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JUNE 5, 2024

Whether you’re trying to equip your team with the latest fundraising techniques or preparing volunteers to tackle new challenges, the quality of your training materials will impact your organization’s effectiveness. What is Instructional Design? Use digital storytelling techniques. What’s resonating?

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Design Experiment Effective Learning 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. I’ve used these techniques myself and been in many other sessions where facilitators used design-thinking techniques.

Facilitation 102

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). In other words, to what end?

Poll 50

Poll Technique Group Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

Facilitation 134

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students.

Learning 85

Learning Classroom Classes Student 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Then I build out the content and discussion questions. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics.

Social Media 102

Social Media Headline Media Social 102