Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

I’ve never met him face-to-face, but I’ve learned some much from reading and using his curated instructional materials. A stellar example of content curation : Content curation is not aggregation or a big gigantic list of links. A content curator v ets, filters, organizes, and presents information in a instructional way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. I typically draw a vertical line down my notebook page, and label each column “Content” and “Instructional Process” to capture both types of notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). You could give the instructions ahead time and ask people to bring an objective meeting they want to share that represents their connection to your nonprofit (a good exercise for board members). . Which one you select depends on the activity and group dynamics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. Audience Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This can be done with a flip chart and markers or there might be one graphic facilitator dedicated to this task. Good instructional design to create an environment for peer dialogue begins with good on boarding and for people to connect with something they already know or believe. I’ve written about these techniques here ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. Another major challenge involves the graphic content in ebooks, such as pictures, charts, and diagrams, formulas and special symbols. Accordingly, U.S. At Benetech, we agree that braille is an essential literacy tool and that every child who needs it has the right to be taught braille.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

For the employees English is not their first language and for some it was not the medium of instruction. They now work with higher level books with charts, graphs and equations and can turn around books for us in 24 hours if necessary. However that did not stop them from trying, learning and working hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know. The wiki becomes an electronic flip chart and resource collector. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities. What's the Hash Tag?

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

If your data-tracking systems need their own organization charts or binders full of complicated instructions, then your software infrastructure is definitely broken." ''via Blog this''' Does Bad Data Software Hurt Nonprofits? Roderick Campbell CommitChange : FundRaising Success : "The short answer is yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Here’s a few tips: We took a photo of any flip chart notes, instructions, or report information we needed to reference. I wanted to encourage doing the small group work while walking, so I invited folks who wanted to try walking and small group to experiment with me. The facilitator told us a specific time to be back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

While I doubt that I will ever have to do design interfaces for a new car radio, the process was a stark reminder to me as an instructional designer to always get empathy from students in the course design process. It is humbling when you actually get feedback from the people you are designing something for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The NMC’s annual reports that highlight emerging technologies and their impact on the education sector over the next five years include NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition and the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition and were published this spring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Images are better than words for instructional aids. The book offers several simple principles to incorporate: Movement is better than sitting. Having participants talk is better than listening. Writing is better than reading. Shorter is better than longer. Different delivery options are better than the same. Incorporating Movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. (see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

See our instructions for downloading software from the VLSC. Flow chart: Wes Holing. If you have requested Windows through TechSoup and still have active Software Assurance for some of the licenses, you'll be able to download the upgrade for free. Microsoft's Upgrade to Windows 10 FAQ is the place to go first. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners. The content on the wiki has now organized into an instructional format as a two-day face-to-face workshop. Use the smart chart to get communications strategy in place first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks to express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have debate get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Each facilitator’s “corner” has two pieces of flip chart paper on the wall which was divided into a two x two grid and a stack of colored sticky notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2008

Give instructions to participants to do the exercise. Flip chart burning questions. Flip Chart/Markers 3. Explain exercise goals and that we'll be posting some of our burning questions throughout the day to Twitter and checking in for answers as the workshop unfolds. Ask participants to work in pairs. Materials.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There's a new section on "Charting Impact" — five questions that probe the results of a charity's work. Follow the on-screen instructions to update your profile. (According to the overhead myth, a charity's legitimacy is largely based on how small its operating expenses are compared with its overall budget.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

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. Here’s some more examples of incorporating walk and talks into trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I also tested out a couple of instructional techniques for the first time and learned something myself. I have also fully integrated the use of a wiki as "electronic flip chart," and leave behind resource as well as use of networked learning (Skype and twitter open to shoot out questions to people I could get richer answers to).

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

For example, simple or pre-populated forms, maps and location information, simple advocacy tools such as petitions, or simple instructions such as consumer or medical information. Most phones have little screens (see chart below) and render graphics poorly. Even smart phones vary significantly. (If

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Draw it out into an organizational chart so you can see who will report to who. Provide written instructions. Keep thinking through each future hire until you reach a place where it feels like your organization would have the people in place to fulfill your mission. Think three to five years into the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I have been processing my experience and wanted to reflect more on my instructional practice, something I used to do regularly. What I didn't externalize at the time (I'm off the charts Intuitive and slightly Introverted ) was that the process of creating a powerpoint - translating the ideas into visuals - was for my own preparation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” Each table had some markers and flip chart paper (“table cloths”) so participants could take notes. We did several rotations and the discussions generated many ideas.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status. In Part 2 covered rating choice “Level 2” and included tips on what data to start tracking in your CRM system (or spreadsheets) to create a central repository of your activity with your major and planned gift prospect pool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. I could have done some things better with Webinar instructional practice. First, my preferred method of instruction is to be more interactive and facilitate discussion. This was circa 1997.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2012

But I also love using those pens for visualization techniques and especially to sketch out charts and graphs. I did a deep dive on data visualization techniques while working on a chapter of my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , with co-author KD Paine. That’s when I heard about the book, “ I Love Charts.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 14, 2008

Management plans, organizational charts, even bulging bank accounts--none of these guarantee success. The chosen women were given $200 with instructions to use it to, "rejuvenate her mind, body and soul." People run programs, for good or ill, and the quality of their skills and commitment inexorably shape the results." #2

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Instructions): Save your report, and add the appropriate filters so you narrow the results to the event and participants you’re looking for. You can also create a daily or weekly chart of participation and fundraising activity to watch your progress over time, or compare from year to year. Online Dollars Raised.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Utilizing infographics, charts, and other visual tools can help break down your nonprofit’s achievements and impact into digestible bits. Follow the instructions in this blog to position your donors as the heroes of this story and inspire action! Future vision Use your annual report to outline your vision for the future.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

This completes the ‘ask-thank-report’ cycle that keeps it simple for any organization to follow (shout out to shampoo bottle instructions everywhere…). Spent time in the hands-on Learn Lab session Track What Matters Most: Basics of Building a Blackbaud CRM Dashboard , building charts, thermometers, and tickers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. I do this all the time with annotated screen shots to provide "just in time" answers versus typing out instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. My problem now is that I don't do a lot of processing with a pen or marker/flip chart anymore -- but I was standing up there, so I jotted some notes down on my moleskin. What worked? What didn't? Observations.

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