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9 Questions Overview

If you're looking to create an advocacy campaign, you've got to be able to answer these 9 questions.
Categories: Advocacy, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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9 Questions Worksheet

A companion worksheet to our 9 Questions resource.
Categories: Advocacy, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Advocacy Campaign Overview Template

This simple campaign planning template is a part of our advocacy workshop.
Categories: Advocacy, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Working With Young People, Youth Development, Youth Engagement
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Advocacy Campaign Planning Toolkit

Advocacy campaigns require a lot of planning and this step-by-step toolkit is a great place to start.
Categories: Advocacy, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Basics of Financial Management

This simple campaign planning template is a part of our advocacy workshop.
Categories: Advocacy, Healthy Organizations, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Become A Storyteller

The richest lives are those packed with stories. Learn how to share powerful aspects of your work and your life with those who share your values.
Categories: Advocacy, Fundraising & Development, Public Speaking, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Youth Development, Youth Engagement
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Choosing Winning Issues

It isn't easy to choose winning advocacy issues. This tool will help you.
Categories: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Economic Development, Food Security, Monitoring & Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Comfort Zone

Most people understand this term these days. This explains how we think about it in the context of our work.
Categories: Community Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Comprehensive NGO Self-Assessment

This is a comprehensive organizational self-assessment. It is highly adaptable and we have an online version. Please contact us for more information.
Categories: Board Development, Capacity Building, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, Human Resources, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Consensus Decision-Making

In the social-profit world, we must often make tough decisions. This simple management tool offers a system of voting that builds consensus and involves all members of a group.
Categories: Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Management, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Youth Engagement
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Cultural Pursuit

A simple mixer-type icebreaker that uses important cultural facts to help people meet one another.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Working With Young People, Youth Development, Youth Engagement
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Defining Gender

Gender is complicated and we find these definititons are often very useful in group discussions.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Diversity Action Plan

An activity handout used to help individuals set a personal goal related to their diversity commitments.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Healthy Organizations, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Ethical Fundraising

Everything you need to know about ethical fundraising. Originally published in 2005 as a book chapter for a National Mentoring Center (NMC) publication.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Published Resource, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Experiential Learning

People learn best by doing. This theory underlies all of our training designs and this piece will explain why in more detail.
Categories: Coaching & Mentoring, Contemporary Leadership, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Facilitator Essentials

A checklist for anyone who is striving to be a terrific trainer or facilitator.
Categories: Training & Facilitation

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