Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

On August 2-3, I attended the 5th biennial Money for Our Movements (MFOM) social justice fundraising conference in Baltimore, Maryland, convened by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. Channels such as social media can really help with this. Let that inform your decisions on what channel(s) to use to reach your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning. Depending on the learning objectives, you could even skip the slides altogether, or adapt them for a pre-work activity. Medium: Up to 50 people. The connection between participants is less intimate. Large: Over 50 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. 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. Tags: training materials. The Topics.

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MAY 7, 2009

A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. As participants log in, have a slide or whiteboard that clearly shows the instructions for the audio. Below are some helpful tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2007

Today I had a brief training in learning how to use Breeze, a web conferencing system, for the webinar I'm doing next for Extension Professionals. I The group will be between 50-125, so it will be more of lecture, although I will definitely use the back-channel and instant poll features. Photo in Flickr.

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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. I think this style is a better match for social media as well as social media training. When they are lined up by comfort level, I have been doing a quick poll to see where generations appear along the line.

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