Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain. Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Urgent: Teens need your help to start college on time .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. ” This helped shift the energy and energize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. Which brain do you think is more open to learning, retaining, and applying the content during a training? Movement is better than sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”. In Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. With icebreakers, for example, you can use counting off or alphabetical order. For this exercise, it would have been helpful to have people in each group with some prior real life experience designing an ROI study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He talked about changes in technology and fashion. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. Direct the Rider.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

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. The action learning project will be designed to help grantees build a habit of measurement, reflection, and organizational learning.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

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. The action learning project will be designed to help grantees build a habit of measurement, reflection, and organizational learning.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Keep in mind that your organization may be facing more than one of these challenges— but luckily, there are strong software solutions to help your association overcome them. For example, it’s easy to imagine new guidance around pandemic procedures on the horizon. Complicated Accreditation Reporting. Accessible Content Delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I asked the runners to line up from “just bought my nikes&# to “training for my third 30 mile marathon.&#. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. Movement can really help. That’s why you need energizers.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Many nonprofits were compelled to become experts on virtual events and online fundraising overnight, and many found themselves pleasantly surprised when their virtual fundraisers helped them raise more than in-person events. Here are ten tips to help you succeed with virtual fundraising for education: 1.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A picture is worth about 60,000 words, because studies have shown that the human brain processes images about 60,000 times faster than it does plain text. That’s a great tactic and if you have those beautiful images, it certainly can be helpful. Steve: And give us some examples. That’s actually wrong, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I ask certain questions to help identify these individuals. . Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.     This helps make pattern analysis easier. 

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You try to spot an employee, or anyone wearing a solid color shirt who looks vaguely helpful. It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. Maybe, but our brains are trained to go with what we know. Finally, it shows itself. What is microcopy? Click Here."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The workshop was part of a professional development series organized by the very capable Kendra Lawton, with help from Melissa Cooper. That's why I incorporated a number of reflection techniques throughout the day - to help with the digestion and application. I also need written instructions for the steps.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 25, 2016

As it turns out, “our brains crave the positive evaluation of others almost to an embarrassing degree.” Understanding how people respond to different sorts of recognition will help strengthen supporters connection to our organizations, and will help us avoid the pitfalls that are inherent in other types of recognition.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Knowing why your donors support your cause can help you connect better. Use this knowledge to appeal to their specific motivations and emphasize how their support helps achieve these goals. Knowing these interests can help you connect your organization’s goals with what your donors care about. Reasons for giving. Giving habits.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Holiday celebrations and time spent with family and friends help us reconnect to the things that matter most and prepare to start fresh for the new year ahead. In this article, we’ll walk through 21 end-of-year giving best practices to help your nonprofit end the fundraising year with a bang: Start planning your campaign early.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Staff also helped one another write and edit material. They may have grown up in a grade school that didn’t emphasize writ­ing, or perhaps they were simply left-brained, science and math types. How about a new page on your blog, a helpful report for the board, or a series of press releases? Pretty good, but bland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

More specifically, I help non-profit, small business and academic groups and individuals learn how to use web applications and services like RSS, blogs, wikis, search, social bookmarking, podcasting and more. Can you give me an example of some advice you've given some nonprofits? Do you have step-by-step instructions for feedburner?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

Let’s take a closer look at how you can choose visuals that do just that by supporting your mission and helping to grow awareness of your cause. A/B testing is a valuable website planning and development strategy that can help you optimize your visuals. Then, it offers audience members an immediate way to help. Keep it simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. Mindfulness and Reflection – How to use these techniques to help keep your focus. His approach is about helping employees get energized to help transform organizations. Artist Tiles.

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