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Explore Impact Leadership at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit: Free Registration Giveaway

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As you can see from the schedule overview , this is more of a participatory event versus the traditional conference with powerpoints and panelists. ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas. (Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here.

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The Social Life of PowerPoint Presentations (or why I really love SlideShare)

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On Tuesday, I facilitated an introductory workshop on how nonprofits can use social media in Boston at the nonprofit technology conference and yet another remix of the curriculum wiki , presentation , and game designed by David Wilcox. SlideShare is a social networking site that lets you share Powerpoint presentations.

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

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Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. If you do training, how do you continuously improve what you are doing?

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Visual Meeting Facilitation Workshop with David Sibbet

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’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! To do this analysis, you need to ask for both positive and constructive criticism. The technique is called Plus/Delta.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. This approach means the instructor takes a “guide on the side&# approach versus “expert on the stage.&# And, of course, it takes more preparation time than slapping together a powerpoint.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

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On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. It is far less work to slap together a powerpoint presentation and prepare the content. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.