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A Crash Course in Design Thinking for Network Leadership Skills

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Last month, I participated in a Design Thinking Lab with network leadership practitioners convened by the Leadership Learning Community. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. Your hopes for today: brilliant success?

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

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Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Creating a Network Map. Design Labs.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Finding Inspiration and New Ideas for Facilitation Techniques

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I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

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Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. Networked Facilitation. Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). Peer Learning / Coaching. Strategic Dialogue.

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

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I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. 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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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

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The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. Be aware of what they say, how they say it and body language. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”.

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