Channel, Instructional Design, Practice and Social Media

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Train

The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. How can we turn our fans that we engage with on social media into financial supporters of our organization? The common tip?

Social Media

Social Media Headline Media Social

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. I had to look up the Clark Griswald reference ( National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ), but you might be scratching your head wondering what the heck is a back channel?

Channel

Channel Instructional Instruction Instructional Design

Webinars

From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

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Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

An effective strategy to utilize the potential of virtual learning is to create a strong sense of community within online classrooms — using the virtual environment as a means to reinforce community practices. Clear communication channels ensure that students feel supported and know where to turn when they have questions or concerns.

Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom Classroom Virtual Community

Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

An effective strategy to utilize the potential of virtual learning is to create a strong sense of community within online classrooms — using the virtual environment as a means to reinforce community practices. Clear communication channels ensure that students feel supported and know where to turn when they have questions or concerns.

Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom Classroom Virtual Community

Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It was almost five years ago to the day, that I did a webinar for NTEN on the topic and have been integrating social media into teaching and learning experiences ever since. How to think like a social instructional designer.

Social Media

Social Media Share Media Free

ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

Social Media

Social Media Reflection Learning Social

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Written social media policy.

Network

Network Build Learning Strategy

Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. But learning from adjacent practices can also be quite rich. There are many ways to do it.

Learning

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instructional

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. 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. Program Design.

Pakistan

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise

The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. 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. Program Design.

India

India NGO Network Exercise

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

Morocco

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Three Ways to Think About Content. Think Beyond Presenters.

Facilitation

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design

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

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. 534 is the average total amount raised by an individual.

Fund

Fund Campaign Practice Giving

Guest Post by Gordon Mayer: Playing Learning Games to Spread Nonprofit Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

on a gray day with drinks just 30 minutes away, philanthropic communicators enjoyed the social media game (photo by Thom Clark). Tech in Maine where I did the beta version of the social media strategy game for Pop!Tech One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan.

Social Media

Social Media Game Media Los Angeles

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children.

Reflection

Reflection Action Learning Change

Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

THE CHALLENGE Carnegie Museum of Art director Lynn Zelevansky challenged us to find a way to overcome a major practical problem with our Forum Gallery space: how to get visitors to enter a gallery that is often obscured by a large wall that blocks the light from the large lobby windows nearby.

Museum

Museum Arts Problem Design

Nonprofit Technology

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Webinars

Trending Sources

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Webinars

Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

The Networked NGO in India

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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

Guest Post by Gordon Mayer: Playing Learning Games to Spread Nonprofit Social Media

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

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