Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

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. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

You can find the presentation here and accompanying blog post, How To Think Like A Nonprofit Instructional Designer. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. The following are eight eye-opening tips; see if they sound familiar.

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sgEngage

MAY 24, 2021

Listen in to today’s episode to hear Melissa Rancour, principal instructional designer for Blackbaud University, talk about what social good organizations can do to get others invested and talking about their cause, the effect this has on donor retention, and how it can reduce donor remorse.

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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. Program Design. organizational change, and technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. I know in my own practice have made a conscious effort to go into any workshop with a goal practicing these. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I came across the term “Learning Analytics” in an NPR story about the effectiveness of college lectures and ways to make learning more interactive. There are different definitions. The outcome for this webinar was: To leave the webinar ready to take one small step towards improving social media measurement practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Later, as I developed workshops and content for strategic technology planning , I became obsessed with learning about technology professional development for nonprofits and designing effective trainings. For almost six years, she has been integrating social media tools and tricks into her instructional practice.

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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. The project supports a cohort of children’s health care insurance advocates with monthly peer calls, a face-to-face annual workshop, and expert one-on-one coaching from SpitFire coaches.

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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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

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. Lately, I've had the experience of running the game as a 3-hour workshop as part of a second day of peer learning workshops on Network Effectiveness. Adapting the Game from A Communications Lens to A Program Lens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee noted that if you read all the comments, there was tons of discussion about lots of issues around this – from corporate employee practices, privacy, religion, minimum wage policies, spiritual beliefs and practices, vigilantism, corporate social media policies and the list goes on. An effective digital team.

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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.

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sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2022

If you want to create an effective course (rather than a major headache for everyone involved), you’ll want to assemble this team wisely. . If you can spice it up with statistics around why e-learning is effective, you’ll be off to a great start! . Assembling Your E-Learning Team . Key Stakeholders .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. The curriculum is based on the workshops I've been leading for the past five years and includes the Social Media Game , Strategy Principles , Experimentation , and the practical and tactical. .

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

One of the largest problems with learning content in our industry is ensuring its effectiveness, as well as appropriately catering it to the needs of individual organizations. Practice makes perfect. How do we further the reach of our learnings?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. This practice minimizes the risk of unforeseen challenges impacting the entire organization.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. This practice minimizes the risk of unforeseen challenges impacting the entire organization.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. This practice minimizes the risk of unforeseen challenges impacting the entire organization.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

It’s also easier to collect and manage data on the effectiveness of digital training. Now that we’ve discussed the benefits of technology in nonprofit training, let’s get into the nitty-gritty of what this looks like in practice. So, let’s focus on how to create effective e-learning courses to train your team. .

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

College courses have been developed in practical application and people in the space, in general, are buzzing with all the possible innovations they can come up with, constantly looking around the corner at what their next possible media for delivery could be and how that will affect the learner. But, where can they go from here?

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. More and more instructional designers and content providers are specializing in this medium and as the technology around them gets better Mobile Learning itself will continue to improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. How To Become A Virtuoso Listener: Practice, Practice, Practice. 3: Don’t judge the other person.

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

” Companies have been trying to figure out ways to use augmented reality for years, typically its most effective application has been allowing people to see where storefronts are located from a user’s frame of reference. Lending to even further advancements in mLearnings engagement and potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I wonder whether face-to-face workshop delivery is the best approach for ultimately helping people put a social media strategy into practice. The learning objectives were: make decisions about how to effectively integrate social media into organization's overall web communications plan. We had a lot of content to cover in two days.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

A Complete Guide on eLearning GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - There is no denying how effective and convenient eLearning is in this digital era, especially in these unprecedented difficult times. A successful eLearning roadmap includes certain effective strategies and a clear goal. What is eLearning?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

A Complete Guide on eLearning GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - There is no denying how effective and convenient eLearning is in this digital era, especially in these unprecedented difficult times. A successful eLearning roadmap includes certain effective strategies and a clear goal. What is eLearning?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

A Complete Guide on eLearning Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems There is no denying how effective and convenient eLearning is in this digital era, especially in these unprecedented difficult times. A successful eLearning roadmap includes certain effective strategies and a clear goal.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

What eLearning assessment best practices can strengthen your courses? Then, we’ll wrap up with a few best practices to take your assessments to the next level. Because scenarios are immersive, learners can practice the application of skills in a no-consequence environment. What are the different types of online assessment?

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

From investing in upgraded LMS technology to creating a learning business plan to instructional design, each task involves a specific skill set that the average association professional may not have. However, creating a formal learning business within your organization is a whole new ballgame. Choose an industry-specific consultant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts.

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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. It requires consistent effort, creative instructional design, and regular communication.

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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. It requires consistent effort, creative instructional design, and regular communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan. But helping people practice making choices with social media helps to ground all the new opportunities in what we already know and understand. (Reflections coming soon!) His reflections below. It's been in my head.

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