Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Writing people’s ideas on a flip chart or white board helps with the group memory and knowledge capture. The chart writer’s role is to captures the groups ideas. Whenever possible, the chart writer writes down the speaker’s exact words. It is basically a pause. It helps people process complex thoughts.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This can be done with a flip chart and markers or there might be one graphic facilitator dedicated to this task. Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. Defining Roles.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

It is humbling when you actually get feedback from the people you are designing something for. While I doubt that I will ever have to do design interfaces for a new car radio, the process was a stark reminder to me as an instructional designer to always get empathy from students in the course design process.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Learning Objectives: Understand why it is important to incorporate social media tools in your instructional practice for trainings. How to think like a social instructional designer. I also try to identify a framework that will help me design the content. Integrating Twitter as A BackChannel into Instruction.

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Social Media Share Media Instruction 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action). Here’s some more examples of incorporating walk and talks into trainings.

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50