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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Even if you have a short amount of time to teach (and set up), you can make your trainings (and meetings) interactive.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. Creative use of technology and facilitation techniques, however, can maximize the opportunities for interactivity even in larger groups. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar. Incorporate Different Delivery Options.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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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 might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels. I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. You may feel at first this is an “extra” step or unnecessary.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. There was a lot of synergy and points of reciprocity.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. They were able to join the discussion in our Twitter channel. After hearing a story from a peer.

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The Resiliency Revolution

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Evans teaches readers of her new book, THE RESILIENCY rEVOLUTION: Your Stress Solution For Life 60 Seconds at a Time , how to become resilient to stress. Evans Her new book is fully of stories, action plans and techniques for becoming healthier (eating healthfully, exercising, etc.) to create the resiliency you need to combat stress.