Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we integrate content sharing and audience interaction in the right balance to unleash pearls of wisdom from both audience and the experts on the stage? 2. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? 3. How can nonprofits learn from … [Read more...]
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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project, a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here's the posts from Day 1 and Day 2) The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US … [Read more...]
Tech@State: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents
Last week, I was honored to facilitate a "networked discussion" about the Networked Nonprofit and working with free agents in Washington, DC at the State Department's "Tech@State Civil Society 2.0" Event. Joining me were two of my favorite free agents, Mark Horvath (next to me on stage) and Shawn Ahmed (virtually through Twitter #netnon hashtag and video). My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room - who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government … [Read more...]
Reflections from Independent Sector and Blackbaud Conferences
Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference "Forging A Stronger Future Together" in Atlanta. As part of my role as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I had an opportunity to coach Independent Sector on their conference social media integration. Most participants included CEOs of nonprofit institutions and foundations and have been working in the sector for decades. The group also … [Read more...]
How To Make Social Media Experiments Fun!
This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice. I've had the pleasure working with one of grantees in the Local Program, the Arts Council of Silicon Valley, to coach them in making the transition to being a Networked Nonprofit. … [Read more...]