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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

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For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. The instructor is Google Analytics Evangelist Andrew Cutroni.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn. Year in Review. My Three Themes: .

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

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It is designed not only to enhance instruction in the classroom, but also to extend learning beyond the classroom. The platform also integrates a Google Translate feature, but I wasn't able to find that feature. International NGOs and Libraries. It's available to anyone with an Internet connection.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. Social Instructional Design.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

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Video-Based Training: Video streaming has been around for quite some time, however, the new millennium has seen a sudden upsurge in the online streaming space, with YouTube becoming the second popular search engine after Google. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits. I have a goal for one learning day per month where I will take workshop on instructional topics and share those here. My Theme for the Year: Learning.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2

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