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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. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 28, 2018
There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. Opening Exercise. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. Just A Little Content To Get Started . Learning More.
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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 session starts with two quick exercises so we can be comfortable with the concepts. Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide.
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
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance.
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. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.
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