Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo. They have to do a network map and analysis as well as strategy for a development organization in their area of student.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I don’t always have a lot of participants who are eager to do exercises digitally, but when I do I can work with them to adapt the exercise. There are apps that allow participants to use “ virtual sticky notes ” to do an exercise but these are not well designed for group collaboration.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. Pomodoro : The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo.

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Method Technique Reflection Exercise 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. For more about the techniques, see the Peer Instruction Blog: Turn to Your Neighbor is written by Julie Schell , a researcher for Eric Mazur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As part of the workshops I have facilitated to teach nonprofits to become networked nonprofits, I created an exercise called “Creating the Me to We Network.” I’ve subsequently have used this exercise in many different contexts for different purposes. What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

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Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

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. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. The value of this exercise was that it inspired me to rethink my routine about bedtime rituals. What I discovered is that once I was able to achieve my optimal number of 8.25

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Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

There are a wealth of theories, ideas, and methods covered, for example the “ SAVI ” model for designing exercises that help learners embrace learning in different styles. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Let’s take a look at some fundraising ideas – the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. Next, narrow your analysis down to your donation form to see how many people are visiting that specific page from a mobile device. 1) Go Mobile, Now!

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Technique Donor Online Results 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. Next, we did a role-play.

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Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. You also need to design good openers and closers !

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I could talk about learning techniques utilized in the past seven games and why players were less intimidated by pitches they encountered the second and third time around, or possibly what a combined 176 years of waiting can teach us in preparing for the future.

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Learning Organization Statistics Cleveland 61

Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

Let’s take a look at the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. Next, narrow your analysis down to your donation form to see how many people are visiting that specific page from a mobile device. These types of events do an excellent job of exercising social proof.

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Technique Donor Online Results 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

” I’ve found that scheduling walking meetings is a great way to get to know people and you get some exercise into your day! (I’m There are many techniques to analyze or visualize our professional networks and I’ve identified a methods in this post that include analyzing your contacts via social media.

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Network Professional Build Work 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. In a face-to-face training, I might do an exercise with sticky notes where I get participants to write down answers to a question or two related to the content on sticky notes.

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Facilitation Virtual Arts Participatory 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. (The Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2010

Much has been made about the dichotomy between signature versus heuristics-based scanning, and Symantec is now able to "funnel" their analysis using both techniques for more active prevention and detection.

Network 43

Network Library Spam Exercise 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. It makes me wonder about the various techniques for getting people to shift attention from small group to large group. I also created a stand up, sit down exercise.

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. ROI analysis requires documenting, collecting data, and internal discussion and cooperation. A good exercise is to try to convert your intangibles.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. Consider the non-digital events, techniques, and campaigns that your organization will be pursuing concurrently with your new digital strategy.

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Digital Strategy Create Phase 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. Know your role.

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Problem Design Difference Impact 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The workshop was an all day workshop , with an opening presentation followed by small group exercise. I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb. We had a lot to talk about and I had remembered to bring in a CD of Khmer OpenSource!

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Reflection Slides Metrics PowerPoint 50

sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

These techniques are used by threat actors to influence unsuspecting individuals into acting or sharing information that can be leveraged for a cyberattack. Let’s look at a few potential threats that your team may encounter. Social Engineering Many social engineering terms have funny names, but there is nothing funny about them.

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Policy Nonprofit Method Accessibility 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2012

I am on a panel about measurement: Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers:Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change. Data and information visualizations for advocacy, evaluation, social media, network analysis, operations, and more! You can take a look at the online exercises here.

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NTC Data San Francisco Exercise 95

Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2017

As a result, he wrote this book and shared many of the different ways someone can exercise influence over another. Think of this as the “foot-in-the-door technique” 3. When employing these psychological techniques, we can better deliver our message and persuade others to act. No one wants to be a flip-flopper.

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Tips Arts Fundraising Influence 35