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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.4.16

Reid All About it

Brainstorm ways to start planning for the uncertain future with case studies and best practices from around the globe. – Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook. Host: Community IT Innovators. Presenter: Steve Longenecker, director of IT consulting, Community IT Innovators.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth Kanter

Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, the handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network.

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Six Favorite Resources: Facilitation Friday #32

Idea Architects

If you are looking for a book that covers facilitation fundamentals at a more basic-intermediate level, I would recommend The Facilitator Excellence Handbook by Fran Rees. Check out a preview of the much of book's content via Google Books. His work fits nicely with Dan Roam's writing in The Back of the Napkin. Jenkins and Maureen R.

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Effective Facilitation: A Six-Pack of Favorite Resources

Idea Architects

If you are looking for a book that covers facilitation fundamentals at a more basic-intermediate level, I would recommend The Facilitator Excellence Handbook by Fran Rees. Check out a preview of the much of book's content via Google Books. His work fits nicely with Dan Roam's writing in The Back of the Napkin. Jenkins and Maureen R.

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When Millennials Take Over by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant

Eric Lanke

To be clear, we are not presenting the case studies in order to demonstrate “best practices.” (If Commit to innovation and continuous improvement. Reminds me a lot of something I stumbled across some years ago in The Leader’s Handbook by Peter Scholtes. Your challenge is not to do exactly what these companies are doing.

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Wisdom About Networks From Encore Network

Beth Kanter

Having benefited from the generous advice and expertise of many others, we’re honored to share our experience from The Encore Fellowships Network as the “Action” case study in the Winter 2013 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. We hope others in Beth’s network will find the SSIR article interesting and helpful.