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. This useful handbook summarizes and explains the brain science of how people learn and provides easy to use frameworks to help you design and deliver training where people learn.

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Train Training Technology Instructional Design 116

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding the foundation of what makes instructional design so effective can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. Allowing an invaluable insight into developing content that may not just be convenient via technology, but possibly even more effective if properly delivered.

eLearning 52

eLearning Guide Classroom Virtual Classroom 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding the foundation of what makes instructional design so effective can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. Allowing an invaluable insight into developing content that may not just be convenient via technology, but possibly even more effective if properly delivered.

eLearning 52

eLearning Guide Classroom Virtual Classroom 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding the foundation of what makes instructional design so effective can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. Allowing an invaluable insight into developing content that may not just be convenient via technology, but possibly even more effective if properly delivered.

eLearning 52

eLearning Guide Classroom Virtual Classroom 52

Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool?

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Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool?

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Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool?

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Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

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.

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Evaluation Train Training Tips 131

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.

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Design Communication Program Build 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. Design Labs.

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Train Training San Jose Instructional Design 50

Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? out of 5 3.Pros

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Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? out of 5 3.Pros

Authoring Tool 52

Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content. If you don’t have or can’t afford an in-house instructional designer or a developer to design and develop the courses you need. So, read on. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? out of 5 3.Pros

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Authoring Tool eLearning Authoring Tools 52

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In this comparison, we’ve reviewed some of the top tools on the market, evaluating them based on ease of use, support for complex content, collaboration features, pricing, and more. Pricing Model The pricing model describes whether a tool offers a subscription, one-time purchase, or custom pricing.

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Authoring Tool eLearning Comparison Authoring 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

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. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

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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Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 88

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. Or even better, completely editable content that is easy to configure without the help of any vendor whatsoever.

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Industry Learning Environment Train 74

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. Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer.

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Train Training Reflection Resource 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Elearning space defines it as: “Use of intelligent data, learner-produced data, and analysis models to discover information and social connections, and to predict and advise on learning.” Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation. Please leave a comment.

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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 97

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling: As we’ve previously pointed out, it’s hard to define what AI is, and if you accept a wide definition of AI then it has been in use in eLearning for a while. We like that idea, and we agree that you need to provide many different pricing models. Peak of Inflated Expectations.

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Hype eLearning Model Badge 60

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. For this exercise, it would have been helpful to have people in each group with some prior real life experience designing an ROI study. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 109

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. Design for Flexibility. Localized Content Delivery. Integrated Content Strategy – Emediat.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

As with all the capacity building projects that I’ve designed, it is based on a framework and theory of change. 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. Training Design.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. In India, I designed the first one to celebrate the local culture: It was called “Bollywood Moment.” People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 10-20 minutes.

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Train Training Audience Activities 104

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. Making New Connections, Reinforcing Old Ones.

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Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts. Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience. It isn’t about content, although that is important.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 104

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. Program Design. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 113

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. I learned about the four keys of fun in game design as well as the role emotion plays in engaging people.

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 3, 2021

Instructional design, curriculum development, and teaching experience is a plus . Experience in the learning & development field; preferably leading training programs end to end from training design, curriculum development, training delivery, feedback and impact management. Trailhead, Partner University) .

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Canada Director Train Training 85

Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. What is course authoring software?

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eLearning Authoring Course Platform 36

Gyrus

MAY 5, 2016

LCMS- Learning Content Management System: A Software providing multi-user environment where authors, trainers, instructional designers, etc. can create, edit, store, reuse, manage, and deliver e-learning content. It helps in determining how online learning content and LMS communicate with each other.

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LCMS API Instructional Design United States 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

I’ve been working program and instructional design, facilitation of peer calls and workshops – in collaboration with the fantastic team at Spitfire. Since not every person in the cohort could travel to Washington, DC, we had virtual participants who joined us via phone and the webinar software.

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Reflection Action Learning Change 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

So, this trip was a gift in terms of getting new ideas for instructional design. When you are a trainer, you are a designer and facilitator of learning experiences. As a participant, you can also learn a lot by observing and reverse engineering the instructional design.

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Leadership Develop Exercise 50

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. Consider setting the minimum donation $25.

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