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#datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts

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Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart. It will feel good.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Osborn, an advertising executive, invented the latter process of “organized ideation” in the 1930’s and popularized the technique in several books he authored called “ Your Creative Power ” and “ Applied Imagination.” It can also be used to create work norms or processes. Basic Approaches. see above).

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

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I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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How people think and process information are one set of theories that include multiple intelligences , learning styles , and constructivism. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory.

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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

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When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Or do you learn better when you get a chance to process the content every 15 minutes by thinking about it quietly or talking with a peer?

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

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But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. This process consists of three activities.

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A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People in Philadelphia

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I have also fully integrated the use of a wiki as "electronic flip chart," and leave behind resource as well as use of networked learning (Skype and twitter open to shoot out questions to people I could get richer answers to). Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain.