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Visual Meeting Facilitation Workshop with David Sibbet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We used sticky notes and the mandala template. David modeled a full group discussion to gather up all the ideas – using a template that used the basic flows of facilitation – attention, energy, information, and operations. The afternoon was focused on the skill building – drawing – images and letters.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. Sharon facilitated an exchange of ideas between Nancy MacRae and Kristine Hillmer, MBA, CAE, President, and CEO of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.

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The Art of Facilitating Virtual Meetings with Sticky Notes

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As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. Flickr Image by Derek Gavey. Design must comes first. Finally, you identify next steps and follow up.

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

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However, in the dynamic landscape of contemporary social change, there is a growing recognition of the need to evolve from this conventional approach toward a more collaborative and inclusive model—one grounded in partnership. The transformative power of governance as partnership can support nonprofits in serving as catalysts for change.

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

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Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I feel it stifles learning.

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In Defense of Community Managers

Amy Sample Ward

Community Managers ensure successful engagement and participation on a new platform by facilitating discussion, modeling behavior, and supporting leadership development. Community Managers provide key facilitation that empowers participation and engenders trust. Image credit: Flickr muir.ceardach ). What do you think?

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Guest Post: Maintaining a connection with pandemic-inactive volunteers

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The best way I thought to keep in touch was to facilitate weekly 45-minute video calls on Zoom. Staff participation was modeled by our Unit Director and leadership team, who participated in some of the early calls. The images chronicle what the volunteers have been doing with all this time on their hands.