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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

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Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, such as text, images, or other media by learning from and combining pieces of existing data. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, such as text, images, or other media by learning from and combining pieces of existing data.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it.

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Designing Transformative Communications Capacity Building Programs for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars.

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You Decide! Interactivity in New Media

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Part of my presentation pertained to branching scenarios, online simulations in which learners decide how to proceed in problem solving. That’s because engagement isn’t all that interesting to me from a theoretical perspective: if learners are paying attention and enjoy what they’re doing, they’re more likely to remember the content.

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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

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. I blogged about the content last week. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design.

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