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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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

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Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. 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.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. So your computer lab, classroom, or public access stations will be up and running in no time. Learn More.

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Free Manuals for Refurbishing Computers

Tech Soup

We simply had to trial-and-error our way through it, much like the 600 or so nonprofit refurbishers in the Community MAR network. They were Pat Furr of Computers for Classrooms (CFC) and Bruce Buckelew of Oakland Technology Exchange West (OTX West). At long last, it's a new ball game.

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Remix This Power Point!

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" which is an introduction to social media concepts and tools for nonprofit use. " I'm trying to walk the walk and talk the talk of Remixing Content for nonprofits. I also recently discovered this post/podcast called " Remixing the Classroom." I have been doing a seminar called "Ten Steps to Web2.0"

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