Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). In other words, to what end?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. .&# And, of course, it takes more preparation time than slapping together a powerpoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated. The session began with an informal discussion between Andrew Means and Bob Filbin and Jeffrey Bladt — who are full-time data scientists for a nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. The Facebook daily check-ins in-between our calls are to provide support and facilitate discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Recently, Jennifer Ahern Lammer who is the program director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Management , shared several good design points developed by Peter York from TCG and how she applies it.

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MAY 25, 2021

But, before we dive into the five features that you should seek in your next CME LMS, let’s discuss why you’re seeking a new solution to begin with. Further, a CME LMS that provides a straightforward experience for administrators can drastically decrease the time, energy, and brain-power your team expends to facilitate eLearning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. In workshops, it is important to have a full group discussion about people's concerns about social media and a discussion about organizational readiness. They were able to join the discussion in our Twitter channel. Photo by James Leventhal.

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