Remove Brain Remove Experiment Remove Reflection Remove Slides
article thumbnail

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

article thumbnail

NTC Reflection: How To Make Your Conference Panel A Magical Learning Experience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When was the last time you went to a conference and had a deep learning experience through conversation and stimulation of all senses from a traditional panel? This was followed by each couple talking from the heart about their experience working together or presenting some examples of their work. How much do you retain?

NTC 96
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It’s more about giving participants a jump on applying it and guiding them so they can put it into practice as quickly as possible after the workshop. If you are designing and delivering training on any topic, here’s some things to think about to ensure that your participants have a transformative learning experience.

article thumbnail

Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The sitting brain is really disengaged. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

article thumbnail

NTC Reflections: The Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. Networked Nonprofit Slides View more presentations from Beth Kanter. One of the best things about doing sessions at the NTC is that I know so many people in the audience and can call them out to share their experience.

NTC 92
article thumbnail

3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

Cloud 4 Good

This reflects my own journey, and many also in attendance at the event, as my experience with DevOps has slowly matured alongside the emerging technology. Session topics ranged from high-level process breakdown and product features to hands-on pipeline setups and experiential community experiences. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

Chicago 59
article thumbnail

ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. The last face-to-face session, in fact, is participants sharing the results of their experiments. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. After hearing a story from a peer.