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JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model.

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JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

That’s when you can add a brief stretch break, energizer , or incorporate an exercise that requires getting up and moving around. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. Training Design' Here’s some examples.

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JANUARY 30, 2010

I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

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JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques.

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APRIL 8, 2020

As with face-to-face training, how many participants per breakout room depends on the task they will do together, how much time is needed to complete the task, and time for a full group report out. See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). Show & Tell: I learn this one from Andy Robinson, Train Your Board.

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MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Even harder to incorporate “going meta.”

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MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise. What is Brainstorming? .

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MAY 23, 2013

The book goes into depth about each of these principles and how to incorporate into a training session. One technique described that I use often is “share pairs,” it makes people get it up, take that body break, and check in with someone. Walk and Talk: I do this a lot in half-day or full-day trainings.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. This technique is simple.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Peer Self-Assessment and Peer Coaching Exercises.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. See slide 30 for a simple recipe for doing this exercise as part of a virtual meeting. Here are some more techniques to ensure that your virtual meeting participants are listening.

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MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

When I facilitate training, I use analog and digital tools and materials. There are apps that allow participants to use “ virtual sticky notes ” to do an exercise but these are not well designed for group collaboration. I know some colleagues prefer not to use paper , but go all digital.

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MAY 20, 2013

One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. I’ve used the burning question technique in many different ways over the years, this is an example of one way to do it. Space to Move Around.

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MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post takes a deeper dive into meeting and training icebreakers and check-ins. This post takes a deeper dive into meeting and training icebreakers and check-ins. Hat tip/ Jen Bokoff ).

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MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Fluency in social media skills.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S. Program Design.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

To facilitate the lab, I used human centered design techniques (for a good overview see Jen Bokoff’s terrific overview post here ) and more specifically the Luma Institute methods (for more, see my post here.). From the facilitator’s point of view, there are a couple of ways to facilitate this exercise.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Building blocks based on point-and-click or drag-and-drop techniques, allow anyone to become a developer. Track a new employee’s progress through training exercises and materials. No code options have the potential to unleash the office from IT, liberating employees to customize their tools to fit individual needs.

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JULY 24, 2013

I enjoy meetings when there has been a lot given to the design and you have expert facilitators in the room because I not only learn about the content, but also learn some new facilitation techniques. If you are curious about more techniques, I suggest David Staker’s “ Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes.”

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. We were luck to have Donna Norton from Momsrising share a presentation about their approach to integrated social media campaigns and success stories using a planning technique called “Layer Cake Strategy.”

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MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) Design for Flexibility.

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MAY 24, 2013

It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. These can wetware ( training our minds ) or software/hardware as the Pang advocates. Peter greeted me at the airport and as I got into the car I noticed a copy of Rheingold’s book NetSmart in the back seat.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

As part of the workshops I have facilitated to teach nonprofits to become networked nonprofits, I created an exercise called “Creating the Me to We Network.” I’ve subsequently have used this exercise in many different contexts for different purposes. What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

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MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. Know your role.

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JULY 24, 2012

Training Design. intense days of meetings. The design incorporate many interactive learning techniques to ensure that participants were actively learning and sharing, and not falling asleep! Social media content mirrors other channels. Solicit and share stories. Key influencers take action, including media.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free.

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MARCH 2, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Mary did a fabulous job!

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). What I Was Inspired To Adapt.

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APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I asked the runners to line up from “just bought my nikes&# to “training for my third 30 mile marathon.&#. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And

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