If you have ever attended an International Budget Partnership (IBP) in-person training, chances are you scribbled some thoughts on tiny sticky notes and stuck them on flip charts around the room. We at IBP love our flip charts, color markers and sticky notes. We haul...
10 Tips for Closing a Learning Event
Closing a learning event is as important as opening it! This is the moment when learners are invited to envision how the new learning will show up in their daily lives. Closing activities are essential to solidify and transfer the learning that took place during the...
Hiking the AT: A Holistic Learning Adventure
Have you hiked all or any parts of the Appalachian Trail (AT) or know someone who has? The Appalachian Trail is a 2190-mile hike that winds through 14 states from Georgia to Maine through rocky mountain wilderness, leafy green eastern woodlands, and small towns and...
True for You: A Technique to Consider
Using the right technique at the right time with the right people can touch me at my core. When a technique helps to bring the best outcome for a working or learning session I feel grateful.
Harnessing the Unexpected through Silence
Since working from home for more than a year, I’ve been listening to lots of music as I work, typically radio stations generated by some anonymous algorithm. After a few months, however, I was recognizing every song on my playlists of choice – it felt stale and...
Anybody Out There: What’s the Deal with Webcams, Anyway?
Have you ever set up a breakout room and only half the people went there? They didn’t ‘move’ because they were no longer at their desk. But how could you know: their webcam was OFF! Have you ever found yourself begging, even pleading, for individuals in a Zoom meeting...
The Third Wave: Hybrid is Coming!
The writing is on the wall. First in-person was thought to be the best, then we all went online, and soon hybrid will be the new reality. A ‘hybrid’ convening is when some participants are in-person in the room and some are elsewhere and joining virtually. Top three...
Enliven Zoom with the Sound of Music
Last week my colleague Rachel Nicolosi and I started a Zoom gathering with music. As people entered the virtual space the sound of relief and surprise were audible. Some individuals even thanked us for the music in Chat and aloud. All this despite the fact we only...
A Chance to Be Your Truest Self
I have learned a lot about connection recently. Previous to the last couple of months, I was afraid of it. In a way, I’d imagine we all were. As a shared humanity, it seems as though in the last year we’ve never been farther apart. Amidst wars and division in many...
Applying Core Principles to ‘Question Design’
Adults learn best when respect, safety, inclusion, relevance, immediacy and engagement are all present within the learning experience. A distillation of years of educational research, these six core principles are the building blocks of Dialogue Education™. Effective...
Leadership: The Catalyst for Learning Transfer and Impact
I have worked in human resources for health throughout the entire country especially for the past 10 years. Currently I am with the Last Mile Health Liberia Country Program. I am participating in the Healthy Communities Fellowship which was created to amplify the...
Using Open Questions to Deepen My Learning about Bears
I had the privilege of participating in a life-changing wildlife educational experience about black bears. When I got home after the first year, I felt I hadn't made the most of this incredible opportunity. A guided learning journal I created for year two helped me...