The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Valerie isn’t going to appreciate interactive games if they don’t give her actionable, valuable tips. Here are a few ideas we would use to create relatable courses in this scenario: Scenery and visuals that reflect the organization. Examples, questions, and scenarios that reflect what the learner will encounter. We could go on.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This reduces the burden on nonprofits asked to fill out demographic surveys in different ways and formats, while providing sector insights and creating visibility for funders looking to better understand their giving portfolios and identify potential gaps. Here we reflect on what we learned and set the stage for where we’re headed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Does #14ntc give an award for best slides? As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. Autumn Patterson ( @nerddotorg ) took excellent notes of the key points during the session.

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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. Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders. Amiable Style people show their emotions openly and prefer to ask questions rather than give orders.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As Candid moves to more proactively promote equity in the broader social sector, we also continue to reflect on what our own role might be in supporting that effort. We also provide on-demand courses to accommodate different learning styles and give learners the opportunity to engage with our content on their own schedules.

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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

APRIL 8, 2020

You could give the instructions ahead time and ask people to bring an objective meeting they want to share that represents their connection to your nonprofit (a good exercise for board members). . The reflection questions might include: What resonated? The first rotation is a quiet reflection alone. What is a challenge?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. That’s part of the reason why I developed the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” framework because it gives participants practical, but strategic small steps. Reflection.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

The guide cites ClimateWorks’ data that less than 2% of giving flows to climate mitigation efforts. Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . Of that, in 2019 only a fraction (about $60 million) went to support equity or justice related efforts.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. . In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation.

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Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you find one for your nonprofit, follow the instructions to claim and set up your page : If your nonprofit does not find an unclaimed LinkedIn Page, then start from scratch and create a new page by going to your LinkedIn homepage > select the “Work” icon in the upper right > Create a Company Page. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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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. These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners. The content on the wiki has now organized into an instructional format as a two-day face-to-face workshop. In addition, we had expert knowledge in the room from JD Lasica, Paul Lamb.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Since these are deemed to be acting as “agents” of the sender, and the sender can presumably cancel their instructions, the gift is not deemed delivered and donated until the check arrives at the charity. This is trickier, and depends on whether the donor delivers certificates or simply instructs their broker to make the transfer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

In addition to Laurie Sudbrink's, Leading With GRIT , being a powerfully instructional book for leaders, it's packed with compelling leadership and life quotes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique.

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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

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

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? My Three Themes: .

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

NCE Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

Many took to social media to share news quickly to say that they were okay, instructions on how to find help and how to give help. Some people posted items that they quickly deleted after quick reflection while others saw it as an opportunity to be sensationalist for their own benefits. People were injured. People died.

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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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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

DonorPerfect is a dependable CRM system that can keep track of all your donors and constituents easily, giving you a comprehensive view of donor engagements and interactions. Using their matching gifts database, donors can search their company’s name to find out if they offer any corporate giving programs. Brand your auction website.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

Giving to religion-based organizations often tops lists of philanthropic statistics. In fact, in the recent Giving USA 2020 report , donors gave more than $131 billion to religion-based organizations in the United States in 2020. . Faith-based giving can be deeply reflective of a person’s belief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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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. Rember to review and refine these tasks, Monitor the AI’s performance, and fine-tune instructions as needed to improve results. Adjust prompt instructions or model as needed. could help.

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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.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

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

CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

No matter the type of event you’re planning, we’re here to help you and your donors spring into giving. 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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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Benefits of Matching Donations The Challenges of Matching Donations How to Receive More Corporate Matching Gifts A solid corporate giving strategy can take your cause to new heights. Donation matching is a type of corporate giving in which companies match their employees’ gifts to nonprofit organizations. Let’s dive in!

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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. Our prototype idea was “The Groan Zone Scare House.” This is always enlightening.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

For nonprofits, this might include donor data like the email address, name, address, and giving level of a donor who just signed up to receive your newsletter. Data gives social good organizations the power to identify their strengths, weaknesses, and data-driven strategies that help them grow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper? When I facilitate training, I use analog and digital tools and materials. I know some colleagues prefer not to use paper , but go all digital.

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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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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 18, 2020

Before each session, Circle members would read an assignment on a relevant topic, such as giving feedback or making decisions. The practical volunteer management skills – the supervision, the policies, the strategies – it’s easier to find instruction in these areas. Factor in about 20 minutes per person, give or take.

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