Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Now that could be hard reading, but Sharon Bowman’s “ Using Brain Science To Make Science Stick ” has been a terrific resource.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. Photo: Americans for the Arts. Movement is better than sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. Large: Over 50 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises. While there is no one right way to use the technique, what would customarily be defined as homework (problem sets, essay writing, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. Some may think that tweeting during a workshop may take away from learning or paying attention.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

And I’ll be sending out the recording, as well as the slides later on today. You should actually already have the slides. Steven: bring up those beautiful slides. Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. We pay attention to our mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

UPDATE: The presentation slides and wikispace is here. " Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money. Here's a brain dump of some key points. Engagement= Interaction + Attention. Flickr Photo by whatchamakallit. What do they click on?

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