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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

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According to Beth, a good meeting is based on good design. If you want to look better on camera, you can raise the level of the laptop or use a light close to you! Icebreakers: Stoke Deck : A collection of warm-up activities designed to boost energy, build connection, foster empathy, support collaboration, and cultivate creativity.

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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. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Nothing like first-person accounts.

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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. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S.

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Does This Deserve My Attention?

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Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. .” ” (Note: I created a list.ly with some useful Zen Apps). .”

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

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It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? If your true goal is inspire people to learn, then you need to incorporate techniques so people can process the information every ten minutes.

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Healthy and Productive Nonprofit Meetings: What Does the Research Say?

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That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. The Buffer Blog article suggests that taking hand-written notes is more effective than typing notes on a laptop. A Table Stack for Cell Phones.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

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The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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