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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

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Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. To stay healthy, nonprofits must continually generate and share new ideas. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. Do you have one in place?

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. All ideas are as valid as each other. What is Brainstorming? .

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Networked Facilitation.

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How to Facilitate the Discovery Step of the Donor-Centered Approach

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The goal of the first meeting is to open the relationship. Learning about and relating to their interests will open the door to discovery. Do not present any solutions or programs until you have an idea of what the donor wants. The questioning techniques should include: Open Questions? —?they to complete the gift?

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy” hosted by the Packard Foundation – not only was the content compelling (stay tuned for a post on that), but it was also a fantastic opportunity to observe one of the best facilitators I know, Allen Gunn from Aspiration.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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The idea is to prevent you from investing precious resources in merchandise or services that people don’t want. The idea is that what you build gets validated by the marketplace and you invest resources where there is evidence of a return. It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment.