Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In this article, 10 Steps to Effective Listening , by educator Dianne Schilling provides the basic building blocks to effective listening. ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity. It lets the speaker hear what they just said and can build trust. 2: Be present, practice mindful listening to the other person.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

posted by Leslie Beecher , Instructional Designer. Over the past four years, I have worked as an instructional designer in the for-profit education world and am excited to have transitioned into the nonprofit sector. ASU Lodestar Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Community Organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. Year in Review.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. This could mean helping your association build its learning business from the ground up or providing guidance for future growth. Some of these services include: Creating a strategy for your learning business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. The room setup fought with our design, but we managed to make it work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The team’s first planning session should be one of learning about each’s other trade craft versus diving into the design of the session. Next, of course, is diving into the design task of identifying goals and framing for the session and specific roles. The Session Design and Implementation. Orienting the Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. With facilitator’s guidance, grantees will design and implement a small action learning project.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Later, as I developed workshops and content for strategic technology planning , I became obsessed with learning about technology professional development for nonprofits and designing effective trainings. When I design a training, whether a one-hour webinar or an all-day face-to-face workshop, I don't begin with the technology integration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. I also facilitated several design labs with nonprofits as part of the research for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Arts Marketing Project. You can find out more and register here.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But how do you get started building a program, especially if most of your funding comes from foundation grants? Before this, he was an Instructional Designer and Editor at Element K, a provider of learning solutions for businesses and nonprofits. George holds an MA and BA from Binghamton University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Build them out completely, adhering with the offerings of your LMS. Adaptability. If your users are on the go, eLearnings must be made accessible for mobile platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

He said success is about building your network, and that is both on an institutional level as well as personal network building. He also noted that the future belongs to people who are good searchers and can synthesize information quickly. Instructional Design Notes. Being Data Informed.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. More and more instructional designers and content providers are specializing in this medium and as the technology around them gets better Mobile Learning itself will continue to improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. . — Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

IOT Physical Simulators: The idea here is to build physical training devices that connect to online learning technology. The challenges of building these experiences have decreased as device manufacturers have provided application developers with new toolkits for developing applications.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Build up your social media strategy throughout the year so you have a ready audience on the big days like #GivingTuesday. It is possible for multiple giving days throughout the year to build upon each other rather than creating donor fatigue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated. So, bravo to Andrew Means for designing a great end to the conference that can lead to participants applying what they learned – that’s the true result.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

For your members, measuring this change allows them to achieve certifications, licenses, and accreditation to build their professional profiles. Open-ended assessments are designed to have a learner share everything that they know about a specific topic. Open-Ended Questions. Proctored Exams. Empower learners to practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

understand how to design and implement a social media experiment that enables listening, participation, content creation, or community building and is appropriate and realistic. I'm always overly critical about instructional delivery, and rely on evaluations to help hone and refine it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. So, need to re-order the questions to match the flow of the interactive presentation - and build in points for people to work pairs or threes to review the questions. Comfort Levels.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

This includes social distancing and masks for safety, building capacity limits for instructor-led training, and of course, the mass pivot of all in-person events to the virtual sphere. Responsive design. For example, seek the ability to make any changes to the visual display of your LMS via drag-and-drop tools or an editing wizard.

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sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2022

Design and develop course prototypes. The partner creates a prototype of the course to illustrate key design elements and the overall direction of the course. . Or, you could assign review duties by expertise—such as having your graphic designer review imagery and branding, SMEs review relevant educational content, and so on. .

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Build opportunities for learners to practice. By building multiple levels into the game, the learner can practice their responses and learn from their mistakes multiple times in a risk-free environment. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. The project supports a cohort of children’s health care insurance advocates with monthly peer calls, a face-to-face annual workshop, and expert one-on-one coaching from SpitFire coaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

We co-authored the “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” and I designed and facilitated a peer learning project. This year’s work will build on this past year. So, this trip was a gift in terms of getting new ideas for instructional design. The rafts were launched into the ocean in a race.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m very interested in seeing how this thinking can be applied more broadly to the social good and nonprofit sector. Stay tuned.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Course authoring software platforms empower learning professionals, often alongside content development experts, to author, design, and assemble eLearning courses for learners. Mobile-responsive design for all interactive elements. What is course authoring software? Interactive elements. Format conversion tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan. (Reflections coming soon!) Last week, Gordon used a version of the game at a conference in NYC. His reflections below. It's been in my head. Some of the issues that Gordon describes below I've found creative ways to address those.

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Forj

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The answer may seem obvious, but that’s not readily apparent in the eLearning we design. For example, instructional designers need to work with programmers, graphic artists, subject matter experts, and data scientists to develop effective eLearning curricula. Our design choices reflect our values.

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