Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space.

Training 123

Training Train Design Classroom 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

Learning 84

Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

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. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.

Lecture 91

Lecture Classroom Experiment Learning 91

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

If your nonprofit does advocacy, you know that with this work, there are almost always consistent patterns of crisis management leading to later periods of denouement and down time. So, working with our community to define our short-term campaign goals as well as our long-term vision is critical.  Check out our last installment here!

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

That means that you must work to make relevant content marketing more readily accessible to your constituents. . Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. Top 10 Ways to Help Your Child Readjust to Classroom Learning. In this post, I’ll explore the third strategy. . Master relevant content marketing.

Content 129

Content Marketing Strategy Fundraising 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. The photo was my classroom. They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room.

Mind 112

Mind News Professional Tips 112

Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They now work to help women and girls in over 100 countries by launching programs in local communities that have a direct and long-lasting impact. Working within the local communities helps build resiliency so communities can not only recover but thrive after a crisis. Tal Frankfurt, Founder/CEO of Cloud for Good, agrees.

Global 81

Global Ukraine Czech Republic Technology 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. www.enteef.com.

India 104

India Education Software Learning 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

They are also working on software that uses this approach in the classroom and takes the passivity and lectures out of classroom instruction. In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning.

Analytics 106

Analytics Google Digital Free 106

NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

New employees were given a variety of simulations to see how they''d respond and work together in different scenarios. They discovered three things: Millennials focused on individual strengths to determine how to divvy up the work. As a whole, millennials embodied the notion of bringing one''s "whole self" to work.

Work 50

Work Leadership Classroom Literacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. I don’t set goals, but use the themes to guide the type of work I will take on, what I want to write about on my blog as well as my professional reading and professional development. Year in Review.

Professional 103

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods. .” It resonated.

Learning 102

Learning Network Organization Classroom 102

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. What that statistic means is that for 90% of foundations, the 990-PF is often the only means for communicating their work. As a result, their grant reports to the IRS and to Candid were much improved, as the foundation worked to include demographic data.

Communication 90

Communication Oregon Grant Portland 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A.

Teach 50

Teach Generation Project People 50

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

This week 's question comes from a writing teacher, and client, who wants to know: "What Tools Can I Use to Teach Classes Online?" She also said I should check out the work of @ leighBlackall at Otago Polytechnic. askbritt online classroom learning education career advice. I actually didn't know, so I asked my Twitter network.

Teach 40

Teach Classes Twitter Tools 40

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. These are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on “awesome projects.” . Digitunity is working to ensure everyone who needs a computer has one. .

Education 91

Education Grant Fund Resource 91

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Fostering these engagements with ideas and collections is key to our work. Teach is a big one. We love when we teach with a capital T, like exhibitions and university classes. We often think of our teachers as being less than classroom teachers and our gallery staff as “just” teaching little kids.

Museum 36

Museum Teach Classroom Interaction 36

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Identify champions and people to work with. So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach. Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on.

Education 111

Education Grant Fund Resource 111

Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. Elearnings as a whole are very attractive, as they offer an inexpensive alternative to classroom training. If there is an opportunity to aid the teachings with text, then, by all means, include it as an option.

eLearning 63

eLearning Learning Instruction Instructional 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

At TechSoup, we know that many nonprofits and libraries serve Spanish-speaking communities in everything from teaching English as a second language, to financial and educational services, to local family- and health-related programs. Accounting software — perfect for organizations that work across borders.

Language 57

Language Community Benefit United States 57

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Jay said that they support 30 PC in offices, classroom, and a school computer lab. In the school there are two PCs in each classroom, and the 12-station computer lab is used mostly for research. The real work of the technology ministry, however, is to support the robust service mission of the Beardstown Christian Academy.

Illinois 52

Illinois Profile Classroom Student 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

His comment made me reflect over the past 32 years of working in the nonprofit sector. I had not planned to work in the nonprofit sector. They hired me and it turned into a decade of learning and teaching others (artists, arts organizations, and arts educators) how to integrate this technology into their work and organizations.

Maslow 98

Maslow Yemen Artist Arts 98

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. I think about innovation and the work about innovation in education in two ways: first, if you have something that is significantly better than the status quo and you are doing it with a few kids, that’s an invention. The long tail is very real.

Game 132

Game Education Change Classroom 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

For the past two weeks, he has been teaching ??? " The course had no existing curriculum and it provided a real life laboratory for him to have the curriculum come out of the community interactions that were happening in the classroom. The learners found that they could work together and rely on each other. the sense of ???competition???

Wiki 56

Wiki Culture Community Work 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

Instructional Design 50

Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Social Learning can best be defined as working with others to understand ideas, concepts, and procedures. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

Learning 54

Learning Social Learning Environment Classroom 54

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Space matters Example: Kindergarten classrooms where you can sit on the floor, move things around, be messy, work with others easily, and have space to move, encourage creativity. Keep what works. Seelig is working on a book around these 9 ideas and asked us to tell her which ones resonated with us the most. #6

Attitude 105

Attitude Student Classroom Problem 105

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world. How do all these other people that I engage with also see this place, how do we coexist, and how can we work together to make it more fun, effective, and just for everybody? Any secondary interests?

Baltimore 40

Baltimore Student Arts Lecture 40

Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They solicit community members to volunteer, bring them into mission activities, and broadcast their work to the public. We heard many stories detailing the aftermath of the abrupt transition to virtual work, or the shuttering of programs entirely, beginning in spring 2020. During the pandemic-induced quarantines, these gaps widened.

Accessibility 100

Accessibility Technology Language Oregon 100

Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Explain how their fundraising efforts will have an impact on the work your organization does. Thank your donors and readers.

Hosting 52

Hosting Fundraising Badge Pledge 52

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Wrangle all of your creative kids together and ask them to put their art skills to work creating one-of-a-kind holiday cards. Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers for Kids.

Ideas 52

Ideas Fundraising Game Fun 52

Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

Even after going through training themselves, your leadership probably isn’t qualified to teach the rest of the staff. Workshops and courses on DEI subject matter can be a good start, but sitting in a classroom environment is not necessarily something that your staff members will want to do all of the time.

Practice 59

Practice Leadership Nonprofit Culture 59

NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. Fast forward to Jan.

Case Study 69

Case Study Culture National Network 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. The physical space you are working in will also help inform your design.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you''re reading this at work, you''re probably reading it within ten feet of an unpaid intern. There''s a sense of "it worked for me." And it does - it did work for me. I worked so hard in those three unpaid months that I made myself indispensable and jumped ship from my home country (Scotland) and came to New York.

Museum 55

Museum Share Student New York 55