Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

John Kenyon and I wrote guest posts on the NTEN blog that will give you a flavor of what the session is about. I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

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. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Group Polling Techniques and Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting. Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Use Learning Theory. Documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

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. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings. Opening Exercise.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up. Gyrus Reporting & Analytics dashboards give you actionable data, foundational improvements, and future advancements based on input and evaluation. Learning and Development KPIs FAQs: 1. How Do You Choose the Best Training KPIs?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up. Gyrus Reporting & Analytics dashboards give you actionable data, foundational improvements, and future advancements based on input and evaluation. Learning and Development KPIs FAQs: 1. How Do You Choose the Best Training KPIs?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up. Gyrus Reporting & Analytics dashboards give you actionable data, foundational improvements, and future advancements based on input and evaluation. How Do You Choose the Best Training KPIs? These criteria, however, are insufficient.

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. Do you have a preferred method?

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Also, do not be afraid to give your employees some supervised free-reign; let them try new ways to approach reoccurring problems with alternative methods and comprehension. In short, continuous learning is one of the most important commitments your organization can make, and there are many methods to implement a quality program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

In 2016, I completed my work as facilitator for a learning network of community foundations who are hosting Giving Days, funded by the Knight Foundation. It is also a pivotal year for many community foundations as they consider whether to ramp up or wind down giving day initiatives in their communities. My Three Themes: .

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How do we deal with different payment methods? How do we respond to common objectives such as a lack of interest, recent issues with the organization, or other giving priorities? Yet, it’s early enough that you reduce the risk of waking anyone up (tip: cranky donors rarely give donations). Gift confirmation: Success!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. I have been writing books and giving seminars and trainings for decades, and over that time I have seen first-hand how transformational these simple tools can be.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. I have been writing books and giving seminars and trainings for decades, and over that time I have seen first-hand how transformational these simple tools can be.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Our plan is twofold: We’re working on relocating existing plant colonies, and we’ve accelerated our research into propagation methods that will shore up declining numbers of plants. With email segmentation, you can adapt your appeal based on how much they’re likely to give. You can help! You can help! Here are some tips.

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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.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Training should inform your donors of the goals of your organization and provide instructions about the task that each volunteer is going to complete. Show them proper techniques for each job and inform them about what they can expect during their time volunteering. Make your volunteer positions accessible for your supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. It was delivered in two sessions.

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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. That’s part of the reason why I developed the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” framework because it gives participants practical, but strategic small steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

I don’t know for sure, but I can show you how to answer that question for yourself using the good ol’ scientific method and Google Analytics. Yes, the same technique that ultimately brought us things like space shuttles and smartphones can help you increase your online donation rates (no beakers or Bunsen burners required).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten. instructional video. both electronic and print.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Give your remote participants a seat at the table. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Consider what tools and techniques, digital or otherwise, can be used to maximize their interaction with the in-room attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. How do you create good instructional media in a reasonable amount of time and do a good enough job that helps people learn something by viewing it? and follow the instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Peter writes about Casey’s work in Little Bets as a Colonel in the US Military and as head of instruction at West Point Academy. ” They have a specific method for this: The Rules. One method they use is the “ Joyful Funeral.” Global Giving’s Honest Loser Award. Nobody is forced to present.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Give to communities and encourage idea sharing. Step 1: Find People.

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