Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Pay close attention to interactions with other people. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. Don’t Put People on the Defensive : Instead of “Did you make your sales goal?” Reflective Listening Techniques.

Skills 50

Skills Build Technique Language 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. 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. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Social Media Reflection Learning Social 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. Writing a book required a much deeper level of focus and paying attention. I’ve been immersed in writing about measurement and testing instructional frameworks this year.

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Reflection Technique Journal Teach 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings. Reflection and Takeaways.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

Instructional Design 50

Instructional Design San Antonio Facilitation North Carolina 50

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The best coaches achieve success with great game-plans, proper attention and research into proven methodologies, and an appreciation to their competitors and what their efforts for improvement may be. Be sure not to stop there, coaching involves so much more than instruction towards a positive outcome. Reinforcement.

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Develop Program Learning Comparison 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. And they worked! I wanted to capture a couple of reflections on the process as well as content learnings by way of this post. . Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities.

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

When an idea or concept makes me want to scuplt it out of mash potatoes , I pay attention. He talks about the powerful combination of social media and peer learning. His post reflects on his years of “learning in action” on his instructional practice of peer-to-peer, global learning via social web.

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Network Learning Organization Lecture 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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India NGO Network Exercise 103

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. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well.

Training 50

Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Advocates get more attention from policymakers. intense days of meetings. The design incorporate many interactive learning techniques to ensure that participants were actively learning and sharing, and not falling asleep! Amplify peers’ efforts. Communications have more impact. Social media content mirrors other channels.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Many of my presentations are training, so it is also thinking through the instructional delivery. When I asked her what did you think would be most useful, she urged me to "open source my creative process." I thought it would be a great oppotunity to reflect on process and help others. I adopted the word archiloquy.

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PowerPoint Script Flash Storytelling 56

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Storytelling techniques Craft these stories with care, using narrative techniques that engage the emotions of your readers. Follow the instructions in this blog to position your donors as the heroes of this story and inspire action! An engaging, well-designed report can capture attention and make your content more memorable.

Report 96

Report Tools Storytelling Fundraising 96

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. It means seeking out people in their "natural habitat" of the social Web and paying attention to what they are blogging, writing, and saying about your institution. What does it mean to listen to the groundswell?

Museum 20

Museum Teen Second Life Discussion 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Fund Campaign Practice Giving 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. One key idea in the infographic is the fractured nature of the modern attention span. So, how can you design those face-to-face experiences so they are more micro?

Professional 50

Professional Design Develop Exercise 50