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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. I do this all the time.

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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. Training Design'

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Can participants apply the skills?” ” 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.

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Designing Transformative Communications Capacity Building Programs for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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 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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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The participants were at mixed levels of skills and experience and organizations ranged from community/grassroots organizations to larger institutions. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona. There was a lot of snapping.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The curriculum was based on their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book and “ taxonomy for innovation.” ” What is Human Centered Design? Is it only used by people with artistic talents and graphic design skills? Anyone can be a designer!