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

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For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

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Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. Strategic Dialogue.

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Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy

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In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. To get people in the mindset for brainstorming, I lead them through a couple of improvisation exercises that teach acceptance and openness to new ideas. Participants were encouraged to focus on quantity of ideas and not to self-edit.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

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I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online. Since then, I've incorporated as Vision2Lead and started teaching online for Capella University. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork.

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Quick Hit: Upcoming Experiments and Workshops

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There are also lots of other great papers from the conference; my favorites so far are the evaluation report on the impact of the Wolfquest game and conversational learning on the Science Buzz blog. Free workshop on topic of your choosing—Friday, April 24 in Seattle.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! It's a shame that several of these projects are labeled as "experimental" and don't have formal evaluation built into their cheap, fast processes.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. 2016 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Mar 9 - 11.

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