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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. Facilitation Methods and Techniques. Interactive Exercises. Small Group – Making Posters. Design Labs. Full Group Interactive Exercises. Evaluation.

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Bullet Journaling for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, Ryder published a book, The Bullet Journal Method , which explain it in greater detail. When preparing for Nonprofit Technology Conference , my weekly motto was “be present” – reminding me to focus on what happens now and who I’m talking to now, reduce my social media time, and enjoy this present of participating in NTC.

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5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Just as the content distributed and conversations participated in are integrated into many different aspects of your organization’s work, so should the knowledge, access and responsibility to participate be integrated across your staff. Review the POST Method. With all that being said, let’s dive in! Goals & Objectives.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He was the keynote speaker at the 2012 NTC this year talking about the ideas in his recent book, “ Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don’t Work.” Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide. Lay it out where you can really look at it. Map the data. Draw a conclusion.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. This can contribute to overload unless you have a method to establish a remote work policy.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my main projects this past year, and continuing into 2015 was to serve as the facilitator for a learning network of community foundations who are hosting Giving Days, funded by the Knight Foundation. To be successful as a facilitator in a peer learning isn’t about subject matter expertise, although having that knowledge helps.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !” ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.