I've been trying to figure out why the ideas for something less intrusive than "Clap Once" sound good, and yet don't quite connect with me. I think it may be a...
Ned Ruete
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Feb 1, 2008 4:19 pm
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... Not on the topic of governance, but maybe it will help someone. I have done some work with small, underfunded NGOs like local chapters of Habitat for...
Ned Ruete
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Feb 1, 2008 4:29 pm
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A technique I've used with great success over the years is a small, compressed air, air horn, like the type at sports events. Now after everyone has cringed,...
Steve Alexander
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Feb 1, 2008 4:32 pm
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Jim One of the most useful books I have read recently on this topic is Governance as Leadership, Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards. By Chait, et al. It...
Marti Roach
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Feb 1, 2008 4:45 pm
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I have; let me know what you need. ... Steve Alexander, President The Steve Alexander Group 1375 Caminito Arriata, La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone - 858.539.0001 /...
Steve Alexander
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Feb 1, 2008 4:45 pm
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A short addition on using bells: I have used this technique in an interactive presentation, with numerous short group processing events within a large...
Scott Simmerman
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Feb 1, 2008 4:46 pm
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I have never experienced the clap twice technique but I have experienced, and used temple bells. From a participants perspective I found the bells a really...
Penny Lawson
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Feb 1, 2008 5:14 pm
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I understand the clap twice process and it does work. However, since I am married to a pre-school teacher who has used this with her kids a lot, and have seen...
How about a couple more sentences on that last sentence? thanks Marti Roach <martiroach@...> wrote: v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:*...
James Wiegel
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Feb 1, 2008 5:22 pm
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Well, Ned, you push this in the direction of developing an ability for self-governance. This business of starting, ending, breaks, etc. is a capacity of...
James Wiegel
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Feb 1, 2008 5:44 pm
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I don't see this as an "either-or" dilemma. After all, bells do have clappers :-). Each is useful in its own way and its own time when used effectively. They...
Izzy Gesell
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Feb 1, 2008 5:56 pm
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... Jim: Reading this here, and seeing the responses of others, I am thinking the following may be helpful, from the library at Help 4 NonProfits: Governing...
Hildy Gottlieb
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Feb 1, 2008 6:04 pm
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One important piece on this is to avoid clanging. I have a thing you hit with a little hammer and it makes a lovely, lasting tone. I was feeling urgent once...
James Wiegel
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Feb 1, 2008 7:55 pm
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Regarding the contradiction that faces ngo boards as articulated in Governance as Leadership, 1. the book posits the interesting fact that there is a lot of...
Marti Roach
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Feb 1, 2008 8:00 pm
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How to get the group to be silent? I use this and so far it has worked with groups from 10 to 1000 people. Simply brief the following: If you want silence you...
Andi Roberts - Online
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Feb 1, 2008 8:35 pm
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I like the sound of this approach and feel quite inspired to try it. Is it really always sunny in Spain Andi? Penny Lawson Associate Director facilitate this! ...
Penny Lawson
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Feb 1, 2008 9:22 pm
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Why not, during the opening remarks, tell the group politely about what is probably their common experience--getting a group back on the commons, and then tell...
Sr. Gertrude Foley
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Feb 1, 2008 9:25 pm
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Has anybody ever asked a group to come up with a method that would be used during the time together ? That might be a fun thing to incorporate into the mix. ...
Izzy Gesell
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Feb 1, 2008 9:30 pm
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Dear Jerome and others on the list, Sorry for a long silence - i am currently working also in a Greenpeace campaigner position and that has reduced the time...
Jan Haverkamp
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Feb 1, 2008 10:14 pm
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Izzy writes: Has anybody ever asked a group to come up with a method that would be used during the time together ? That might be a fun thing to incorporate...
Loren Ekroth
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Feb 1, 2008 10:28 pm
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Yes, and where does the rain fall, these days?? Jim Wiegel Penny Lawson <penny@...> wrote: I like the sound of this approach and feel quite...
James Wiegel
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Feb 1, 2008 11:02 pm
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I would like to echo the value of the "Governance as Leadership" book by Chait et. al. This book highlights a key aspect of boards should be doing and...
Jennifer Ellis
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Feb 1, 2008 11:40 pm
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Re lottery tickets I find the idea patronizing. It Uses the adaptive child position, which may then get in the way of responsible adult. Plus the adaptation is...
Jana Fielding
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Feb 2, 2008 11:26 am
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Hi Lauren RE:Thank you, Jana, for your honest feedback. FYI, I adapted this technique from master trainer Bob Pike, founder of the Creative Training Techniques...
Jana Fielding
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Feb 2, 2008 12:58 pm
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Regarding NGO governance, there's an extensive, well-organized, online Library of free information and resources about Boards (nonprofit and "corporate") at ...
Carter McNamara
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Feb 2, 2008 4:32 pm
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You are invited to submit a proposal for a chapter in the forthcoming book: The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups: How They Are Difficult, Why They...
Depending on the subject matter, why not a ding-dong signifying five minutes to go? With a second ding-dong to signal reorganization back in the main group? 5...
Gary Boettcher
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Feb 3, 2008 4:25 am
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Dear All We have used two techniques. 1. We use a lot of music for different parts of a facilitated event (iPod with speakers). Each type of activity has a...
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Sandor Schuman
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Feb 3, 2008 4:32 pm
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... Hash: SHA1 ... While I have found access to Web sites that describe how to purchase licenses for videos, should I want to use them, would it be a good idea...
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