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. As a webinar participant, what types of interaction makes the learning experience better for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Here’s some things she mentioned that I thought were useful: The new digital literacy is not finding the information, but being able to make choices when you had enough information flood your brain and take the time to synthesize. What techniques do you use to keep focused and productive?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress. It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do. It is called the “ NoPhone.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. Many said they had both experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

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. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

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. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

She knew the job aligned her life experience, education, and passion to learn more about trauma, grit, grief, and resilience. Lisa and Libby have a collective 20 years of experience working with teams and individuals to improve their wellbeing, employee engagement, and workplace culture.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections? My experience is here. My experience is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

But, the brain fog has started to fade. It's been a year since I had an "unconference experience," having participated in the Dialogue and Deliberation Conference last summer and facilitated by Lisa Heft. This lead me to a little experiment with Blip.TV I remember being inspired by it. The bookmarks are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Not great as many of reflected. As we reflected on the exercise, David urged us to bring this simple technique to a staff meeting and see what happens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

That's why I incorporated a number of reflection techniques throughout the day - to help with the digestion and application. I also tested out a couple of instructional techniques for the first time and learned something myself. Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain. Here's how.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I suspect my experience is not unique to lawyers, and can be extrapolated to other professional service industries. Learn more about donor stewardship in the article: 3 Stewardship Techniques to Scale Your Fundraising Efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The reality is that our brains only have the capacity to manage a limited number of relationships ??? The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. At some point after the initial excitement of a campaign wears off, you’ll probably experience the dreaded mid-campaign donation slump. One of the most common gamification techniques is the progress bar. 1) Visual Storytelling.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Now that I’ve had a bit to get my brain together I thought I’d share a few key takeaways (for me) from the conference. Reflections from NTC Plenary Panel on Innovation by Beth Kanter. Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. 1) Email is Hot.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

How many of us had the experience at some point during the pandemonium, as my daughter says, that folks were like, “Oh, I’m just home resting. There wasn’t anybody on my staff that had more than five years’ experience doing any one of those particular verticals. So I have a question for y’all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. One key idea in the infographic is the fractured nature of the modern attention span. So, how can you design those face-to-face experiences so they are more micro? Two important tips.

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