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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

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Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram. Opening Exercise.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum. And, if questions emerged about a specific case study or example we shared – we would point out that they could tweet that person and ask them the question.

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

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We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals To Begin 2018 with Clarity

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This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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Supporting NGOs in underserved countries, and recommending consultants

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If you work for an NGO in another region of the world or have experience delivering capacity building program, I encourage you to join the discussion here. Packard Grantees from Pakistan, with In-Country Team. I’m very grateful that the OE Team at Packard has shared this guest post about this important topic. Why/why not?

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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The workshop started with a welcoming ceremony. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori. I couldn’t have asked for a more authentic, culturally appropriate start to a workshop. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants.

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That Was A Spectacular Failure!

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” I attended a fantastic workshop facilitated by Michelle Gislason , Senior Project Director, CompassPoint, called “ How to Fail Spectacularly (and What You Can Learn from It) ” Here’s a few key takeaways and resources. This takes an agile, learning culture. The exercise is based on failfare.

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