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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania. Then the brain, ever on a quest for both equilibrium and efficiency, noted the response’s effectiveness and will turn to it again the next time stress hits.

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Reflections on Micro Interview Experience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your brain can't go on automatic pilot for mundane tasks because it has had to rewire neurons. It's like trying to get back into physical shape after you haven't been exercising for a while. . Jay Baer is a blogger and social media consultant who has been doing Twitter 20 interview series with social media.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Reflections: Center for Health Leadership Social Media Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. Which brain do you think is more open to learning, retaining, and applying the content during a training?

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Medium: Up to 50 people. The connection between participants is less intimate.

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NTC Reflections: The Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. Here's an interview with did with Holly Ross prior to the session. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other.

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