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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

September 27, 2019 by Beth Kanter Leave a Comment

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called "Leading Systems Change." The book describes a  new approach to leadership and community engagement in the Central Valley, that has empowered local leaders to tackle a host of issues facing the community in an entirely new way--from designing education programs and services for immigrant communities to law enforcement reform, and boosting entrepreneurship in the region. Overall, the program led to over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Virtual Facilitation

Trainer's Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

March 13, 2018 by Beth Kanter 4 Comments

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new  techniques to add to your facilitator's toolbox?  This is the focus of a session called "The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques," that I'm co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. I'll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or "brainstorming" techniques. What is Brainstorming?   Brainstorming can be done as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Instructional Design, Trainer's Notebook

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

July 25, 2017 by Beth Kanter Leave a Comment

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question:  How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? 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. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.  If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise … [Read more...]

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4 Design Thinking Facilitation Resources for Nonprofits

June 9, 2017 by Beth Kanter Leave a Comment

Almost four years ago, I wrote my experience as a participant n a design-thinking lab to give input on a digital strategy for a philanthropy. The design lab was facilitated by Pete Maher, founder of Luma Institute.  I learned so much about the taxonomy of innovation and really practical techniques, that I took the facilitation training.    I started incorporating facilitating design labs as well as the techniques into my training practice ever since.   I even facilitated design labs to help with … [Read more...]

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Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact

May 5, 2017 by Beth Kanter 1 Comment

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.  I have also learned a lot from other nonprofit colleagues who have use these techniques, including Brian Reich (see this blog post about his design thinking work to solve the refugee crisis) who has just published a book on innovation called "The Imagination Gap" and my colleagues, Ted Frickes and Micheal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Innovation

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