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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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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the description: Hands down, this is the most interactive session you will attend at 16NTC! Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Instructional Design. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and Engage.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. It is really hard to maintain a balance of interaction and content delivery when you have 90 minutes and four people with subject-matter expertise. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

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However, my inability to participate aside, Pokémon Go is a very good application of Augmented Reality, and with the user base growing at such an alarming rate, it has caused many organizations to take pause and evaluate what seems to be endless opportunities in not only the game and its facets but in the delivery method itself.