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#13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?

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This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. My Curated Lists and Wikis. Mindfulness' Additional Resources. The Information Diet. 18 Minutes A Day.

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Donate Your Brain! Microvolunteering at TechSoup

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Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. In our Donate Your Brain initiative, volunteers choose how and when to participate whenever they want to. We mapped out the process we would use to promote Donate Your Brain opportunities. Simple, right? Not even hundreds.

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Congrats to Mazarine Treyz - The First Wiki Contributor to WeAreMedia Module 5

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The Brains On Fire blog tell us why it is so important to be prepared before you launch an online community effort: Online communities are popping up everywhere. The first thing to keep in mind? Jump in over at the wiki. The question was : How do you get prepared for an online community? And I really can???t Otherwise you???ll

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It is difficult to let go of the old ways. from powerpoint to wikitation

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A Wikitation is a presentation delivered in a wiki. I discovered this post from Alec Couros , reflecting on his recent presentation in a wiki for emerging technology. I got about 3 slides in when I realized that my brain no longer operates that way. I opted for the wiki-presentation method. m sure they wouldn???t

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. Use Learning Theory. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory). Development.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

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Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He also mentioned a Romanian wiki called MediaPedia.Ro. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. Keep in mind that the big one eats the little one. For example, Daily Kos created a wiki. He talked about the growth of wikipedia.

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