Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! But disciplining yourself to reflect afterwards always gives the reward of improvement. Use Learning Theory.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. Facilitate a stronger relationship by sharing compelling personal stories related to your nonprofit. Tell compelling stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” and if you notice people getting tired, interject some movement. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Download the Ultimate Guide to Recurring Giving. Savory’s mission to facilitate the large-scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands is fueled by the generous support of its donors, and recurring giving has become a crucial source of revenue in their goal to influence the management of 1 billion hectares by 2025.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. It is also important to target the right level of authority.

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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

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic! Somethings to improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

This guide, “ Writing Emails with Military Precision ” offers some useful tips that you could incorporate into your team work flow. This tool guides your team through the process of writing a remote working charter, defining the guidelines and behavior expected of people working at a distance. Communicate Clearly in Emails.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Tour guide on an island. maybe not training, comradery time, you know, some facilitated group time together where y’all get back your rhythm. What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? And so their job is a reflection of that.

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