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How to Use Design Thinking to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Digital Strategy

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We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! What is Human Centered Design? Here’s a high level overview of some of the methods the small group of 12 participants used.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Making Accommodations In Workshops

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Their space is designed for local nonprofits to connect, share ideas and develop solutions together. They have built an authentic community through cultivated conversations and events designed to build trust, deepen relationships and set the stage for collective impact.

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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

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When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? ” Now that’s a design challenge – how to deliver an interactive session that can go in-depth with 80-100 participants in 90 minutes!

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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

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The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl Francisconi who is the director of IIE’s office in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and has vast expertise in developing, designing, and implementing transformative leadership programs for several decades. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters

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They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. If you are using PPT, it is helpful to include your bullet points in the notes sections ahead time. Here is what they shared: 1.) Connect with them ahead of time.