Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide.

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Data Chart PowerPoint Slides 97

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. see the Traffic Sources pie chart on the right for an example of this data). See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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Analytics Design Research Process 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Or do you learn better when you get a chance to process the content every 15 minutes by thinking about it quietly or talking with a peer?

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Content Learning Brain PPT 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

How people think and process information are one set of theories that include multiple intelligences , learning styles , and constructivism. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Some indicators that a card sort test is a good activity for a design project include: A website that is structured according to the org chart so that each department has their own section. This is known as “showing your corporate underpants”.

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Design Process Web Test 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. I feel that David Armano's " Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt " process is something that you don't stop doing.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50