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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education.

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Getting the Most out of your Social Learning Program

Gyrus

By asking these questions, you can determine whether or not it is time to introduce new social features into your learning program, as well as the amount of effort required to integrate these new sought after social components into your program. Focus on ways to maximize user interaction with the learning environment.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations. Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources.

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

This process has been significantly augmented by social media, instead of limiting the practice to a regional endeavor where only local personnel can apply their skills, members of the organization in satellite offices can now contribute to the learning environment as a whole. New more consistent source of materials.

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The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups

Gyrus

With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. This can be achieved through establishing a learning environment that is specifically designed to meet their needs.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). I prefer flexible space but that isn’t always possible.

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Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition

Gyrus

Blog Commencement. In order to properly write this blog post, I will be writing in accordance with the rules of the first Presidential Debate. I flipped a coin to determine whether or not I should even write this post, and then another to determine which of my two monitors I would be focused on for the duration of this blog post.

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