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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

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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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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

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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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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. Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide. I thought was done!

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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It is less about disseminating content and best practices and more about pulling ideas and knowledge in through many-to-many interaction. Three Ways to Think About Content. Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert. Think Beyond Presenters.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

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Workshop content has to be practical about the amount of investment required to implement ideas – and always include some “low hanging fruit” or actionable steps that don’t require a huge amount of organizational change or monetary investment. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

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NTC Reflection: How To Make Your Conference Panel A Magical Learning Experience

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Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? If you are bored with my description of process and hungering for the content, here’s Devon’s “Storify&# documentation for the session.

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