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...]
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...]
Trainer's Notebook: Fishbowl Facilitation Technique
Last week, I participated in the "Funders Learning Lab: Investing in Networks and Network Leadership." The participants included both funders and practitioners with expertise in networks, leadership development, philanthropy and social justice. The goal was to add to our collective understanding about investing in network leadership and networks. The lab was convened by Leadership Learning Community and Center for Social Sector Leadership. It was expertly facilitated by Alison Lin and Odin … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities
Last week, I was honored to facilitate a workshop on best practices in crowd funding in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University in conjunction with its TechNow Conference (where I delivered the keynote). I've already shared a blog post about the content related to "Best Practices for Nonprofit Crowd Funding" that includes case studies, examples, tips, and resource links. Instructional design is more than just delivering the content, … [Read more...]
GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference: Reflections from the Innovation Lab
In May, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with community foundations at the annual GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference. I gave a keynote about the Human Side of Data for Good and facilitated a mini-innovation lab to brainstorm creative ideas around the challenge of communicating about the value of shared data and becoming the community knowledge center for shared data for donors, nonprofits, and other stakeholders. The lab used human design facilitation techniques that I have been … [Read more...]
