Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Do we need to the whole hour to accomplish the same amount of work?

Learning Theory 138

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. Does the staff have any evaluation experience? Staff with position, rank, or experience.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

We began the session by polling the audience on training experiences. Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences. Incorporate the three learning styles: visual, audio, and somatic.

Training 59

Training Train Design Tech 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you. Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Both emphasize museums reaching out into the community to support, understand and experience what the community is already doing.

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Museum Program Participatory Community 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

" Loretta argues: The first supposition is that as various means are used to capture the proceedings of an event, (Nancy mentions: Chat/IRC, Videocasts, VOIPcasts, Podcasts, and Visual Facilitation), the performance of encapsulating and depicting is in itself learning. Using tools and a process, the words, ideas, experience, sounds, etc.,

Knowledge 50

Knowledge Collaboration Social Media Tools 50

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

He started with museums as a "place to go"--to see things, consume experiences. Finally, museums as "facilitators" of visitors' own experiences and interests. I did an experiment in my wording with the session introduction. Again, we did short presentations followed by lots of active discussion.

Slides 22

Slides Museum Los Angeles San Jose 22