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. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises. If you doing training, you have to be a little fearless piloting new techniques or you will just do the same old stuff – you’ll get bored and your participants will also be bored.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Mayer’s research is from the 1990s, but the finders were recently validated again in a study from Carl Wieman that college students learn more, attend class at higher rates and are more engaged in their education when teachers take a more interactive approach in the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

The project started by a college student named Shawn whose wants to make the world a better place one small personal action at a time.   In the classroom, I got to hear a lot of theories as to why poverty exists - but that actually made things seem more confusing.    He says it better in his own words: I???

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Feb 21 - 24.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attendees can participate in planting sessions, learn about gardening techniques, and contribute to the maintenance of community gardens. In this image, a group of adults sit in a classroom watching a teacher’s presentation. Neon CRM has a bunch of great features to let nonprofits host classes and sell tickets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Create collaborative, student-authored resources. Here's an example from a class project the New School.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 23, 2016

Institutions of teaching still wholly relied on the skill and effectiveness of the individual standing in front of a chalkboard to impart information to a hopefully wide-eyed audience—no matter if they were first graders learning their multiplication tables or medical students delving into the maze of human anatomy.

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