Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 20, 2014
There are a lot different styles, philosophies, and techniques for facilitating groups of people. Check out the International Association of Facilitator’s Method database which contains more than 500 entries. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 3, 2013
I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts.
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. Round Robin.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 18, 2012
What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 23, 2013
If you are a trainer, you are working with the human brain every day and you need to know as much as possible about how humans learn and how to teach a topic well. One technique described that I use often is “share pairs,” it makes people get it up, take that body break, and check in with someone.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. I schedule my writing time during peak concentration hours in the day. (I’ve charted those – so I know when they occur). Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content.
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