Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I don’t set goals, but use the themes to guide the type of work I will take on, what I want to write about on my blog as well as my professional reading and professional development. In order to accomplish as much as possible, I have lived many of the ideas around self-care that in our book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit.

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

They communicate more effectively, stimulate new ideas, and apply what they hear to improve their team’s productivity and results. Don’t Put People on the Defensive : Instead of “Did you make your sales goal?” Inspire new ideas : “Can that be done in any other way?”. Reflective Listening Techniques.

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Skills Build Technique Language 50

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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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

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. You can find out more and register here.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Monica Wahengbam.

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India NGO Network Exercise 103

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JUNE 28, 2016

They enjoy sharing their ideas and perspectives openly with others. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

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Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Therefore, the learning goals be more aligned with the base of Bloom's Taxonomy - more about exposure, understanding, and knowledge. I'm always overly critical about instructional delivery, and rely on evaluations to help hone and refine it. We had a lot of content to cover in two days.

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Reflection Wiki Instruction Instructional 56

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. Because of limited time, I did not cover these ideas as a full group, although the basic information was on the printed materials and the cards.

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Social Media Reflection Learning Social 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2013

For the last five years, I have been using Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words ” to identify three words that help you visualize your goals for the year. Last year, I read 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman who blogs at at the HBR. I love Bregman’s idea.

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Tunisia Instructional Design Technique Literacy 98

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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. Or you can borrow some ideas from Hollywood.

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Fund Campaign Practice Giving 132

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.

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Leadership Develop Exercise 50