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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives. There would be plenty of activities that asked me to think hard, interact with colleagues, move around the room, and spend some time in personal reflection. About the Distributive Learning Process. Now, our staff retreat was not actually intended as a skill building training.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The ability to “shift” delivery formats – from say an interactive lecture to small group activities helps students pay more attention. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. Training is only valuable if participants apply what they learn.

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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. Around Gender.

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Guideline For Finding Your Organization’s Ideal LMS

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What skill sets are required? Answering these questions will help you shape the correct direction for your organization to meet all of its learning and development needs. In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. Any guesses? Get feedback.

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Your Ideal LMS. Have Your Cake And Eat It Too.

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What skill-sets are required? Answering these questions will help you shape the correct direction for your organization to meet all of its learning and development needs. In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. Any guesses? Get feedback.