Discussion Instructional Participatory People 
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 25, 2017
Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. I typically draw a vertical line down my notebook page, and label each column “Content” and “Instructional Process” to capture both types of notes. Here’s what I learned.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 28, 2018
There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. A more participatory approach, and one that Allen Gunn uses, is to crowdsource provocative questions from participants. A more participatory approach, and one that Allen Gunn uses, is to crowdsource provocative questions from participants. We chose the latter.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. However, when I have participants that also include physically disabled people who are wheel-chair users, have limited mobility, or blind, I make accommodations to be inclusive and, especially avoid being ableist.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes peer learning.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. There are usually two aspects of this.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2014
The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. The design challenge was: How do we come up with concrete tools, frameworks and methods for helping people better understand and adopt network systems leadership? It was followed by this: 4.
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