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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. I also had an opportunity to attend a couple of sessions that used participatory facilitation techniques. Here’s what I learned. Spectragram. Next, try provocative statements.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

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Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. Peer Learning Design.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Finding Inspiration and New Ideas for Facilitation Techniques

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I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles. I’ve used these techniques myself and been in many other sessions where facilitators used design-thinking techniques. Tips Training Design'

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. The guests are professionals who work in International Development for large and small agencies or organizations or work for an embassy. Nothing like first-person accounts.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

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Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Strategic Dialogue.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

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The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. However, it is harder to make pivots when you have a team that has not worked together before. Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? Defining Roles.

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

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I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014.