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The New and The Unknown

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Jason A. Maybe we have our own special name for it, our insider’s jargon, and the newcomer just hasn’t learned the code yet. Maybe we have our own special name for it, our insider’s jargon, and the newcomer just hasn’t learned the code yet. Guest post by Kate Wing. Haven’t you ever thought of this?”

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Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been doing a Webinar for N-TEN called "Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences" -- basically about how to make technology trainings more interactive -- which includes designing participant interactivity - either in small groups as well as blended into presentation/lecture. How do they learn how to do the job?

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Emerging Leaders Need More than Leadership Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Image – ImageGroup. The project, which combined peer learning and mentoring together with an online “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” offered a new and entirely virtual approach to leadership development. This takes buy-in from the top down.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. One of the more chilling innovations in marketing over the past few years is called “predictive analytics” It’s this blend of statistical analysis, data mining and psychology which enabled Target to conclude that a teenage girl was pregnant before her father did.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

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PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world. I learned a lot about how to begin to adapt the game process for people with a program orientation. Peter Durand, Flickr Photo. Graphic Facilitation Rocks.

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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

Museum 2.0

This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. All the photos in this post are on Flickr here. This is less true of Dirty Laundry, which required a blend of friendly invitation to participate and private spaces to contribute secrets.) People make the museum friendly, not activities.

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Tools for 2.0: User-Generated Exhibits Made Simple

Museum 2.0

The point shouldn’t be that this is something that has to be learned by reading exhaustive manuals. You should be able to grab a mic and start podcasting, hit the keyboard and start blogging, snap some shots and start Flickring. The technology is maximally flexible and allows staff to learn and respond on their own terms.