Forj

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Although I don’t expect instructional designers to leap from their desk chairs and start dancing in glee, the Department of Defense’s statement is an important symbol of change in the industry. Some SCORM authoring tools promise to do just that. There is no good way of defining this learner interaction in a SCORM authoring tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

You can find the presentation here and accompanying blog post, How To Think Like A Nonprofit Instructional Designer. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. Your content needs to resonate with your audience’s needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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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. So not every nonprofit or social cause can employ humor in its tool box, but that is not the point here. The common tip?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. There are many ways to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I also used this poll after different sections of content. The polling after the section of content about how to make goals measurable showed that the needled moved slightly in the other direction, towards hating measurement. Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation. Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation. I tested each one.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Evolutions in Content. Courses need to be actionable and give learners the tools to be more effective in their jobs. When you work with an e-learning content development company to author a custom course, you can make it more relatable to your team’s experience. Prioritize content that’s valuable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I blogged about the content last week. 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? How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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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. Later, as I developed workshops and content for strategic technology planning , I became obsessed with learning about technology professional development for nonprofits and designing effective trainings. Audience Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Content (Facilitator: Kavita and Michael – GlobalGiving).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Social media content mirrors other channels. Training Design. The skill building sessions focused on content optimization for integrated social media channels and working SMARTer with social media – time saving tips. Tips for Optimizing FB Content To Get Into Newsfeeds. Communications have more impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I was humbled to join the illustrious list of faculty members who have talents and wisdom in content areas that I only dance around of the edges of. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. 3) Start A New Journal: As I mentioned above, I keep an annual professional journal, part planner and part reflection tool. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. Participants made name badges using selecting tool names for their first and last name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Instructional Design Notes.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It’s still in the realm of custom content development – not something you can assign to your staff instructional designers – but it’s cheaper to do. Your content still needs to be valuable enough to justify the cost. It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts. Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. The short answer : One Fan Page with multiple languages using Facebook Targeting tools. . It prevents us from falling prety to shiny objective syndrome. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

It doesn’t empower you to create new content and keep up with the latest developments in your field. The content you share within the LMS is dull and unengaging. Accessible Content Delivery. eLearning content pricing that brings in revenue and is affordable for members. Responsive design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. A disempowering question, on the other hand, undercuts the confidence of the person to whom it’s asked and sabotages her performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I also wanted to get a sense of what content to include, so I asked for burning questions I usually do that as an icebreaker in the room, so this will save some time. I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. It's 90 minute workshop and there's a content to cover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. Give the new version of the people cards a joyful funeral if doing the game as part of the social media lab and there isn't enough time to cover the content. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

With visuals of the form and walk-through examples, we were able to put the content into context and make the information easier to process. This comes into play if you choose to host virtual instructor-led training events or webinars, and can be as simple as a free Zoom line or more complex, like built-in tools in your LMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Tools and Tactics. Click to download worksheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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