Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. By Dave Meier.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Transfer learning on heterogeneous graphs Zero-shot transfer learning is a technique used to improve the performance of a model on a target domain with no labels by using the knowledge learned by the model from another related source domain with adequately labeled data. Why is it challenging?

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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. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

This session will teach you some techniques that you can immediately put into practice and help you work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts. Visualization Techniques. NetSmart: How To Thrive Online. How To Focus in an Age of Distraction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Any idea why? Mark : It depends.

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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. Round Robin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! I love being exposed to new ways of working, taking process notes, observing techniques, and thinking about how to apply to my own work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Top 10 Secrets of Excel Data Nerds. By Ann Emery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Measure Impact : Use the framework’s impact measurement techniques to assess the effectiveness of your ChatGPT-powered strategies. Share any available data or context that can help ChatGPT generate insights. ” Instructions: Share your nonprofit’s communication objectives and goals. Output as a table.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. Content curation is not about sharing links as you find them. Content curation is not about sharing links as you find them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

I know for myself that I don’t learn, retain, or apply when content is endlessly shared – even from expert – without a break. If you are a trainer, you are working with the human brain every day and you need to know as much as possible about how humans learn and how to teach a topic well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0: Philanthropy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. One of the points we emphasized was that the art and craft of content curation was not mindless, click sharing of content. ” Content'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. ” He curated the above mindmap and when I shared this Google + , I discovered that nonprofit colleagues have the same struggle. Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I will continue to write about and teach workshops on digital strategy.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Techniques Used in Training and Development of Employees GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Training and development in HRM are one of the key contributors to an organization’s success. Well, most of the time the techniques and methods that organizations use for the training of employees are either traditional or inadequate. You wonder why?

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Techniques Used in Training and Development of Employees GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Training and development in HRM are one of the key contributors to an organization’s success. Well, most of the time the techniques and methods that organizations use for the training of employees are either traditional or inadequate. You wonder why?

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Techniques Used in Training and Development of Employees Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Training and development in HRM are one of the key contributors to an organization’s success. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits. You wonder why?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Whilst we have some specific techniques that we are using for our own postings and article headlines every day, I thought looking at the most cutting edge research is definitely required. Both were shared at the same time, on two different days during week days. Let’s compare two picture postings, that explain this best.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. To be successful in either teaching or learning, you have to slow down. This is similar to the pomodoro technique. He suggests setting year-long goals. What did you accomplish?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. Not only does this give learners a chance to think about questions they have, but also helps me figure out how how well agenda matches expectations and manage them throughout the day. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions. Connecting Up Master Class.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

One of the reasons this strategy doesn’t work is because some prospective donors are skeptical of crowdfunding platforms and dont want to share their credit card information. Idea #3: Find others who share your excitement about the cause. Its a technique that worked for Jesus. Several women even handed me a check or cash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Content curation is the organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked and shared with your network. It is a great technique to keep up with your field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

This past week, Google announced that it would close Google Reader on July 1st. Nonprofit technology colleague Nancy Schwartz shared that link and it prompted a lot of angst for many who had grown dependent on this free software. Visualization techniques – from note-taking to creative idea generation.

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DataRobot

JUNE 10, 2021

The SMILE notation advantages include readability, compression, and sharing. To make the SMILE information useful for machine learning, we started by using the Morgan fingerprint technique. You can now analyze the new verbose extracted features using text-mining techniques such as bag-of-words. See DataRobot in Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Many of the techniques are now possible and within the next decade, just-in-time learning will likely become a cultural norm in nonprofits and elsewhere. This report and the advice for getting started goes right to the heart and soul of what I’m currently working in my training and consulting practice. Put e-learning on the agenda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. If you’ve been through weight watchers, you’ll immediately make a connection to some of the techniques he suggests. Click Through to Amazon and Get This Book!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. This exercise was teaching us to be open to change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I covered the basics of content curation, how it differs from social sharing, the art and practice of curation, a frameworks to get started, examples of nonprofits using curation, the tools, and some techniques for minimizing information overload and managing attention. Back in the 1990s, the overload was coming from email.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. Today, Tracy shared his answers to the following questions: Question: What inspired you to write this new book for students? million copies around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The GitHub for music producers ranging from Hook N Sling , Mr Hudson SLY, and Steve Solomon to TechCrunch’s own Megan Rose Dickey , Splice gained a following for its ability to help electronic dance music creators save, share, collaborate and remix music. Splice teaches AI to sell Similar Sounds as users double. “My

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The morning used the World Cafe technique. The world cafe technique is where participants learn through conversation in small groups. It is an effective technique to use to help participants process what they’ve learned and to harvest insights. Honor the more advanced participants and make them teaching assistants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In addition to comedy, Heather is a keynote speaker and teaches her unique style of interactive performance in “ unpresenting &# workshops. Translation Techniques: If you use any jargon, be sure to pause and ask “Does everyone know what that is?&# Try to establish relevancy in the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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