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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session. In other words, to what end?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

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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OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Recently, Jennifer Ahern Lammer who is the program director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Management , shared several good design points developed by Peter York from TCG and how she applies it.

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MARCH 25, 2014

I am particularly grateful to Cindy Leonard who compiled and consolidated our slides based on the design. Her photoshop skills were used in service of the star wars theme, including adding a red hat to Yoda. I’ve done this for many projects and it is a difficult design task when you are doing it as the sole trainer.

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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?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation.

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MARCH 30, 2010

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. I think this is particularly important to emphasize if you want to nurture any peer learning, but especially around technology skills. Stay tuned for that!

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JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Program Design. organizational change, and technology.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

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JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Over the past year, participants have been getting comfortable with social media skills, being strategic, making them a habit, and first steps with measurements.

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JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

They are both incredibly talented, attempting to improve themselves, and they just need help realizing their full potential; in order to develop the necessary skills to climb up all the way to the next level. Be sure not to stop there, coaching involves so much more than instruction towards a positive outcome. Reinforcement.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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