydreaming, and checking texts than listening to the facilitator? Did your last facilitator stand behind a lectern and drone on like a record playing in slow motion? Facilitate and engage with confidence. Were they unengaging? Credibility.

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8 Fantastic Facilitation Playbooks for Designing Productive Nonprofit Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Whether our meeting is useless or valuable depends on how we design, facilitate, and follow up. If you are facilitating the meeting you need figure out logistics like scheduling, materials, and effective use of technology for virtual meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory. Share in the comments below.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. It can also be used to create work norms or processes.

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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.