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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice.

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3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

The Nerdy NonProfit

This could be practice, memorization, motivation, or something else. An activity where learners must demonstrate understanding of the steps followed by feedback about their choices can help change a practice. Design a course that targets that change. Language and conversations that reflect the learner’s experience.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is a session where you’ll be an active participant in your learning and will leave ready to apply lots of practical tips and techniques that will give your trainings more impact. Instructional Design. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Gyrus

An effective strategy to utilize the potential of virtual learning is to create a strong sense of community within online classrooms — using the virtual environment as a means to reinforce community practices. It requires consistent effort, creative instructional design, and regular communication.

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Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms

Gyrus

An effective strategy to utilize the potential of virtual learning is to create a strong sense of community within online classrooms — using the virtual environment as a means to reinforce community practices. It requires consistent effort, creative instructional design, and regular communication.

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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Be aware of what they say, how they say it and body language. Observe and Understand Body Language.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This section started out with a mini-session on practical skills for self-management so your emotions don’t run away with you. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” The session had two parts.