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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. During a development retreat, the board discussed various governance models and how they could shift perspective to maximize CITE’s potential,” Sharon recalled.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Using Suzanne Bell’s example, it can be helpful to consider both the technical and psychosocial roles that will facilitate the work. What’s tricky is how well individuals combine.”

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged. Remote work is challenging teams.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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The World Café Format To maximize the brain power of our.orgCommunity professionals and to allow for a robust exchange of ideas, Sharon facilitated this conversation in a World Café format. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? Participants were divided into about 7 tables of 8 to 10 people.

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How To Achieve Constant Learning By Breaking Free From Chronic Performance

Eric Jacobsen Blog

We also need to ask questions, experiment, solicit feedback, reflect on surprises or mistakes, learn from others, and habituate other Learning Zone strategies. Each of us can regularly reflect on how well the habits we’re engaged in are working and what adjustments we want to try. Briceño : This depends on the situation.