Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” I’ve done this for many projects and it is a difficult design task when you are doing it as the sole trainer. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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