Author name: Darin Eich

Darin Eich is the author of Innovation Step-by-Step and Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs and has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Darin is also the president and co-founder of InnovationLearning.org and BrainReactions. Darin gives keynote speeches, offers innovative workshops and online programs, and can help your institution facilitate, create, and develop innovation & leadership development experiences. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Project Based Learning to Innovate

I’ve recently had two of the most powerful learning experiences of my professional career. Both experiences involved projects in which I accepted a new challenge. One, I found and interviewed 107 innovative leaders at a wide variety of organizations to learn how they were learning and doing innovation. Two, based on things I learned while …

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Innovate how you Present & Facilitate

I wrote a version of this article for Facilitator U to share my “innovative facilitator” journey story. Inspired by this, I’m offering an innovative facilitator coaching program to help you innovate how you facilitate, present, and lead others through the innovation process. Innovate how you Facilitate Have you heard the anecdote about planting a tree? They say the best time to plant a …

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Leadership Books for College Students, Courses, and Programs in Higher Education

Books for Leadership Development Programs Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs is designed to help you develop a high quality leadership program or course for college students. It shares a number of different program types and activities that have positively impacted student learning and leadership development. It is a source …

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Storytelling Workshop: Techinques, Models, Tools & Resources

Storytelling Workshop Models, Tools, & Storytelling Techniques My friend Phil invited me to design a storytelling workshop for a Nonprofit conference in Madison. While we were designing it, it caused me to think about those storytelling techniques, models and resources (like CAR, SUCCES & the Hero’s Journey) that had been most helpful for me. Plus, …

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Solar Freakin’ Roadways: Communicating and Applying a New Technology

The “solar freakin’ roadways” video is making it’s way around social media. The video has over 6 million views. People are excited about the idea. What I like best about the video is that they do a good job of communicating a new technology. They have generated a number of ideas for applications of this new …

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