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. I’ve used these techniques myself and been in many other sessions where facilitators used design-thinking techniques.

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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.

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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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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. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. Movement can also incorporate what you’re training on.

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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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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Tableau Academic Programs Instructional Designer. Students will learn how to critically analyze data through theoretical and practical exercises. If you’re an instructor at an accredited institution, you can request a free Tableau for Teaching license for instructional use or noncommercial academic research. Sue Kraemer.

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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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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.

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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. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

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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. The report out was a competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. I’ve done this for many projects and it is a difficult design task when you are doing it as the sole trainer. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. The Art of Good Openings and Closings.

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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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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. Recently, Jennifer Ahern Lammer who is the program director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Management , shared several good design points developed by Peter York from TCG and how she applies it.

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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.

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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. Exercise #1: Herding Sheep.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

One exercise she had us do was to swamp our phones with the person next to us and asked us how we felt to demonstrate the emotional connection we have with our mobile phones. Instructional Design Notes. I facilitated a session in the afternoon which was designed for peer interaction given the topic. Being Data Informed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The mini-session included some practical tips and a reflective exercise based on the emerging nonprofit leaders peer learning project I facilitated last year. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. These touches will only increase the drive to accomplish the entirety of the learning exercise, as well as aid in. Interactive.

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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. What metrics will you use to measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the facilitator understand how people are feeling half-way through the session so real-time tweaks to design can be made. Incorporating Movement Into Icebreakers and Small Group Exercises.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Tableau Academic Programs Instructional Designer. Students will learn how to critically analyze data through theoretical and practical exercises. If you’re an instructor at an accredited institution, you can request a free Tableau for Teaching license for instructional use or noncommercial academic research. Sue Kraemer.

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Literacy Data Education eLearning 52

Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught. Exhibiting themselves as simply as short videos explaining a single rudimentary function, to enthralling multimedia expressions of complex business theory exercises. E-learnings have transitioned quite well into our daily lives.

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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. Established Context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. Which brain do you think is more open to learning, retaining, and applying the content during a training?

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

This could be applicable to topics that do not need the granularity of a full course, or can be used as a supplement to learning exercises throughout a student’s learning within an organization. The concept of Microlearning is not that new. Is it something that lacks the complexity to warrant an entire eLearning?

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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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JULY 8, 2021

These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. eLearning assessments should only be used when there is a clear instructional imperative — so, only when they’re required for completion of the course or generally helpful for either of the two parties listed above.

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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 used the social media game as a peer assist exercise for the first time. Growing My Instructional Chops. Stay tuned for that!

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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. Interactive Exercises.

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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. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises. Geoff Livingston did a great live blog post on the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2005

My colleague, Cheryl Hanback, is working on a project for her masters degree in instructional design. I made people stand and stretch in the computer lab - go through a series of exercises that my hand therapist taught me. I introduced them to basic ergonomics and resources like: [link].

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