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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

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Have you ever sat through a board retreat and spent more time watching the clock, daydreaming, and checking texts than listening to the facilitator? Did your last facilitator stand behind a lectern and drone on like a record playing in slow motion? Facilitate and engage with confidence. Ask the right questions.

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The Fundraising Authority - Untitled Article

The Fundraising Authority

View the presentation here. From hosting panels with industry experts to providing curated listings of nonprofit learning opportunities, NXUnite helps organizations get their important questions answered. NXUnite brings nonprofit leaders together in an unstoppable community that facilitates valuable connections.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. So how do you make the financial report a bingeable presentation? Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. Presentations from experts. Invite the auditor to present to the group as preparation for the audit review.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches.

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

Bloomerang

The focus is getting to know the donor through a series of discovery questions that you’ll ask with the donor’s permission, of course. With the right set of donor discovery questions, you will be able to determine the donor’s needs. Do not present any solutions or programs until you have an idea of what the donor wants.

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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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Leading with Reflection: New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of leading workshops, facilitating retreats, and presenting.