Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” Images are better than words for instructional aids.

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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. These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization. Flip It!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. 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.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” They’re basically training me with their subject line to stop opening their emails. Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. The presentations ended with a reflective practice question that participants could discuss with someone in the room, think about quietly, or tweet using the hashtag #npsmpeer. Read Danielle’s blog post ).

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Used in the wrong way, AI toys will suck people into productivity holes of asking never-ending ‘what if’ questions. Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Wait, when is this AI going to start saving me time? Never, unless you adopt it in the right way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Jennifer made use of an app called “ Answer Qwik ” that allows participants to answer polling questions on their mobile phones and have the aggregate results shown on the screen. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. In other words, to what end?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Program Design. Participants Own Their Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer ! Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert. This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? Holly recognized some “heros&# in the community who have done that. Ruck Sack, DoSomething, Ada Jenkins, They have the instigator gene – they have the ability to make it happen. It has to be with a split of our brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I asked the runners to line up from “just bought my nikes&# to “training for my third 30 mile marathon.&#. User-generated content for training can be powerful and also make participants more open to subject matter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I play a little PowerPoint Karoke.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I think this style is a better match for social media as well as social media training. I ask certain questions to help identify these individuals.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? Here are her answers: Question: Just to cover the basics, could you briefly define for us ADD and ADHD? Not following through on instructions or failing to finish tasks. Blurting answers before question completed. Question: In your book ( Is it ADHD or My iPhone? ) Is this ADD?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

A full-time employee in a supporting role might also handle some aspects of program work, such as recruiting and training volunteers, planning volunteer events, and working on the logistical details of program management. It is hard not to feel stupid when you have to ask a lot of questions. Provide written instructions.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Whether it’s Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuing Nursing Education, or training for other healthcare specialties, the education must align with specific accreditation regulations. Fewer questions from frustrated users, members who are readily and eagerly engaging with your LMS, and increases in non-dues revenue as a result.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Bringing your brain to what you are doing. While she didn’t teach us improvisation exactly, she lead us through some group discussions on the question: What do we do when things go wrong? He had us walk around the room following different instructions and then try to find two people and create a triangle. Flexibility.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Now imagine you’re looking for the bathroom on a 6-inch screen, and instead of walking around, asking folks questions, all you can do is tap on things with your thumb. It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. This is the basic idea behind microcopy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions? Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I'm feeling good about the workshop because I feel that I'm finally closer to mastering differentiated instruction with social media and nonprofits. The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly. The second group wants to know how to do it better and has many questions and learning to share.

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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. If you are designing and leading any type of training, take into account the current context for your participants. This infographic is an insightful profile of the way people learn in the modern workplace.

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