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3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

The Nerdy NonProfit

For the work-from-home example, this could be a simulation that walks through how to design the perfect home workspace. Do you have extra time to spend on courses that, while fun and interesting, aren’t going to improve your life in a noticeable way? Your nonprofit’s staff and volunteers need to relate to any courses you design.

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What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

I personally am out of poké balls and am unable to join in on the fun at current moment… perhaps I’ll take a lunch time walk down to the nearest poké stop. You may be surprised at the inspiration you draw from it and most importantly, have fun. Augmented Reality. Bibliography. 'Pokémon

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Engage around questions that are relevant, fun, nostalgic or evoke emotions. Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014. Be visual. “If

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And to make it more fun, I awarded prizes. I saw this image from the I Love Science Page that is a spoof on what is happening in the brain when someone isn’t learning. Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. So as participants came back from lunch, I had them do Bollywood dance moves.

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Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been working program and instructional design, facilitation of peer calls and workshops – in collaboration with the fantastic team at Spitfire. ” We kicked off the half-day training with a fun icebreaker. The report out was a competition.

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Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum 2.0

Offer something fun and appealing to do that required entering the exhibition? The post-its would be used as the source material for visitors' creative responses, allowing them to get their hands on the images--manipulating and modifying the works into something new. SOLUTION: POST-IT NOTES?

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