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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? 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?

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Trendy TikTok Tactics for Teams

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You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. By jumping in on evergreen trends, your organization’s content could become part of the ride. A Day In The Life” content begins similarly but takes viewers throughout the influencer’s whole day. Read Time: 4 minutes It’s lunchtime.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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A Slide From Downes Recognition Factor Presentation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Slide From Downes Presentation Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. This slide caught my attention and I took a screen capture. m reading and two or three pieces of content flow up from my network that begin to click together in my brain like magnets, making connections.

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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. Old Way – Not Visual Thinking – Automatically Create Visual for Every Survey Question on Separate Powerpoint Slide.

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

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Event planners took this fact to heart in building a conference agenda that was a nice combination of roadmap previewing and a range of how-to, hands-on, and both technical and non-technical content. DevOps Sessions + Speakers. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’. Camaraderie is one of the best learning opportunities.

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