Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

TechSoup is launching a new micro-volunteering initiative called Donate Your Brain. TechSoup's Donate Your Brain is a way for nonprofits, NGOs, libraries, government agencies and other social mission-based organizations to ask tech-related questions and get quick answers.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Or did you knowingly ignore the instructions?” That has to get translated into instructions for the car to operate. I’m going to make the counterpoint to what I was just saying. There has to be some sort of consumer-facing map that’s showing me things like, here’s how long it will take, here are the roads we’re going to take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” Images are better than words for instructional aids.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. Maybe, but our brains are trained to go with what we know. This is the basic idea behind microcopy. What is microcopy? Click Here." Read More." "I’m I’m Feeling Lucky.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The NextMind controller is a sensor that reads electrical signals from your brain’s visual cortex, and translates those into input signals for a connected PC. I was guided by NextMind’s co-creators, but the app provides clear instructions as well. Image Credits: NextMind. Setup was a breeze.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. . ” So, when you really need to get something done, get away from your computer and your conference room, and go for a long walk. It’s not a luxury. ” Senior Leaders Get on Their Walking Shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. Here’s some step-by-step or eye-by-eye instructions. It works, in part, because your brain doesn’t know the difference between the actual event or the visualization. Alternately, you can imagine yourself doing an activity that energizes you.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. For several years, he struggled in school because his vision was blurry and reading normal size print was grueling. He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. Or speed-geek, which is similar to speed dating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Use Learning Theory.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Giving Codex the right instructions is as much an art as a science. To stop this, Brockman gave the computer an additional instruction: “Constantly check if the person is off the page and put it back on the page if so.” This stopped it from moving out of sight, but I was curious how precise these instructions need to be.

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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. This would require clear instructions on the outcome of the peer coaching and to provide some instructions on the right balance between listening and telling. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

Bloomberg notes this this past February the CPSC received a report that a three-year-old suffered a ”significant brain injury. The Peloton Tread+ is safe for use at home when operated as directed and in accordance with our warnings and safety instructions. We are disappointed that the CPSC is mischaracterizing the situation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Instead of introducing the seatbelt the same way as every other airline safety video, Virgin introduces the standard seatbelt instructions with a twist. The beautiful thing about surprise is it helps make things more interesting and sticky in your brain. It’s like a mental post-it note that tells your brain, remember this.”.

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Ipod Learning Brain Audience 136

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 26, 2010

I should have stopped there and realized what was going on, but no, I clicked on the link and got this: And before my drug-addled brain could stop my fingers, I forgot what I was doing and clicked "Allow." Yes, there's a reason the nurses left me with instructions not to make any major decisions or operate machinery today.

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The Verge

APRIL 17, 2021

Separate from the incident where the child died, the CPSC received a report In February that a three-year-old boy suffered a ”significant brain injury” in an incident with a Tread Plus treadmill. When not in use, unplug the Tread Plus and store the safety key away from the device and out of reach of children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. When the energy drops, people’s brains go to sleep. I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. … Read More

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

A senior manager also instructed researchers to “strike a positive tone” in a paper this summer. Gebru says she was terminated over an email she sent to the Google Brain Women and Allies listserv, an internal group for Google AI research employees. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The news was first reported by Reuters.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It turns a few instructions (yes you do have to type these) into a fully fledged, nice to read email. Which, perhaps, gives an indication of the sorts of email comms you might want to speed-write (with AI) and those you maybe want to dedicated more of your human brain to composing (or at least look like you wrote it all yourself).).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I have a goal for one learning day per month where I will take workshop on instructional topics and share those here. Year in Review. What is your theme for the year?

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

During those 10 seconds while you’re typing in a CAPTCHA, your brain is doing something that computers can’t do, which is amazing,” von Ahn said. Enthusiasm was boiling, and virtual instruction felt like a nascent, but ambitious, place to bet on. About 10% of the world’s population had recognized at least one word, von Ahn estimates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. He talked about a test using a food drive with two sets of instructions, one complicated and one simple. It is the way we’re wired.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Over-explaining or over-instructing your perspective on how it should be done will not only limit your team’s freedom to think abstractly, it will also prevent them from taking any ownership of the project. You’re only human, but being human also means exercising a degree of humility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For patients who do speak English but don’t have much health literacy, a common, standardized visual language could make it easier for them to understand and follow treatment instructions. The rise of telehealth also provides more opportunities for medical staff to supplement their communications with visuals. Jennifer 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. If you know me, sticky notes and marker were also involved. There are many ways to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

By having an AI observe keyboard and mouse commands from people completing “instruction-following” computer tasks, like booking a flight, the scientists were able to show the system how to perform over a hundred tasks with “human-level” accuracy. Transformers made general intelligence tangible for our field.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving. Being active in meetings can bring our brains out of “hibernation mode.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. He talked about a test using a food drive with two sets of instructions, one complicated and one simple. It is the way we’re wired. Make it easy to give.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Harvey was founded by Winston Weinberg, a former securities and antitrust litigator at law firm O’Melveny & Myers, and Gabriel Pereyra, previously a research scientist at DeepMind, Google Brain (another of Google’s AI groups) and Meta AI.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Posted by Jason Wei and Yi Tay, Research Scientists, Google Research, Brain Team In recent years, language models (LMs) have become more prominent in natural language processing (NLP) research and are also becoming increasingly impactful in practice. Scaling up LMs has been shown to improve performance across a range of NLP tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

But according to Bloomberg , a report filed in February with the Consumer Product Safety Commission mentions a second, separate incident with a Tread Plus treadmill where a three-year-old boy suffered a “significant brain injury.”. A child in a second incident had tread marks on his back and other injuries.

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