Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops. Even in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. Social Instructional Design.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

This goes for laptops as well as any servers or databases. Make sure that your laptop’s hard drive is encrypted, and use encrypted devices whenever possible to minimize the risk of a data breach. Mozilla has instructions on how to encrypt your hard drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

My instructional needs were simple: Question/Answer back channel where participants in the room or faraway could post questions. Slido allows you to crowd source questions from the audience who can use the web site from their mobile phones or laptops in real time. Flash polls. Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Like most of our test sites, they didn't read instructions until half way through the process.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Like most of our test sites, they didn't read instructions until half way through the process.

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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

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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This gives your guests the option to either bid from their phones, which will likely be the preferred option for in-person guests, or to bid from their laptops or computers, which many of your virtual bidders at home might prefer. It’s best to find a platform that supports both mobile and web-based bidding.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. The library also offers free WiFi, a laptop checkout program, and 30 public access computers. We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Attendees of the upcoming NMI 122 - Digital Communications: Social Media Tools & Strategies, instructed by Abbie, will learn about the social media tools available to them, why it is important to develop a strategy, and how to use these tools to effectively grow their nonprofit’s presence in the social media space.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He offered these step-by-step setup instructions. Note that these instructions are for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011. See How to Reuse Old Laptops with Windows MultiPoint Server. InterConnection has teamed up with TechSoup to help nonprofits, libraries, and refurbishers learn about and implement Windows MultiPoint Server.

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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

MARCH 2, 2011

It was particularly rewarding to see instructional techniques (the social media game ) that I had developed and been using since 2007 used by someone else. 4) Mary had a “laptops down&# rule and only allowed participants to be online during breaks. Mary did a fabulous job! We lost electricity and could not use the powerpoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. Students bring their own laptops to a public library, and receive instruction from high school-aged instructors. On a balmy Californian Saturday afternoon, 14 kids, 8 boys and 6 girls, are figuring out the profit and loss of a lemonade stand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. I could have done some things better with Webinar instructional practice. This was circa 1997. What did I do?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

Instructive. And, it's enlightening and instructive , because the book delivers real-world examples that can guide you as you shape your business. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, smart watches, Google Glass et al., Incredibly relevant. Highly visual. Enlightening. Plus, WTF is scary. it's not slowing down. It's a time to lead!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Computer classes are held every morning utilizing donated laptops and desktops (that are hand-carried over by Dr. Hendrie on her quarterly trips) Students, picked by lottery, come daily for six weeks to learn word processing, spread sheets, and Internet use, on our one, slow connection, acquiring a useful skill for future employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

After 26 years of using a PC, I'm going to switch to MAC (dual processor) when this computer and my laptop die. I'm going to continue to play and reflect and learn about technology tools and how they can be used to support nonprofits and to create instructional material.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

David Weinberger hosed his laptop and apparently after cursing on his blog and breaking the "shit" and "fuck" barrier face-to-face in the room ( !@#$% laptop ) went on to deliver a brilliant keynote speech, including slides that had HTML tags with instructions like Talk About Tagging Here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops. Walking is the Killer Work App for Creativity. But incorporating walking into your work has many advantages, too.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” With this in mind, and my trusty laptop timer working as a moderator, I will now begin. This is leading to new manners of participation, such as learning, the introduction of microlearning modules, and self-guided instruction. At such occurrence, I will most likely disregard the timer and continue with my prose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

In-person participants will need to bring their own laptops). In addition to the main screen in your conference room, you can also set up laptops with their video and audio at a seat at the table. You can set this up in advance with a sign-up sheet, instructions, and referencing it at the beginning of the meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. What worked? What didn't?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

If you were creating some instructional materials about mobile video blogging in a developing country, like say Cambodia, what are the most important points to cover? Some Cambodians may have more than one phone as Borin explains here Borin also writes about how he uses his mobile phone with his laptop to get online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. The intent of the exercise (besides getting us to move around) was to help reflect and learn about self-organizing group collaboration. The instructions for the exercise are: Get in a circle. ask each member of the circle to pick two people, but don't tell them.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 2, 2021

For example, a local tech retailer might be willing to offer donated or discounted laptops, cell phones, or video game consoles that you can auction off for much more than you spent to procure them. If your auction is light on travel or one-of-a-kind experiences, consider filling in your auction with specially curated consignment items.

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

Are you yourself as an instructional designer capable of ripping out the fluff and unnecessary components in order to optimize the microlearning? In order to address the need for a microlearning, refer to the following: As referenced throughout this post, one must evaluate the learning needs they wish to address with the microlearning.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

All you need is a laptop with a camera and a broadband connection. If you don't have a Skype account, go to Skype.com and follow the easy instructions. Then link Evaer to your Skype account, following this instructional video I found on YouTube. So I don't recommend using the mic on your laptop, if you can avoid it.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Who will provide instructions, commentary, and announcements? We live in a technologically empowered age where individuals are communicating across multiple platforms on multiple devices – cell phones, laptops, e-readers, wearables, the list goes on. Avoid too much overlap between two revenue-generating activities.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Who will provide instructions, commentary, and announcements? We live in a technologically empowered age where individuals are communicating across multiple platforms on multiple devices – cell phones, laptops, e-readers, wearables, the list goes on. Avoid too much overlap between two revenue-generating activities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. We do it because most large electronics companies don’t release repair instructions to their customers. Repairing Gadgets Makes Sense for Everyone.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web Courseworks’ consulting services elevate this solution even further, as your team can access instructional design services, SME management, course pricing assistance, and more. With dominKnow, your team will be able to: Create responsive eLearning for laptops, tablets, and mobile phones alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. This is going to be a very busy 20 days while I madly complete other work before I go, make travel arrangements, and create instructional materials.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2008

I used that instruction recently to kick off a meeting at a museum planning a participatory education space. This occurs in speed dating, social gaming, and any time you are instructed to "turn to the person sitting next to you." Today, we return to that well-loved topic and look more broadly at the conditions of participation.

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