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      Skills, knowledge and attitudes we develop to effectively, and collaboratively build momentum of positive change we want to see in our communities, on projects and initiatives that matter to Mozilla’s mission.

      Methods : Build

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      Rapid Prototyping

      Rapid Prototyping

      Based on Tom Chi’s Mozilla Brantina talk: ‘Rapid Prototyping’, this workshop will take people through a series of ‘Mental Debugs’ that can help you innovate for better project outcomes in less time.

      Rapid prototyping is the process of finding the fastest path to a direct experience of the thing you’re trying to create – Tom Chi

      Hard
      2 - 2 hours
      Design Thinking for Community Mobilizers

      Design Thinking for Community Mobilizers

      This module will teach the basics of Design Thinking, while helping participants prototype ways they can connect with kindred spirits in their community to mobilize and magnify their work.

      Medium
      1 - 2 hours
      Personal Leadership

      Personal Leadership

      This engaging workshop will equip participants with the opportunity to deepen self awareness while exploring how others may learn, adapt, and perceive similar problems and situations differently. These foundational skills are key to building strong effective teams in Mozilla’s volunteer communities.

      Medium
      1 - 2 hours
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      • Empower

        Competencies that help people bring others in, to help others realize and claim their potential through designed opportunity, guidance and challenge.

        Methods : Empower

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        Building your Community Credentials

        Building your Community Credentials

        It can be overwhelming to join, or step up in a community  – even when you are empowered to do so.  Using Design Thinking, this workshop helps people uncover their existing strengths, skills and reputation to begin visualizing and building community credentials that feel real, and give confidence to follow inspiration and goals.

        Low
        1 - 1 hour
        Engaging Facilitation

        Engaging Facilitation

        Truly engaging facilitation builds empathy for the participants in the room – with collaboration and creativity as core mechanisms for creating inspired learning experiences.

        This guide  is focused on helping you improve as a facilitator through the experience of facilitation itself.

        Low
        1 - 1 hour
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        • Open

          Open is a way of thinking and being,  open is a  willingness to share, not only resources, but processes, ideas, thoughts, ways of thinking and operating. Open means working in spaces and places that are transparent and allow others to see what you are doing and how you are doing it, giving rise to opportunities for people who could help you to connect with you, jump in and offer that help.

          Methods : Open

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          Designing Learning Events

          Designing Learning Events

          Embedding learning opportunities into events is an effective way to help people collaborate through the ideas, technology and opportunity you are presenting.  Meaningful learning experiences are the result of preparation, clear messaging, understanding of how people learn and by embracing learning as a reciprocal experience.

          Low
          0 hour
          Open is an Attitude!

          Open is an Attitude!

          Learn methods for ‘working in the open’ that can supercharge your work, connect you with inspiration and change the world.

          Low
          1 - 1 hour
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          • Communicate

            Growing connection and shared vision for advocacy and purpose through strong personal and community narrative.

            Methods : Communicate

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            Using Powerful Questions

            Using Powerful Questions

            This workshop helps participants explore using powerful questions. Developing this key skill can help open conversations, increase creativity, make better decisions, build stronger teams, and help focus. This workshop will take you through a series of reflections and activities that will help you practice asking powerful questions.

            Medium
            1 - 1 hour
            Giving and Receiving Feedback

            Giving and Receiving Feedback

            This workshop will teach you how to understand effectively give and receive feedback leveraging the Johari Window model.

            Hard
            1 - 1 hour
            Bring the Bling - Creating Awesome Slides!

            Bring the Bling - Creating Awesome Slides!

            Learn how to create beautiful presentations by creating the slides for an ignite deck.

            Participants in this module will will plan an ignite slide deck, 20 slides that auto advance in 20 seconds, in order to practice the visual medium. We will take you from storyboarding your slides, to searching images, and finally to creating the deck.

            Low
            1 - 1 hour
            Storytelling 101

            Storytelling 101

            Stories have a specific shape and we follow people as they overcome problems. When telling stories to mobilize we direct people on to pathways that lead to action. Stories help us build, teach and protect the web. In this session we identify parts of a story. You will then create a space for your organization to tell a story and then craft your story of your goals.

            Low
            1 - 1 hour
            Know Your Audience

            Know Your Audience

            Empathy for your audience allows you to craft messages that empower others. In this task we will take a user centered approach to designing our messages. We will role play and then you develop user personas for your upcoming campaign.

            Low
            1 - 1 hour
            Structuring your Message

            Structuring your Message

            Code, speeches and poems all have particular shapes. They are woven in ways to tell stories. By examining and then using specific text structures you can greatly enhance the impact of your messaging. We will trace the shapes of past campaigns to Protect the web, We will identify patterns we see in the messaging and techniques used by the designers and creators.

            Low
            0 hour
            I Hear You! (Pathway)

            I Hear You! (Pathway)

            This series of course modules will help you develop key skills that build trust, empathy and understanding  – in listening to, and generating feedback from diverse voices.

            Low
            1 - 1 hour
            Presenting Ideas (Pathway)

            Presenting Ideas (Pathway)

            This series of course modules,  will help you visualize, design for and successfully present ideas that engage  listeners.

            Medium
            1 - 4 hours
            Deep Listening

            Deep Listening

            This workshop helps participants explore their  listening talents and tendencies, to emerge with a new sense of what it means to bring others in, by truly hearing them.

            Low
            1 - 2 hours
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