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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #15: Tools for.

Idea Architects

Friday, April 13, 2012. Facilitation Friday #15: Tools for Exploring Options. Facilitators can use simple process tools to help make individuals views public and to facilitate a more thorough examination of their implications. Here are a few tools I frequently use in my own efforts. Need more tools? Jul 2012 (11).

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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

Sunday, April 01, 2012. In this edition, explore tools for environmental scanning and trend watching, examples of game dynamics being applied by real-world companies and associations, and a handy tool for tracking and maintaining personal productivity. on Sunday, April 01, 2012. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12).

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Leadership Limerick: Innovation Requires Many Contributions

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These scientific tools are complemented by the specific roles identified by IDEO, one of the worlds most innovative product design firms, in The Ten Faces of Innovation : Anthropologist. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13). Apr 2012 (13). Mar 2012 (13). Feb 2012 (13). Jan 2012 (14).

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Facilitation Friday #1: Anyone Can and Everyone Should

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Friday, January 06, 2012. Every Friday in 2012, Ill explore some aspect of facilitation in order to help you change how you think, and ultimately, change the consequences you help create. on Friday, January 06, 2012. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13). Apr 2012 (13). Mar 2012 (13).

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Leadership Limerick: One Ending is Another Beginning

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Im assembling all 52 limericks into an e-book of sorts that will be available for download sometime in early 2012. Every Fridays post will focus on some tool, technique, or situation related to facilitation, a skill I believe to be fundamental for anyone, bother personally and professionally. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Beware of Binders Becoming.

Idea Architects

Monday, April 16, 2012. I am a huge believer in the value of record-keeping in volunteer organizations and regularly preach the power of checklists as a vital tool in project management (you have read The Checklist Manifesto , right?). on Monday, April 16, 2012. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Mission, Vision, Values: Catalysts.

Idea Architects

Sunday, March 04, 2012. In 2002, the American Society of Association Executives Foundation identified Meaning Matters as one of the seven emerging issues affecting associations. Structure and strategy are merely tools to accomplish mission and vision, not things to be preserved at all costs. on Sunday, March 04, 2012.