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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience.

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Why and How Rituals Build Resilience in the Nonprofit Workplace

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Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

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Later in the morning, I facilitated a large group discussion hour-long discussion right before lunch with Greg and Laura Efurd from ZeroDivide. Listening to the conversation and watching the audience for signs of energy drop, I inserted some movement into the discussion related to the topic by asking them to do the ” failure bow.”

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#13ntc Nonprofit Technology Conference: Plenary Session on Failing Informatively

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I have the honor of designing and facilitating three sessions, including a plenary on my favorite topic – learning from failure. You’ll hear a lot of F words flailing in this highly interactive plenary session – fearless, frameworks, fundamentals, forgiveness, forward-looking, and most importantly FUN! April 13, 2013 10:30-Noon.

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Step-by-Step Guide: Nonprofit Walking Meetings

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Earlier this week, I was honored to do a webinar for Soapbox Engage about self-care and bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Planning and Preparation.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?

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This makes it difficult for staff to strike a meaningful, sustainable balance between work and self-care because it does not permeate a organization’s culture or fundamentally change staff behavior. Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two design labs with nonprofit professionals. Scarcity captures the mind.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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