Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. ” This is known as being “versatile” and can help you succeed in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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. Presenting Integrated Social Media Strategy. Reflection.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. This will be an honest and authentic conversation about the many obstacles confronted by under-resourced individuals and organizations striving to help drive social change.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

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. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another. “You have to break the rules.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Graphic Recording: We were lucky to have some terrific documentation of our session, including the above cartoon summarizing the key discussion and points visually by Rob Cottingham thanks to the good folks at Rally. Panel Wiki: This is a hub for the panel and includes our session outline, resources, slides, and documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” 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. Formative Evaluation.

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Opt for events that foster a social atmosphere and provide networking opportunities. These types of events are not only engaging but also encourage teamwork and social bonding, making them attractive to a wide range of donors, including Millennials and Gen Zers. Make it easy for donors to share your event with their social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

I had to do it for Connected Futures: New Social Strategies and Tools for Communities of Practice workshop. I'm remembering some tagging ice breakers I've used both online and offline that incorporate the concept of social bookmarking and tagging that I've used. Burning Questions Playing the Social Media Game Reflection at the End.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. Consider this like regularly throwing out your full social security number and PII in a pile of recycling papers at a Starbucks. Engage : The final step is to simply get started and take action on your tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

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. What to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. Also, it allows for a more interactive discussion because participants can share their knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I didn't know anything about UNIX, discussion forums, email, or any of the technology used. And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. How to think like a social instructional designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

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. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 18, 2020

In a Circle, like-minded professionals gather to discuss common challenges, suggest solutions, and expand their overall leadership skills. After discussing the topic, the conversation would segue into a conversation around the particular issues that group members were facing. Factor in about 20 minutes per person, give or take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion. Not great as many of reflected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

David Wilcox wrote his reflections on our workshop in Birmingham two weeks ago while stuck on a train enroute back to London. I have been processing my experience and wanted to reflect more on my instructional practice, something I used to do regularly. He's spot on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

The use of mobile and social media enhanced the experience beyond having the standard back channel via a hashtag on Twitter, but the substance of his comments resonated. He discussed the topic of regional philanthropy and giving. He urged people in the room to lead with the heart, not the head. Carson , Ph.D., he asked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. This allowed us to experience the whole design process – design a new wallet – and reflect on it. The questions: What do you hope to learn today? Once upon a time x happened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this. Tips Training Design'

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

Peer-to-peer fundraisers (aka social fundraisers) harness the power of your supporters to raise money on your behalf. In addition to using CauseVox’s registration form, Invest-In-Kids took it one step further by creating an instructional video explaining how to register, create a team, and join a team. Types of “Athons”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. There is also a social learning component.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. It is used in brainstorming because it speeds up the discussion. The facilitator indicates that they will summarize the discussion and names the themes in play and then invites moving the conversation onward with “any more comments? Strategic Dialogue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The second session used a conferencing software that allowed the whole group to break into small group discussions on the phone line. But in other instances, you need to do a little social engineering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session. In other words, to what end?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated. Closing Keynote Plenary Session.

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