Leadership Development Retreat for Educators
A Virtual Mini Retreat for Leadership Educators We had a wonderful gathering of about 30 leadership development professionals for a mini-retreat. We may do another one in the coming month. Here’s the intro, opening reflections, and some storytelling from Darin at our first retreat. Event Information Leadership Educator Virtual Mini-Retreat: Reflecting On The Year and…
Using Everyday or Special Objects to Facilitate More Creative and Innovative Workshops
Create your own innovative workshop activities with everyday objects. Facilitators of unique workshops or programs understand how difficult it can be to think of and run new engaging and enlightening activities for participants! While there are many known examples out there, how do you go about creating your own unique activities to amplify your program?…
Growth or Fixed Mindset Infographic
One of my favorite topics to teach others in our workshops is that of mindset. Specifically, we engage people in the mindset for innovation and even more specifically…the mindsets for design thinking. The most popular mindset research was done by Carol Dweck of Stanford. It is excellent…and focuses on a fixed vs. growth mindset. This…
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Learn more about our group and individual certificate programs for innovators, design thinkers, trainers, and facilitators Are you interested in receiving an innovation certification online? Innovation Learning offers two unique programs that can help you become certified to improve practices at your organization. Keep reading to learn more about these programs and why an innovation…
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Do you want to build an innovation, social entrepreneurship, leadership or educational program that can impact hundreds of thousands? Are you a foundation or working with one? We can help you to design a significant program and move it into action with our program consulting. Watch the video to see more about the Lead2Feed collaboration with USA…
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How to create a visual keynote speech
I’m doing a pecha kucha keynote speech for an event called Showcase at the University of Wisconsin. This is my story of how I’m developing it. A pecha kucha is a structured framework for a presentation. It consists of 20 visual slides that advance after 20 seconds. It is only a 6:40 long speech! Some…
Advice for Conference Speakers on their Presentations
This advice holds true for both the speaker and the conference organizer advising the speakers on their presentations. A killer presentation is like a killer product. It takes some time to develop and involves many prototypes and iterations. If the presenter is giving their speech or facilitating their program for the first time, it will…
Communicate like a Yoga Instructor
Do you ever find yourself needing to communicate an important new idea or concept so that it is understood quickly? Yoga instructors are the best at communicating complex ideas. They use all of the tools in the toolbox. You have to get it. If not, you might get hurt. Yoga instructors try to communicate a…
Recommended Creative Thinking Books on Generating Ideas or “Thinking Tools”
During the past five years I have been immersed in creative thinking resources and reviewed many books on tools for generating ideas. I’ve synthesized and adapted some of the best practice tools that are out there and create some new ones as well. We have tried this system of ideation tools out with brainstormers and…
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