Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. 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. Overnight Reflection.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Exercise 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. Tips Training Design' There are usually two aspects of this.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). Peer Learning / Coaching. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Any many more.

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Facilitation Technique Nonprofit Chart 124

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. In addition, I write a reflection on my lesson on what I felt worked best or how to modify for the next time. If you do training, how do you continuously improve what you are doing?

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Learning Classroom Student Classes 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. Reflective Listening Techniques. Be aware of what they say, how they say it and body language.

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Skills Build Nonprofit Technique 50

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. This post appears here in excerpted form; you can read the whole story here. Reassert the "forum"?

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Museum Arts Problem Design 45