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Getting from “no” to “yes” for climate justice

Candid

As a result, not enough funding is flowing to climate change efforts and even less of it for reducing harm to communities most impacted by the climate crisis. . There was also a growing understanding that centering equity in these grants was essential to mitigating the inequities of COVID’s impact. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks to express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have debate get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Just A Little Content To Get Started . We did four more passes. Learning More.

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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. The facilitation methods are participatory. Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links. Innovating for People Handbook: Design Thinking Methods: A recipe book of human-centered design methods.

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What Is a Story and Why You Need To Tell Them

The Storytelling Non-profit

A narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale. It’s participatory. Some of which they may or may not understand, and they definitely won’t be able to gather the impact of those services. That means it’s what we are doing.

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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Making Accommodations In Workshops

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They have built an authentic community through cultivated conversations and events designed to build trust, deepen relationships and set the stage for collective impact. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. I made this part of the instructions.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.