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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters

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I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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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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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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Okay, here’s one more technique that can work. I’ve heard many people decide not to send an appeal because the think their donors are giving all their money to relief in Ukraine. If you start talking, you just interrupted their train of thought. That makes a request for donations so much easier and more painless!

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

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Teresa Crawford is in Kiev in the Ukraine doing a workshop on Web2.0 Here's one of her training presentations. For a step-by-step tutorial on SEO techniques for nonprofits, Wild Apricot's 30 Day Guide to Search Optimization is a good choice, while Search EngineLand site is probably the subject matter expert of choice.

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