Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2011

Successful technology training has less to do with technical knowledge than with other abilities such as communication skills, patience, interpersonal skills, flexibility, and empathy towards learners struggling with new technologies. It is more useful to know how to train than to just have technical expertise.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

There are several ways to earn free CFRE credits, allowing you to keep your skills sharp and your certification up to date without shelling out too much cash. For attending one of these opportunities, you can earn one point per 45-60 minutes of instruction. Points are awarded based on the time spent on educational activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Rachel Hassinger (@solidarity4just) March 15, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Our beach was commonly frequented by folks of all ages with varying levels of swimming skills. When I was working in-house at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, we leaned on an external accessibility partner to help us train our internal teams on best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” The first session focused on self-awareness skills. You can find the resources here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits, I’ve been working with grantees on a variety of capacity building projects – from coaching to workshops to peer trainings. Great questions that help plan my content for the workshop. All in all, a pleasant way to prepare for instruction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. It would be a video, instructional role play, or case study, where a network leader would share their story of events leading up to the groan zone and getting past it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

At this year’s event you can connect with the global community in a few new ways: Community innovation chats, opportunities to ask a product expert for real-time answers to your questions, hands-on training, and learning labs. Reason #3: Learning Labs & Hands-On Training. You spoke and we listened. Reason #4: The Cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for design and processes. Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links. Here’s my curated list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” Photo by Equal Rights Advocates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

And that’s why I love teaching and training because it is all about the learning for both you and the participants. Here’s just a few: Instructional. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Part 2 offers checklists and reminders for these basic skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, California and at SXSW.

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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. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this year, I have been leading some peer trainings with grantees. Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. Growing My Instructional Chops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

posted by Leslie Beecher , Instructional Designer. Additional training to individuals can also assist in expanding their knowledge on certain subjects that may be beneficial to them in the future. While at University of Phoenix, I specialized in the development of faculty workshops for our online faculty members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. According to talent and development experts, micro-learning is disrupting more traditional types of learning: a longer online course online or an in-person course workshop. That’s the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. Workshops, Keynotes, Webinars, and Conference Panels: This year I did over 75 speaking engagements and presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut.

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 18, 2020

Of all of the trainings that I have offered since starting Twenty Hats, I am proudest of the two Volunteer Manager Leadership Circles that I initiated. In a Circle, like-minded professionals gather to discuss common challenges, suggest solutions, and expand their overall leadership skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Launched in 2012 by music legend Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, the Born This Way Foundation develops programs that support its mission to connect young people in safe ways and empowering them with the skills and opportunities that will inspire them to create a kinder and braver world. Children's Literacy Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. My Three Words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's a live chat during a workshop or presentation and these days, it mostly taking place on Twitter. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail?

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

As a trainer, one of the most exciting parts of working on a book is developing instructional materials based on the content and leading workshops to help put the ideas into practice. Over the past six months, I have been developing and piloting workshops on self-care and we-care as part of the leadership development training I do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

For more in-depth learning experiences, I do a pre-workshop assessment, but for this mini-workshop I did a living assessment in the room. This is why it is important for training sessions to incorporate differentiated instruction based on some assessment of skills and knowledge prior to the design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Training Design. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. Lawmakers repurpose key messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Images are better than words for instructional aids. Walk and Talk: I do this a lot in half-day or full-day trainings. Training Design'

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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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