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Living Case Studies: Integrated Social Media Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture

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This week I did a social media training for a cluster of the foundation’s sustainable agriculture grantees. Here’s some notes on what I learned integrated social media campaigns as well as the process that prompted these insights. Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration.

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

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How can we integrate content sharing and audience interaction in the right balance to unleash pearls of wisdom from both audience and the experts on the stage? A good technique is to have each panelist offer a five minute “talk from the heart&# presentation sharing their point of view on the topic. I suspect I’m not alone.

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Reflections from Independent Sector and Blackbaud Conferences

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As part of my role as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I had an opportunity to coach Independent Sector on their conference social media integration. There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls.

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Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

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Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it and discovered this book in the stream. Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

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My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. Click to see the larger image. I'm going to call it AMORE.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

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This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. 1: Social media must be integrated with internet communications or program strategy. 2: Use listening techniques to develop a deep understanding of the audience. Connecting With Colleagues. Example: Red Cross.

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

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As a trainer or doing shoulder-to-shoulder coaching, I'd hear people complain about information overload, anxiety, etc and started to incorporate techniques for reducing it. . Here's my notes (and live tweets ): Managing the Stream: Living Consciously and Effectively in a Connected World. Be Self Aware of How/Why You Stay Connected.