Culture, Experiment and Instructional Design

Designing engaging and effective learning experiences

Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

In this article, I’ll explore how nonprofits can utilize Instructional Design principles to develop training that engages, empowers, and educates both colleagues and external stakeholders. What is Instructional Design? Design engaging and relevant learning experiences Identify learning needs.

Design

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Exposure to diverse cultural perspectives promotes tolerance and broadens their outlook, contributing to a well-rounded and resilient foundation for personal and intellectual growth. Exposure to diverse cultural perspectives fosters tolerance (Catterall et al., 2013; Upitis et al.,

Generation

Generation Artist Arts Instructional Design

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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. How can you improve the culture of training at your nonprofit?

Training

Training Train Italy Instructional Design

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

As an association, your main product is the value that you provide to members— this likely includes networking experiences, events, and casual educational experiences such as webinars and presentations. A consultant can help you craft an engaging multi-track experience that rivals that of in-person events. Course authoring.

eLearning

eLearning Consultant Guide Associations

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

.” Many admitted to being in the “delight” stage – that collect data but don’t know how to make sense of it. Those that found themselves at measurement love – using data for decision-making said that it goes hand-in-hand with their organization’s learning culture. Learning Analytics.

Social Media

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog. I also taught a workshop for social startups at Singularity University here in Mountain, View on how to create a Happy Healthy Start Up Culture.

Professional

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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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. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

Pakistan

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise

Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

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 add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages.

Social Media

Social Media Reflection Media Social

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

If you are designing and delivering training on any topic, here’s some things to think about to ensure that your participants have a transformative learning experience. Design for Participants To Apply. So, you have to design for that. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

Training

Training Train Reflection Design

DoGoodData Conference: Live Long and Prosper with Data for Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data – themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more.

Conference

Conference Data Exercise Reflection

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I worked with the Foundation Center to develop an online course about how nonprofits can leverage professional networks for learning and in service of strategy. I continue to hone and improve my instructional practice and share tips with these many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training.

Iowa

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” Create ownership of solutions : “Based on your experience, what do you suggest we do here?”. We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

Reflection

Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

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.). Hashtag Stats.

Reflection

Reflection People Network Colorado

Experiential Leadership Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

So, this trip was a gift in terms of getting new ideas for instructional design. When you are a trainer, you are a designer and facilitator of learning experiences. As a participant, you can also learn a lot by observing and reverse engineering the instructional design. Exercise #1: Herding Sheep.

Leadership

Leadership Develop Exercise

Designing Professional Development for the Distracted Learner

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.

Professional

Professional Design Develop Exercise

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