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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Break Out of Your Comfort Zone…and into Breakout Rooms!

AccelEvents

When analyzing the full scope and value of attendee engagement, we at Accelevents try to think in terms of both large and small-scale interactions. We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. We love putting like-minded individuals together in a brainstorming space!

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How to Use Neuroscience to Increase Virtual Event Engagement

AccelEvents

Fortunately, the very make up of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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How to Use Neuroscience to Increase Virtual Event Engagement

AccelEvents

Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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What Every Nonprofit Website Should Include

Allegiance Group

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction.

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