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New from NTEN: Technology Champion Master Classes

NTEN

Well, we heard you and are excited to offer our new master classes to give you the opportunity to do just that. Our master classes are day-long interactive workshops that will help you develop a personalized plan for a project or issue you''re working on that you can take back to your organization. Atlanta, October 24th. Any questions?

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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

Well, two years on, I can safely say that our virtual training classes are here to stay. In a classroom, everyone knows who walks through the door—but sometimes in Zoom, that’s not clear. Even worse, sometimes they stay connected and just get bored—fatigued by the static environment. Is this you? . Welcome everyone.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

sgEngage

Faculty engaged her both inside and outside the classroom by providing feedback on assignments, encouraging her to step outside her comfort zone to acquire new skills, recommending extracurricular activities, and checking in on the progress she’s making towards her goals. Does engagement end with a donation? But that isn’t the lesson here.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The flexible classroom is a large open space.

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Incorporate These Three Learning Styles When Teaching Employees Something New

Eric Jacobsen Blog

These employees are “tell-me” learners, who thrive in classroom settings. Lectures and class discussions are effective training tools. They do well in independent environments where they set their own pace. Auditory learners learn by listening. Tactile learners learn by doing.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the MathAndCoding founders refined their processes and logistics, Bricker grew more confident in letting them move on to offer more advanced classes.

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