Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. 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.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

By understanding the various types of eLearning formats and their unique features, you can gain valuable insights into how to effectively deliver educational content and engage learners. Additionally, digital delivery makes eLearning cost-effective, as online training content is more affordable compared to traditional printed materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

By understanding the various types of eLearning formats and their unique features, you can gain valuable insights into how to effectively deliver educational content and engage learners. Additionally, digital delivery makes eLearning cost-effective, as online training content is more affordable compared to traditional printed materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

By understanding the various types of eLearning formats and their unique features, you can gain valuable insights into how to effectively deliver educational content and engage learners. Additionally, digital delivery makes eLearning cost-effective, as online training content is more affordable compared to traditional printed materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. Formative Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Instructional Design. Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers. Why Extreme Content Delivery Does Not Equal Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. ” So, I like to share a few of my favorites that I have inspired me in my instructional/training practice. The Accelerated Learning Handbook. By Dave Meier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. 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. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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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. The first 90-minute webinar to introduced the content. 2.) Exercise Task: Having the ability to break into small groups, provides an opportunity to use Peer Assist or After Action Review models. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training , using the “ADDIE” model as an organizing device. It is really hard to maintain a balance of interaction and content delivery when you have 90 minutes and four people with subject-matter expertise. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer.

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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. There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

So, you have decided you need a tool for collaboration or content management. Below I discuss some adoption strategies that you should consider if you plan to launch a collaborative platform or content management system. Hire a Community/Content Manager! Every collaboration or content management site needs one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

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. This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. .

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Not too long ago, all the rage in our industry was shifting focus to the disruptive business model. Whenever there is a long-standing construct, it seems that someone comes out of nowhere and flips the model on its head. Imagine a comprehensive approach to facilitating once a day training within a short time window.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

The framework is a social media maturity of practice model called “Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” Maturity of Social Media and is featured in my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Social media content mirrors other channels. Assessment Framework and Theory of Change. Communications have more impact. Solicit and share stories.

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Gyrus

JUNE 18, 2023

These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation. Here are some key reasons why it is important: Enhanced Learning Experience The right online learning platform can offer features such as multimedia content, interactive assessments, etc., which enhance the learning experience.

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Gyrus

JUNE 18, 2023

These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation. Here are some key reasons why it is important: Enhanced Learning Experience The right online learning platform can offer features such as multimedia content, interactive assessments, etc., which enhance the learning experience.

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Gyrus

JUNE 18, 2023

These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation. Here are some key reasons why it is important: Enhanced Learning Experience The right online learning platform can offer features such as multimedia content, interactive assessments, etc., which enhance the learning experience.

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Gyrus

JUNE 18, 2023

These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation. Here are some key reasons why it is important: Enhanced Learning Experience The right online learning platform can offer features such as multimedia content, interactive assessments, etc., which enhance the learning experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

I conduct a survey that collects information that I can analyze against a maturity of practice model I’ve created called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.&#. So, I was able to get folks to self-assess where they were on the on the model and then group themselves in the room. I play a little PowerPoint Karoke.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Khan Academy, the free, nonprofit online source for educational instructional videos, is a young powerhouse in the online learning space. Salman Khan's videos give people access to good instructional content on standard (and often confusing or poorly taught) educational topics. But there are other content models we can explore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. I modeled that I don't know everything. My next task is to begin to integrate this thinking into the game as well as the overall instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. Modeling the norm.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). The content and quality of the songs shared varies widely. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Access Control: Robust user authentication and access controls are crucial to safeguard sensitive information, course content, and user accounts to ensure that only authorized individuals can access the LMS and its resources. Automatically prompts learners to re-certify upon certificate expiry by triggering refresher courses or assessments.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Access Control: Robust user authentication and access controls are crucial to safeguard sensitive information, course content, and user accounts to ensure that only authorized individuals can access the LMS and its resources. Automatically prompts learners to re-certify upon certificate expiry by triggering refresher courses or assessments.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Access Control: Robust user authentication and access controls are crucial to safeguard sensitive information, course content, and user accounts to ensure that only authorized individuals can access the LMS and its resources. Automatically prompts learners to re-certify upon certificate expiry by triggering refresher courses or assessments.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Consider recording the content so that supporters can watch it again in the future. Pledge drive. Geocaching. Casino night.

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