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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

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I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. He was the keynote speaker at the 2012 NTC this year talking about the ideas in his recent book, “ Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don’t Work.” From SXSW Session: Shut Up and Draw. I thought was done!

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Getting Started Again (After A Break)

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” I had the honor of doing a Care2 webinar in December which was one of over 40 book talks, presentations, webinars, and workshops to launch the book. The book continues to be in the top nonprofit books at Amazon. But by holiday season, I needed a break and took one.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” and if you notice people getting tired, interject some movement. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

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Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. .

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Overdue Reflections from UK

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I also thought of a book title from about ten years ago called " Learning and Forgetting " I went a little overboard on the 80-plus powerpoint slides. Once I get in the room, we throw away the slides. It also helped in terms of getting a sense of where people were at and facilitating some sharing of stories.

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Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources

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As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps.

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