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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Route 66 Route 66, our online platform for teaching reading, has officially launched thanks to support from the Peery Foundation. with the tools to teach reading to adolescent and adult beginning readers, such as those with developmental disabilities. Route 66 is software that provides teachers (and non-teachers!)

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Tableau

OCTOBER 22, 2024

2023-2024 HBCU Fulbright Award Institutions visualized by Mary Dunaway We spoke to Dr. Dunaway about her impressive career journey, the growing importance of data in today’s society, and how she uses Tableau to teach data skills to students and educators. So analytics is everywhere and it’s also my passion.

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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. 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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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. How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? This is always enlightening.

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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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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 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. The next exercise was about practicing awareness and openness.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Tableau Academic Programs Instructional Designer. Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all. Students will learn how to critically analyze data through theoretical and practical exercises. Sue Kraemer. Kristin Adderson. January 8, 2021 - 3:49pm.

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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 ). Both language and what you’re teaching. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition. There was a lot of snapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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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. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Tunisia Facilitation Foundation Technique 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If you are a trainer, you are working with the human brain every day and you need to know as much as possible about how humans learn and how to teach a topic well. Images are better than words for instructional aids. Participants might do an exercise, but the results are on the wall for a debrief. Incorporating Movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. I modify instructions or make accommodations for physical disabilities. The workshop had seating in a U-shape, so people did not have a desk to write on and I had some worksheet exercises for people to do.

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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. Honor the more advanced participants and make them teaching assistants.

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Social Media Media Social Technique 94

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Any idea why? Mark : It depends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

To be successful in either teaching or learning, you have to slow down. I’ve been immersed in writing about measurement and testing instructional frameworks this year. I’m also interested in content curation and have been practicing it and teaching it, but want to take that to the next level.

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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. 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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Candid

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s critical you read, re-read, and follow the instructions. For example, an activity is running a series of workshops to teach high school students in your district how to do workouts at home. An output is hosting six exercise workshops for 300 students. Double and triple check your math to be safe.

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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. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching. One of my favorites was this terrific warm up from John Kenyon to help you when you are about to present. Interactive Training Engages.

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Train Training Reflection Resource 101

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Using Vivi, tutors can display their teaching material including videos and exercises to students, who then have the ability to annotate the content with their own notes on their own devices.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

There you can quickly uplevel your skills with free training modules (or Trails) and guided learning paths (Trailmixes) on countless topics, with hands-on exercises, step-by-step instructions, and support from the global Trailblazer community.

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Literacy Skills Data Build 105

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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Social Media Reflection Social Media 95

Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

There you can quickly uplevel your skills with free training modules (or Trails) and guided learning paths (Trailmixes) on countless topics, with hands-on exercises, step-by-step instructions, and support from the global Trailblazer community.

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Literacy Skills Data Build 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. That was the reason for the eating chocolate exercise I did in PoST class on Monday. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. Setting the Right Dollar Goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2008

I'm prepping for my " Take Me to the Social Web " workshop that I'll be teaching in Australia. Explain exercise goals and that we'll be posting some of our burning questions throughout the day to Twitter and checking in for answers as the workshop unfolds. Give instructions to participants to do the exercise.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap. Interactive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Movement can really help.

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Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Nonetheless, there is a nonprofit perspective and my instructional materials and experience speak to that audience. We did mostly full room discussion, but I broke it up with some moving around exercises. Here's the full room exercises. (1) So, I changed delivery tactics and it worked! She shared some really useful resources.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Any idea why? Mark : It depends.

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New York Mind Teach Training 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Ten or eleven years ago, when I was learning HTML and Web site creation (in the very early days) and teaching arts organizations, I always started with an exercise called " Critical Browsing." Instructional. There is a link to the download and the written instructions. There are call-outs to highlight features.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Tableau Academic Programs Instructional Designer. Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all. Students will learn how to critically analyze data through theoretical and practical exercises. Sue Kraemer. Kristin Adderson. January 8, 2021 - 3:49pm.

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Literacy Data Education eLearning 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

I observed Mam Sari, our head English teacher (and computer geek) teach a Google search lesson and captured video above. It's slow, but he is able to teach a lesson to the students about how to find supplementary materials for their school assignments. We participated in a small group role play exercise.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

They inform decisions around instructional needs, curriculum efficacy, teaching methodologies, learning potential, course progression, and more. Favorably, we have a host of assessment techniques to evaluate the learner and the course instruction. Why Are Assessments in eLearning Important? What Is Formative Assessment?

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

They inform decisions around instructional needs, curriculum efficacy, teaching methodologies, learning potential, course progression, and more. Favorably, we have a host of assessment techniques to evaluate the learner and the course instruction. Why Are Assessments in eLearning Important? What Is Formative Assessment?

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eLearning Roles Student Instructional 52