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Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List

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This useful handbook summarizes and explains the brain science of how people learn and provides easy to use frameworks to help you design and deliver training where people learn. Brain-Based Learning: The New Science of Teaching and Training. The Accelerated Learning Handbook. By Dave Meier. by Eric Jensen. by Jane Bozarth.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. 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.

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The Future of eLearning and Immersive Learning Environments

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Elearning continues to rapidly evolve as technologies such as gamification, immersive learning environments ( ILEs ), MOOCS, mobile learning and other modern training delivery methods penetrate the marketplace. It’s truly fascinating to see this evolution spawned by farsighted individuals and companies.

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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Data and the Human Touch

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When Kevin was in kindergarten he had an organic brain injury, which forced him to have to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. In the words of Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation , “to find the impact jackpot, you need to immerse yourself deeply enough in context and methods to make a reasoned judgment.

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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

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Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. John Cluverius, Teaching Assistant/Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Conor Barnes, Advisor, Investor, & Student. Kirk Schmidt, Director of Professional Services, Method Works Consulting. Chris Lundberg, CEO, Frakture.

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

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The Flipped Classroom is mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning. It’s being done in elementary, high schools, and colleges. While there is no one right way to use the technique, what would customarily be defined as homework (problem sets, essay writing, etc.)