article thumbnail

Designing Transformative Communications Capacity Building Programs for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Betsey Russell captured the highlights of the content in this blog post, “ Boosting Nonprofit Communication Capacity.”.

article thumbnail

PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. I was humbled to join the illustrious list of faculty members who have talents and wisdom in content areas that I only dance around of the edges of.

Program 78
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

Gyrus

But with new technologies, sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself, is it just being used for the sake of the media itself, or is it actually adding to my blended learning portfolio? Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets.

article thumbnail

Coaching in your Learning and Development Program

Gyrus

Instructional designers have been trying for years to come up with the perfect teachings for organizational entities, with learnings ranging from electronic, social, micro, mobile, instructor-led, and blended. Your great learning program could be even greater with just a little coaching.

Program 63
article thumbnail

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

Campaign 132
article thumbnail

The Future of the LMS

Gyrus

Gone are the ways of sending your employees off to week long boot camps, instead blended learning environments are becoming the norm. Content is king, good content can be the make or break foundation of a great Learning and Development program. E-learnings have transitioned quite well into our daily lives. Microlearning.

article thumbnail

The Concept of Microlearning

Gyrus

Are you yourself as an instructional designer capable of ripping out the fluff and unnecessary components in order to optimize the microlearning? In order to address the need for a microlearning, refer to the following: As referenced throughout this post, one must evaluate the learning needs they wish to address with the microlearning.