Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning.

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Analytics Google Digital Free 108

.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Without a human operator, just finding the right person to talk with can be an exercise in patience. This is especially helpful when the instructions are complicated. In general, live chat offers greater efficiency and convenience, especially in the age of recorded messaging.

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Las Vegas Conversation Cancer Offline 251

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

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. In some instances, you might need a longer amount of time to do this exercise, but the way this was facilitated with 50 people was highly productive and efficient.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). If participants are working through an exercise or set of discussion questions, create a google document with your prompts and include space for taking notes. Which one you select depends on the activity and group dynamics. Small Group Activities.

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Exercise Reflection Google Consultant 177

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

Think of it like exercise – using social media with intention and purpose daily will get you better results than haphazardly throwing up some content once per week. If you can only post a handful of times per week, make sure that you stick to that schedule. If you are able to post once per day or more on Stories, that’s great!

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Money Raise Donation Ideas 279

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

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. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. I also use them a lot when I doing full-day trainings.

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Exercise Work Personal Tips 107

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. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 139

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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 113

.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

And don’t overlook the power of social events and team-building exercises to cement relationships. The best instruction is probably going to come from the experts who are most familiar with the product, i.e. the vendor. Recreational activities allow groups to practice working together in a fun setting and celebrate accomplishments.

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Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. How does the room set up support or fight your instructional design? Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed many years ago in China.

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Teach Instructional Design Learning Instruction 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 134

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. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.”

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Train Training Technology Instructional Design 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

Activities 107

Activities Active Activism Integration 107

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 session starts with two quick exercises so we can be comfortable with the concepts. Participants would have clickers and would be instructed to click every time they felt some discomfort.

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Design Course Leadership Network 107

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.

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Lecture Classroom Utah Experiment 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. ” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life – including work time.

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Work Brain Exercise Conference 137

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch.

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Train Training Audience Active 104

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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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Whether it’s modifying course content, improving instructional methods, or offering additional support, insights found in learning analytics can lead to changes that improve your learner experience. Example: An IT association discovered that learners consistently faced challenges in one specific module of a coding course.

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Analytics Education Program Impact 169

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. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition.

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Learning Exercise San Francisco Instructional 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Images are better than words for instructional aids. Participants might do an exercise, but the results are on the wall for a debrief. Wall Writing: This an exercise where participants will write specific responses on labeled charts on the wall at designated times. Having participants talk is better than listening.

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Content Learning Brain PPT 133

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I modify instructions or make accommodations for physical disabilities. In any of my instructions for any interactive activities, I always tell people that it isn’t required to move around or stand – do what they comfortable doing and modify. I made this part of the instructions. Just added these to my trainer kit).

Detroit 78

Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

India 103

India NGO Network Exercise 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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.

Learning 85

Learning Classroom Classes Student 85

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor. Being able to read is crucial for life success and independence, and we’re hoping to empower thousands of people to become readers as teenagers and young adults.

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Guatemala Literacy Qatar Open Source 159

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

The session provided strategy theory and a simulation exercise based on creating a digital activism campaign for the Story of Electronics film (that now has Arabic sub-titles ). It was particularly rewarding to see instructional techniques (the social media game ) that I had developed and been using since 2007 used by someone else.

Activities 92

Activities Active Activism Digital 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

As a trainer, sometimes we get into “ruts&# where we use the same exercises and that can make you less passionate about your work. The ways tables and chairs and the screen are placed in the room can work against your instructional style or support it. Here are the instructions. The notes are captured here.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. The exercise was to describe a series of stages that nonprofits go through to get to a data-informed culture. For example, for the above exercise, I had the online audience take an online poll.

Reflection 95

Reflection Data Slides Exercise 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

This past week, I had the opportunity to work some amazing trainers and NGOs in that country to share and adapt instructional techniques and information about using social media as part of an integrated strategy. One of the most important exercises I do is a “Fishbowl” where participants go through the process of generating ideas for (..)

Calendar 120

Calendar Tunisia Content Strategy 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need.

Reflection 98

Reflection Train Training Design 98

Candid

JUNE 26, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions, real-life examples, and templates to help you master the art of writing successful grant proposals. Hone existing skills and ensure that you’re equipped with the latest methods to achieve your fundraising goals with these recent titles.

eBook 104

eBook Skills Free Build 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This type of active exercise gets people moving, serves as an icebreaker, and also is an efficient way for the group to share a lot of useful practical learnings. We did a “Fish Bowl” exercise where several volunteers brainstormed an editorial calendar for the month of September, while the rest of the group observed.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

We began the session by filing out of the conference room to the parking lot outside for an interactive exercise called " The Dance Floor and the Balcony." The instructions for the exercise are: Get in a circle. Repeat the exercise, this time with the goal of moving one person to the opposite side of the room.

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Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. I have a goal for one learning day per month where I will take workshop on instructional topics and share those here.

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Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

My instructional needs were simple: Question/Answer back channel where participants in the room or faraway could post questions. In Hartford, I had challenge of a large number of participants, a “master class” type set up, and but a room and time constraints that limited the amount of full group interactive exercises. Flash polls.

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Interaction Audience Poll Tools 82