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The importance of professional development in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Leslie Beecher , Instructional Designer. Professional development is a great tool to combat these issues and allows all individuals to continue to thrive within their organization. However, individuals with business backgrounds do not always have the knowledge-base required to manage a nonprofit organization.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. The Concept Posters are also the artifacts of learning!

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. A frequent question Peter is asked about how an organization can become more innovative. “What are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I worked with the Foundation Center to develop an online course about how nonprofits can leverage professional networks for learning and in service of strategy. I continue to hone and improve my instructional practice and share tips with these many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. organizational change, and technology.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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10+ Best eLearning Course Authoring Software Platforms

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Through our experience working with a number of unique organizations, we’ve seen firsthand how the right course authoring tools can impact learning offerings. We’re going to take a deep dive into course authoring software, including 10+ tools for your organization, through the following points: What is course authoring software?