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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

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Or do you learn better when you get a chance to process the content every 15 minutes by thinking about it quietly or talking with a peer? Now that could be hard reading, but Sharon Bowman’s “ Using Brain Science To Make Science Stick ” has been a terrific resource. And, what do you actually apply?

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

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It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Understanding this, I can adjust and customize the curriculum level and content. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.”

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes. Photo: Americans for the Arts. Movement is better than sitting.

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Conscious Computing: 7 Apps and Tips That Help You Focus, Reduce Stress, and Get Work Done

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The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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Time Management for Nonprofit Social Media Professionals: What’s Your Best Tip?

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Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. What do time management techniques and good habits look like in an age of connectedness? Most of our work as social media nonprofit professionals is to be present on our online communities, listen, engage, and manage content. Brain Fitness.