Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As a practitioner, what interests me most using the data to gain insights about student interaction with material and courseware and tracking results of training. Learning and Knowledge Analytics. If you design and deliver training for professional development, what technologies are impacting your practice?

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

Create a Security-First Mindset Low-coders are typically business users who may not have formal training in cybersecurity, This makes it imperative for them to receive instruction before creating applications that touch sensitive information. Even fully trained professional developers can make mistakes.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Technology has impacted almost every aspect of our lives and training & development is no exception. Advanced software, technology tools, and innovative methods are being used to enhance training program’s quality, participation and engagement as well as to enable corporate training to be a more personalized experience.

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Gyrus

APRIL 14, 2015

” I decided to read about my car’s make and model and increase my knowledge so that I make minor repairs myself. How many of us have had to sit through PowerPoint presentations, and thought a picture would work better, or watched a training video and wanted the steps and instructions written down?

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Nonprofits should provide all volunteers with information about their mission, vision, and impact, along with access to training resources, documented expectations, available channels for on-site and off-site communication, and ways to provide feedback about their overall experience. Use a variety of training methods. Transparency.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2011

Successful technology training has less to do with technical knowledge than with other abilities such as communication skills, patience, interpersonal skills, flexibility, and empathy towards learners struggling with new technologies. It is more useful to know how to train than to just have technical expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for design and processes. Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links. Here’s my curated list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. But one thing that I just loved was our group photo.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

If you organization is looking for skill-based volunteers, make sure that you provide details on the knowledge and capabilities needed to perform the job. Is training an option for volunteers who do not have specific skills? Are there any tools that a volunteer will need to be proficient on to successfully complete a project?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. In the United States, I've noticed that over the past 2-3 years, there is a growing divide in participants experience/knowledge gap. Comfort Levels. They've done some amount of experimentation. Also, the seating is fixed.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

During the COP26 meetings, the Malala Fund presented its Gender-Equal Green Learning Agenda , which recommends leaders use education as a powerful tool to address the climate crisis by adding climate issues to all school curriculums and vocational training. The 10 instructions are simple, as befits LEGO’s typical style, but incisive.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

posted by Leslie Beecher , Instructional Designer. Additional training to individuals can also assist in expanding their knowledge on certain subjects that may be beneficial to them in the future. ASU Lodestar Center. In today’s world, job roles are constantly changing and new challenges arise in the workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Facilitation'

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Continuous learning is an established persistent learning process, designed for bolstering the knowledge and skills of your workforce over time, and presents itself in many forms. Use this as an opportunity for knowledge transfer. This can establish a line of communication and lead to increased knowledge transfer.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Drivers should be knowledgeable about resources and have the skills to manage projects, develop budgets, create timelines, and communicate progress to stakeholders. The ambassadors’ responsibilities can be configured in multiple ways with the long-term goal of keeping digital knowledge flowing and expanding across your organization.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Train callers on matching gifts. Having a team of well-trained callers is the secret to any successful phonathon campaign. We suggest that you: Identify any knowledge gaps and situations where additional training is needed. Train callers on matching gifts. Create a standardized script. Practice with mock calls.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Our learning instruction we receive from youth into early adulthood is fairly regimented; teachers are taught how to convey information to students, and for the most part, they engage in the same methodology across their efforts. Knowing this has aided me immensely in my quest for knowledge. The answer is: it’s complicated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Trailhead’s training is broken down into 4 different main options: . Projects – Projects give you hands-on practice with different Salesforce technologies with step-by-step instructions. Track Learning and Progress- Track employees complete training, trends, and performance data to see business value and impact.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It seems that Training personnel are always focused on new and innovative teachings, and designers are obsessed with developing an open platform that can accommodate all these visionary changes that we as learning professionals would wish to implement. This is arguably the most immediate environment for an entrepreneurial mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. 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. Social Instructional Design.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Fluency in social media skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

These are some of the best practices of planning a high quality session. Recently, Points of Light offered an instructional webinar on how to design a conference session. Here’s How to Create a Buzzworthy Conference Session -by Lori Jean Mantooth, Points of Light’s director of training programs. Lori Jean Mantooth offers a summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It was also an opportunity to learn about co-design and co-facilitate. The downside is that when you have four very experienced facilitators, with different styles, methods, and subject matter knowledge, it takes longer to design and you have to allow time for getting into a rhythm as a team. Overnight Reflection.

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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. I enjoyed designing and facilitating this session because I had five awesome presenters who have a depth of knowledge about the topics we discussed. Danielle Brigida, NWF – Training Staff.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Having first-hand knowledge of the barriers that keep girls in their area from going to school makes our partners well-suited to overcome those obstacles, take action, and advance education opportunities for the girls in their community. As distance learning becomes more common, the long-term benefits of Tabshoura are incredible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

It could be 100% in that participants provide the content by connecting with others and sharing experience and knowledge. Another option is to briefly share some content or a framework to kick off the participant knowledge sharing. The true test of any training is how participants apply it to their work. Learning More.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

The partner we chose, Worth Trust employs people with disabilities, in addition they conduct life skills classes and provide training. For the employees English is not their first language and for some it was not the medium of instruction. However that did not stop them from trying, learning and working hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Images are better than words for instructional aids. Walk and Talk: I do this a lot in half-day or full-day trainings. Training Design'

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Infrastructure has three main components: administrative (technology, systems, and software), human capital (people, paid and volunteer, and their knowledge and experience), and financial capital (money for short- and long-term operations). Nonprofits can build capacity through investments in infrastructure. Pinpoint the right funder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

To be successful as a facilitator in a peer learning isn’t about subject matter expertise, although having that knowledge helps. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. And, I expect no less in 2015. My Three Words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This would require clear instructions on the outcome of the peer coaching and to provide some instructions on the right balance between listening and telling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut.

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