Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. The physical space where you deliver your training is just one piece of the instructional design puzzle.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

If we gave you a list of instructions with the following information—and only the following information—what would you do? The point is that providing information and instruction isn’t very helpful to learners if you don’t provide specific examples to back it up. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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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. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Results The result-oriented training method considers the impact of behavioral changes brought about by training programs on employees’ performance. This model was initially modeled or based on the Kirk Patrick model and can evaluate training programs by calculating their financial impact on an organization’s bottom line.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Results The result-oriented training method considers the impact of behavioral changes brought about by training programs on employees’ performance. This model was initially modeled or based on the Kirk Patrick model and can evaluate training programs by calculating their financial impact on an organization’s bottom line.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Results The result-oriented training method considers the impact of behavioral changes brought about by training programs on employees’ performance. This model was initially modeled or based on the Kirk Patrick model and can evaluate training programs by calculating their financial impact on an organization’s bottom line.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Everyone knows it has a powerful impact on both organizations and learners. But, have you ever thought about what exactly eLearning is and what makes it so impactful? eLearning has benefited both the employers and the employees.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Everyone knows it has a powerful impact on both organizations and learners. But, have you ever thought about what exactly eLearning is and what makes it so impactful? eLearning has benefited both the employers and the employees.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Everyone knows it has a powerful impact on both organizations and learners. But, have you ever thought about what exactly eLearning is and what makes it so impactful? eLearning has benefited both the employers and the employees.

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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. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Resistance towards the transition to an integrated LMS can impact the overall success of the initiative. Solutions to LMS Integration Challenges In order to overcome these LMS integration issues, organizations need practical solutions designed for each specific issue.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Resistance towards the transition to an integrated LMS can impact the overall success of the initiative. Solutions to LMS Integration Challenges In order to overcome these LMS integration issues, organizations need practical solutions designed for each specific issue.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Resistance towards the transition to an integrated LMS can impact the overall success of the initiative. Solutions to LMS Integration Challenges In order to overcome these LMS integration issues, organizations need practical solutions designed for each specific issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. There are many ways to do it.

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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. Good instructional design to create an environment for peer dialogue begins with good on boarding and for people to connect with something they already know or believe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I’m honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. When I’m not at workshops, I’ll be hanging out in the Beacon Nonprofit Lounge , now in its 5th year, and will participate in a discussion about measurement and impact on Sunday at lunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to design, development and facilitate training on how staff can leverage professional networks for learning and in service of strategy, including a special session training your attention online. I plan to do that with facilitation techniques for design and innovation labs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn. Year in Review. My Three Themes: .

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2019

Everyone knows that social media has a massive impact on today’s culture, so how can social good organizations effectively leverage it to engage supporters? What does your organization need to do to execute an effective social media strategy? What benchmarks should you be tracking your performance against?

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. The meaning of this one term is now obtainable via most learning types; if not just written in a way that is indeed more impactful to your learning base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. Last month, I participated in the day-long convening of funders at the Media Impact Forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the 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. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Year in Review.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Top 15 eLearning Authoring Tools Comparison (2024) GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Choosing the right eLearning authoring tool can significantly impact the success of your learning programs, and with so many options available, it’s essential to find the one that best meets your organization’s needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Anyone can be a designer! These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. This may be mean rapid prototyping as well as front-end research.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

But now, everything that is required for proper learning and accreditation is right there at your fingertips, just a few screen clicks away from impacting organizational wisdom, verifying departmentalized compliance, and actually engaging these hard to reach people. Evolution of the Content.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Measuring this change has benefits for both your members and your learning business alike: For your learning business, understanding this change gives you insight into both the knowledge of your members and the efficacy of your courses to instruct them. What are the different types of online assessment? Work with an eLearning consultant.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

How to plan for #GivingTuesday throughout the year: Solidify your brand (and not just your logo) – Make sure you are communicating your mission, values, vision and impact in an authentic way. Feature donor stories. Start gathering stories, statistics, videos and pictures that you can tag for reuse on #GivingTuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Section 3: Impact without Burnout: Self-Care in the Workplace.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every area of our lives. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer. The topics we’re discussing, the ways in which we’re discussing them, who we can connect with— it’s all viewed through a pandemic-era lens.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We are not all instructional designers, and even when we are, there is a chance that on our own, we are unable to truly capture the requirements of the learners within our organization. A disruptor realizes there is an untapped wealth to be found in the delivery of the right training to the appropriate staff, at the right moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data – themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Instructional Design Notes.

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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. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

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