Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. But it isn’t impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. The next step is to facilitate a discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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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 who is the room at the beginning (demographics, experience, attitudes, knowledge about the topic) – a quick and dirty participant assessment.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Here’s what they need to do for that: Identifying Key Metrics for Assessing Video-Based Learning Effectiveness Techniques for Collecting and Analyzing Learner Feedback Create post-training questionnaires to ask participants about their overall impressions of the video-based learning modules.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Here’s what they need to do for that: Identifying Key Metrics for Assessing Video-Based Learning Effectiveness Techniques for Collecting and Analyzing Learner Feedback Create post-training questionnaires to ask participants about their overall impressions of the video-based learning modules.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Here’s what they need to do for that: Identifying Key Metrics for Assessing Video-Based Learning Effectiveness Techniques for Collecting and Analyzing Learner Feedback Create post-training questionnaires to ask participants about their overall impressions of the video-based learning modules.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Worse yet, the facilitator is boring, the content is useless, board members are texting, and the food is stale! The best facilitators will address these issues in a sensitive, thoughtful, and helpful manner so the board can snip the ropes that tie these touchy anchors. If you’re in the process of planning a retreat, don’t settle!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. Above all, silence facilitates clear and creative thinking and quiets negative thoughts. This technique is simple. Here’s some step-by-step or eye-by-eye instructions.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. Use Learning Theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. A simple technique is to put 2 or 3 people in a room and have share name, organization, and an icebreaker question. Small Group Activities. What is a challenge?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 25, 2024

Treatment: The healthcare system prescribes treatment and follow-up instructions. Post-visit behavioral and lifestyle adjustment: The patient follows treatment instructions and makes lifestyle adjustments to facilitate healing and well-being. Care: The patient is assessed by the medical faculty. Respond to negative feedback.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We asked participants to do a “think and write” and jot down one idea that resonated before facilitating a grand synthesis of what we learned about designing more impactful capacity building programs for grantees. You can read my guest post over the Communications Network Blog that summarizes these insights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. Modern-day LMS excel in facilitating this process.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. Modern-day LMS excel in facilitating this process.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

But to do this effectively, businesses need to leverage the power of Learning Management Systems (LMS) that have the capacity to manage content and instructional design – and help in carving out personalized learning paths for the learners. Modern-day LMS excel in facilitating this process.

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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. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These platforms provide extensive features that facilitate seamless management and delivery of content, ensuring that organizations can stay competitive. These numerous aspects exemplify why we need Learning Management Systems to facilitate the continuous learning process.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These platforms provide extensive features that facilitate seamless management and delivery of content, ensuring that organizations can stay competitive. These numerous aspects exemplify why we need Learning Management Systems to facilitate the continuous learning process.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These platforms provide extensive features that facilitate seamless management and delivery of content, ensuring that organizations can stay competitive. These numerous aspects exemplify why we need Learning Management Systems to facilitate the continuous learning process.

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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.

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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. While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Learning is not just about instruction, but it’s about the flow. Artificial Intelligence is one of the innovative techniques that customize the learner’s experience. With the cooperation of an online employee training system, this technology can be very well served in the corporate sector.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Learning is not just about instruction, but it’s about the flow. Artificial Intelligence is one of the innovative techniques that customize the learner’s experience. With the cooperation of an online employee training system, this technology can be very well served in the corporate sector.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Learning is not just about instruction, but it’s about the flow. Artificial Intelligence is one of the innovative techniques that customize the learner’s experience. With the cooperation of an online employee training system, this technology can be very well served in the corporate sector.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

The training primarily focuses on developing the individual’s communication skills, active listening techniques and adapting the communication styles according to different situations. Organizations must invest in good learning management systems (LMS) to facilitate effective communication training.

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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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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Today, we will explore how to train the sales team and the revenue-boosting techniques for the same. Design and Develop Training Modules Create training modules that address specific sales techniques, product knowledge, customer interaction, objection handling, and other relevant topics.

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