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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Preparing for the Selection Process

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This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Pro tip: For larger, more complicated projects, consider hiring a consultant to help you co-design the project. Evaluation matrix .

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

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First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Ask for help.

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Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

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I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it The ideas, tips, and tricks are grounded in adult learning theory, but the book is very practical. Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use by Michael Quinn Patton.

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

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Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Here are five best practices from BuzzFeed and ten tips from Upworthy about how to craft engaging and “viral” content that can be applied to your nonprofit’s social media content. The common tip? Craft good headlines. Engagement'

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Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

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Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress.

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Best Practices for Content Curation for Nonprofits at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference

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In preparation, I’m doing a pre-recorded skype interview with Robin as a back up for a live interview. Also, you need, as Jan Gordon points out in the skype video interview, to know the audience’s content consumption patterns and interests. Q: What is your best time saving tip?