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. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. I play a little PowerPoint Karoke. These participants clearly understood the concepts of making a ROI case – and how to transfer those techniques to social media. Ellie taught a great trick.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. Movement can also incorporate what you’re training on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Many of my presentations are training, so it is also thinking through the instructional delivery. I've taught webinars and workshops on how to design and deliver effective training sessions and have written a few blog posts on training and presentation techniques. Tags: powerpoint. Next month will include NTEN's NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

It was particularly rewarding to see instructional techniques (the social media game ) that I had developed and been using since 2007 used by someone else. We lost electricity and could not use the powerpoint. The Jordan Team won! Mary did a fabulous job! Mary did not loose a beat. Framing of session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises. This means that you can’t be in the front of the room delivering content all the time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

with art teachers on the issue of integrating digital tools into their instruction. I used this technique called the "Wall of Reflection" and put up butcher block paper with the topics. " It made me think about this post-it note that I photographed from a workshop ten years ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. Both events had their share of clunkiness. that didn't last long or ruin the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. Aaron who is the tech person at Meyer Memorial Trust tipped me off to something that I didn't know existed in powerpoint and I must explore it. I must also memorize how to skip around in powerpoint without flipping through slides.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

There’s no need to waste time cutting and pasting data from numerous sources into Excel or spending an entire week per month creating KPI reports in PowerPoint. Make use of programs or tools that do the majority of the work for you. When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

There’s no need to waste time cutting and pasting data from numerous sources into Excel or spending an entire week per month creating KPI reports in PowerPoint. Make use of programs or tools that do the majority of the work for you. When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

There’s no need to waste time cutting and pasting data from numerous sources into Excel or spending an entire week per month creating KPI reports in PowerPoint. Make use of programmes or tools that do the majority of the work for you. When firms have to put in so much time and effort to track KPIs, they finally give up.

Learning 52

Learning Measure Metrics Goal 52