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Trainer's Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement
Last week, in addition to giving the ending keynote and facilitating a design lab for the Arts Brain Trust at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference, I was a participant in a pre conference convening expertly facilitated by Jennifer Edwards who is an organizational development consultant, dancer, and teacher. As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here's what … [Read more...]
What I learned from Jad Abumrad About the Secrets of Creative Risk Taking
I'm very honored to be giving the ending keynote and facilitating a design lab on self-care and avoiding burnout at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference. Because I started my career in the arts field and wanted to do some active listening to the audience before speaking, I came in for the whole conference. Yesterday, I was participant in a convening called the Arts Brain Trust, a leadership group that will participate in the design lab later in the conference. This session was … [Read more...]
How One Nonprofit Senior Staff Uses Walks and Talks
Meet Karen Bloom who is Chief Advancement Officer for Project Kesher, an organization that trains women to become change-makers across 9 time zones, with leadership programs that are based on Jewish identity building and social activism. She is a nonprofit senior staffer who knows the value of walking at work. Karen not only talks the talk, but she walks the talk. (Bad pun, I know) I was introduced to Karen Bloom through Barbara Glickstein , a colleague who is connected with me on Facebook. … [Read more...]
Meet Dr. James A. Levine: The 1st "You can walk and work!"Evangelist
On my 12 hour plane ride back from Ukraine, I read Dr. James A. Levine's book "Get Up: Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It." (Yes, I see the irony) He is the Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Solutions Initiative and the inventor of the treadmill desk. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and worked on dozens of corporate programs to bring movement into work. He is also the reason why Apple created the health app that tracks your … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters
I've just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women's organizations organized by Wake, an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women's empowerment. The program is called Tech2Empower and you can learn more about it here. We had an incredible team … [Read more...]
Two Opportunities for Nonprofits to Power their #GivingTuesday Campaigns — Facebook Ad Credits & #MyGivingStory
I'm just back from two weeks of inspiring work where I participated in a training for women organizations in the Ukraine and the International Fundraising Congress in Holland. So, expect more some posts this week from about what I learned. But despite jet lag and an over flowing email in box, I wanted to write up two opportunities for nonprofits that could help them power up their year end and Giving Tuesday Campaigns. For years, I've been a vocal critic of Facebook's policy not to provide … [Read more...]
#1MilliForJadudi: A Crowdfunding Campaign in Kenya to help Cancer Patient
In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. That's where I met Zawadi Nyong’o, a young Kenyan woman and social change activist. After the workshop, I hung out with participants providing some coaching. Zawadi had just discovered Twitter, but had not started to use it regularly. We did a little coaching. Ever since I've kept in touch with her over Twitter. Zawadi has launched her own consulting firm and works with African nonprofits and social change … [Read more...]
From Self-Care to We-Care: Black Lives Matter Strategy for Wellness
This photo is from an open space session during last week's Funders Learning Lab: Investing In Network Leadership. I proposed a session with a title, "Going from Self Care to We Care" to talk about how do we scale a culture of self-care in networks. The networks, nonprofits organizations, and movements are filled with people who are passionate about social change work, but often work hard and long with few resources and many just keep going without giving a thought to self-care. I posed the … [Read more...]
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