Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

I’ve documented the community and content mapping processes before, you can use the slides above to see the process or review the blog post with instructions. You can also use these links to get the templates: Community Mapping template. Content Mapping template! Community & Content. Metrics Tracking template!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

Mapping is one of the most-used and easily recognizable options. It’s easy to see and understand a map right away (especially using something like Google Maps, which most people have seen before or even used themselves). What if the map included information from service providers, schools, and other local organizations?

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Google Research AI blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

We developed a language-to-reward system that leverages LLMs to translate natural language user instructions into reward-specifying code and then applies MuJoCo MPC to find optimal low-level robot actions that maximize the generated reward function. We further validate our method on a physical robot manipulator.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Enhanced lighting and reflections in a custom Coliseum map. Head to Nvidia’s blog for full instructions on how to enable ray tracing in your game, download some custom maps , and update your texture packs to support PBR. Image: Banv.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Google Maps will soon show users in the US the most fuel-efficient route. The new services focus on reducing planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and are primarily found on Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest. Starting Wednesday, people in the US can see which driving routes are the most fuel-efficient when using Google Maps.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Unfortunately, it looks like there is no way to restore missing workout route maps, environmental sound levels, or any other missing data — Apple suggests affected users follow its instructions “to prevent future data loss.”. Haven’t updated yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 12, 2017

Or, if that isn’t possible, make sure you have detailed instructions on specific tasks so that anybody could pick up the manual and learn. The post Succession Strategy: Mapping the Next Generation of Leadership appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Then you can solidify those job duties. Cross Train on Tasks. Determine Your Plan.

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Leadership Map Generation Strategy 69

Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2023

Start communications at the pre-event stage Weeks before the event starts, email all volunteers check-in instructions. Important items to include are: volunteer roles and duties, introductions to leadership, schedules, maps, parking instructions, and safety tips.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

By Steve Spiker, Director of Research & Technology, Urban Strategies Council As more and more people are bombarded with maps from every media source, many nonprofits find themselves asking “How can we use maps in our work?” – followed by, “Just how hard can it be for us to make maps for our work?”

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Tools Nonprofit Map PDF 96

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Programming has two parts to it: you have ‘think hard about a problem and try to understand it,’ and ‘map those small pieces to existing code, whether it’s a library, a function, or an API.’” Giving Codex the right instructions is as much an art as a science. The second part is tedious, he says, but it’s what Codex is best at. “It

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

BreezoMeter’s air quality maps can show the spread of wildfire pollution. The identified fire perimeters will be available for free to consumers on BreezoMeter’s air quality map website , and will shortly come to the company’s apps as well. Image Credits: BreezoMeter.

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Israel API Map Instructional 101

Google Research AI blog

MAY 12, 2023

Prior research has investigated several important technical building blocks to enable conversational interaction with mobile UIs, including summarizing a mobile screen for users to quickly understand its purpose, mapping language instructions to UI actions and modeling GUIs so that they are more amenable for language-based interaction.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 13, 2023

For instance, language models often require heavy prompt engineering or phrasing tasks as instructions, and they exhibit unexpected behaviors such as performance on tasks being unaffected even when shown incorrect labels. For our experiments, we symbol tune Flan-PaLM , the instruction-tuned variants of PaLM. Foo,” “Bar,” etc.).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This was initially launched in August last year for compatible Roombas, and it not only maps users’ homes to allow for more granular cleaning instructions, but uses built-in machine vision to identify furniture and specific “clean zones.”. An upgrade to iRobot’s Genius software offers new cleaning modes and features. Version 3.0

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

“CyberDog can analyze its surroundings in real-time, create navigational maps, plot its destination, and avoid obstacles. The machine can also respond to voice commands, including recognizing wake words and instructions, or it can be controlled using a connected smartphone app.

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Boston Open Source Camera Press 143

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. Ecosystem mapping is a visual representation of all the components of an ecosystem, physical or digital, while service blueprinting creates a visual representation of a journey from both the “front stage” and “backstage” perspectives.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Immunai’s approach to developing new insights around the human immune system uses a ‘multi-omic’ approach – essentially layering analysis of different types of biological data, including a cell’s genome, microbiome, epigenome (a genome’s chemical instruction set) and more. ’,” said Solomon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

3) Activate Google for Nonprofits Products Once your organization has been verified, you can activate various Google for Nonprofits products, including Google Ad Grants , Google Workspace for Nonprofits , the YouTube Nonprofit Program , and Google Earth and Maps credits. Typically, the review process takes around 3 business days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. 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. The lead is also in charge of the pivot and communicating that to other facilitators.

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The Verge

APRIL 3, 2022

A massive data leak from Russian food delivery service Yandex Food revealed the delivery addresses, phone numbers, names, and delivery instructions belonging to those associated with Russia’s secret police, according to findings from Bellingcat. Image: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The company likens the maps to “Ikea Instructions.” .” The Dusty team is still fairly lean at about 17 employees, largely located in Mountain View. The startup’s first product is the Field Printer, a robot that prints out plans on the floor of construction sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Next, each person got to introduce themselves and their challenge, while the instructor, Pete Maher, expertly facilitated a network map on the wall. Being able to do concept mapping on the wall with sticky notes is a core technique in a number of the methods that we practiced throughout the two days.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For these instructions, I’ve used a Pixel 6 phone running Android 12, but I’ve included some directions for those with earlier versions of Android. You probably know that Google can track your location and movements through its Google Maps app. Go to your Google Maps app. Stop Google from tracking you, period. Go to [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The next step is to follow the instructions to “Create a public profile.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

If you are new to the concept of an editorial calendar, it is a user-friendly tool for mapping relevant, compelling content to your media channels. Nelson offers more insights on CompassPoint’s experience here on Kivi Leroux Miller’s excellent blog nonprofitmarketinggiude.com.).

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

In fact, according to the university’s map, El Salvador’s contributions make up 0.00 Bukele, though, could be looking to change that — he’s tweeted that the state-owned electric company has been instructed to provide cheap electricity for mining, powered by volcanoes (no, that’s not a joke).

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El Salvador Law Instructional Instruction 84

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You may know Prezi as an innovative PowerPoint-esque software that lays information out as an animated map rather than sequential slides. This month, as many schools attempt to utilize online instruction for the first time, Prezi is rolling out two new tools tailored to distance learning. But Prezi is playing a long game as well.

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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

APRIL 27, 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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. . In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation.

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

Find instructions here.). Map by Alex Li. Android users with Clipper Cards should see similar capabilities via Google Pay later this spring, and you should be able to buy a card directly through Google Maps. Here’s a pretty good picture of the SF Bay Area’s interlocking transit systems.

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San Francisco Map Instructional Instruction 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. In the meantime, if you want to help translate the tweets, instructions are here and here. What this can do is prevent language from being a barrier to participate or follow a social change through social media.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Those compiling the reports are instructed to note the apparent sentiment of posts and to look for Flex employees sharing news stories where “Warehouse employees [are] complaining about the poor working condition” or that discuss “planning for any strike or protest against Amazon.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

I’m very interested in the train the trainer concept, so for my own learning I have been taking many trainings to learn new instructional techniques – hopefully gaining some empathy for being a student in a train the trainer session. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. Why Movement Is the Killer App for Training.

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Train Training Reflection Resource 101

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Mapping the Nature of Our Questions Mapping the nature of a question can help us to design or select questions that most directly connect to desired change. I suggest three prompts for mapping out the nature of a question. The nature of a question is often nuanced, multi-dimensional, and attached to our intentions.

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