John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

The Bias Issue AI systems like LLMs are trained on vast datasets of text, primarily from the internet. This training data reflects the racial biases, stereotypes, and disproportionate perspectives of the world where the data comes from. Feed the system explicit instructions and examples displaying equitable behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. But one thing that I just loved was our group photo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. You have a couple of provocative questions related to the topic you will be discussing or training on and have people line up as to whether they agree or disagree.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 18, 2023

After a while, your stomach rumbling and your head starting to hurt from caffeine withdrawal, you’re led into a room and told to “prepare goodie bags” and handed some bags and flyers, without any clear process or instruction. The email includes some great candid photos of you with the other volunteers and staff working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Photo by Equal Rights Advocates. The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. I had not been in the room before, although I did see photos.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

Manage and Organize Photo Library. The right photo can make or break a campaign or donation pages. There are never enough photos to satisfy the social media monsters either which all rely on compelling images. Build a Photo Library. Make sure to create a dev copy and avoid letting interns edit live databases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Photo by Amanda/Flicker. I also use them a lot when I doing full-day trainings. Here’s some step-by-step or eye-by-eye instructions. I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Photo by Trav Williams. Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. I’ve done many multiple day, intense training sessions. These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Photo by Gary Clark. I’ve been working in the nonprofit sector for 35 years, doing training for the past twenty, blogging for the past ten, and published author over the past five years. Learning has kept me inspired and improving what I do. Most of work projects are capacity building and training other trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. Later, as I developed workshops and content for strategic technology planning , I became obsessed with learning about technology professional development for nonprofits and designing effective trainings. Audience Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. 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. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. You can also develop your training materials for your volunteers that are tailored to your volunteers’ learning preferences to ease the learning curve. Traditional AI encompasses rule-based programs that are programmed to perform specific tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. These are some of the best practices of planning a high quality session. Recently, Points of Light offered an instructional webinar on how to design a conference session. Here’s How to Create a Buzzworthy Conference Session -by Lori Jean Mantooth, Points of Light’s director of training programs.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

Once your template is created, add photos, videos, and links to make your emails more visual for your donors. Not only do you need to create advertisements to find your volunteers, but you also need to create training materials to onboard your volunteers and help them learn more about your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.)

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Photo by Aussiegal. He talks about the powerful combination of social media and peer learning. His post reflects on his years of “learning in action” on his instructional practice of peer-to-peer, global learning via social web. Rheingold published this post as a backdrop to his Monday evening talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. Instructional Design Notes. Mobile Organizational Culture social media policy Training Design' 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I think this style is a better match for social media as well as social media training. Photo by James Leventhal. I said yes.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

Mozilla has instructions on how to encrypt your hard drive. Be aware of social engineering risks and train staff on how to avoid them. Featured Photo: A Ray Of Light For The Women In Plight by The Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust. If you aren’t sure, work with your IT provider to review your encryption settings.

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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. PopTech is an.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 31, 2014

When you’re ready to create the contact/sign-up form, here is some information you think about asking for: • Name / contact info. • Reason for seeking volunteer work. • Physical limitations. • Education/special training. • Paid work experience. • Volunteer experience. • Personal interests/hobbies. • Date/time available to volunteer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Presentations and instructional content are an important part of my content strategy and the lifeblood of my work as a trainer. Slideshare helps set my work free and share it with nonprofit professionals all over the world. 6) Training. Nonprofits that offer training as one of their programs have embraced Slideshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know. Photo by Nelson Layag. This has had an impact on the design of the cards, game instructions, etc. What's the Hash Tag?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. I want to sustain that focus throughout the year and apply to what I do — from content curation to blogging to facilitating trainings and developing curriculum. Be more of a focusing lens versus a fire hydrant. Networked NGO : I’ll be combing the two above in all my training work during 2012.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 31, 2014

When you’re ready to create the contact/sign-up form, here is some information you think about asking for: • Name / contact info. • Reason for seeking volunteer work. • Physical limitations. • Education/special training. • Paid work experience. • Volunteer experience. • Personal interests/hobbies. • Date/time available to volunteer.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

And, organizations that provide workforce and job skills training can share easyLearning courses with constituents. Check out guides to available online tools for training staff. Train on QuickBooks with QuickBooks Made Easy. Train on QuickBooks with QuickBooks Made Easy. Instruction is also available in Spanish.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. Installation Problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. Direct the Rider. Bad is stronger is than good.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

Take a look at Donately’s peer-to-peer fundraising guide for tips on how to design an effective fundraising page and how to train your participants on P2P fundraising best practices. . Or, you can simply instruct participants to make their signature holiday dessert. . Create a page on your website showcasing the top homes. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. For instance, you can change the photo that goes with your article. Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014. Be visual. “If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. How to make change easier: A Three-Part Framework.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Reliatech is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides on-the-job training to low-income people by having them provide IT tech support to individuals, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses in the San Francisco Bay area. It is a social venture of the Oakland-based employment training nonprofit Stride Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

This training was a day and half and here’s what we covered: Section 1: Self-Awareness: Understanding and Moving Through Your Leadership and Communications Style. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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