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Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

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As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

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Resilience: This theme is related to all the writing, curriculum development, and instruction that I will do this year based on my work on the Emerging Leaders Playbook and The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

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The workshop was presented by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Colorado Nonprofit Association and sponsored by Gill Foundation , Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado , The Colorado Health Foundation , and The Colorado Trust. I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. Some Reflections.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I said yes. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media.

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10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

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The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. 28% of donors are repeat donors.

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