Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Mel Rancour, principal instructional designer for Blackbaud University’s Organizational Best Practices curriculum, joins today’s episode to talk about why you want to begin audit prep now, how this year is going to differ from previous years, and resources to help you get started with your preparations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another.

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Social Media Management Instructional Design Media 101

Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Nonprofit staff training has evolved to meet the new challenges your team is facing. While some aspects of operating a nonprofit are universal across the board— every nonprofit needs to file a Form 990, for example— there are many aspects that are unique to your team alone. They also have new barriers to completing the training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

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. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. There was a lot of snapping. If you know me, sticky notes and marker were also involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer ! His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. Here's the description: Join Beth Kanter who has been teaching nonprofit technology workshops for over 15 years, both offline and online. Audience Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. What are the best resources that you have discovered for developing good listening skills?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Weak ties bring in new thinking, ideas, and resources. Amy shared an awesome list of mobile resources. Instructional Design Notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

” I was lucky enough to collaborate with Janet McIntyre , a nonprofit leadership coach and Jeffrey Golde , Adjunct Professor of Management: Columbia Business School, along with Abe Flores from AFTA. You can find the resources here. How is this not a poster on the wall at every nonprofit including foundations?! 5uMFbEKR3y.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. Stay tuned for that!

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I'm preparing for a Social Media workshop next month called " Making Sense of and Success with Social Media " where the audience will be consultants who work with nonprofits in other areas (not technology). I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: Artisan E-Learning, a nonprofit e-learning consultant. What do your nonprofit training efforts look like right now? Your organization uses nonprofit technology to track data, research donors, communicate with volunteers, and market upcoming opportunities. You’ll save time and resources.

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sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2022

We’re heading into the “off-season” for many nonprofits. Once year-end fundraising passes and we’re in the new year, your nonprofit is in position to focus on development activities —including training your staff and volunteers to reach greater heights in 2022. . Understanding the E-Learning Content Development Process .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. 28% of donors are repeat donors.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Because course authoring software solutions tend to be robust in functionality, they’re most often used to create content for associations, corporations, and even nonprofit organizations. Some providers maintain comprehensive online resources to help you make the most of their solutions alongside dedicated technical support.

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