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JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 79

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). Incorporating Movement Into Icebreakers and Small Group Exercises.

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Poll Technique Group Tools 50

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APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 134

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone. Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

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MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Social Network Analysis America Network 95

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JUNE 28, 2018

Opening Exercise. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 78

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. The value of this exercise was that it inspired me to rethink my routine about bedtime rituals. What I discovered is that once I was able to achieve my optimal number of 8.25

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Data Personal Support Exercise 128