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A Crash Course in Design Thinking for Network Leadership Skills

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The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide.

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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. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits. Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

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This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. Ask Good Questions.

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10 Ways to Build a Better Community Brainstorming Meeting

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Create a structure that values peoples' participation. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. Ensure that you as convenor are talking for a very small amount of the time--ideally just to frame, contextualize, provide clear instructions, and keep people moving.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 3: My Experience

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This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

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I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. How do you create good instructional media in a reasonable amount of time and do a good enough job that helps people learn something by viewing it? and follow the instructions.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Guide your students to conversations and resources. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Explore and discover other bookmarks using this guide. In most cases simple syntax structure is used. Step 1: Find People. Hiring people.

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