Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Fun Compliance Training – A Real Phrase. In life, there are few certainties, one in particular which you will be exposed and subjected to is compliance training. Compliance training as we know it is meant to be a boring and highly regimented experience. The same concepts can be applied to Compliance Training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. A great deal of my training work is done face-to-face.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

Professional 96

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. A great deal of my training work is done face-to-face.

Professional 0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. Connecting Up Master Class. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. Having a formal closing to your training helps extend the learning to action. Circle and Workspace in New Zealand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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Design Communication Program Build 95

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.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We pivoted from in-person body alignment corrections and preparing for national tours and performances to ensuring all educators and students had the appropriate platforms and technology to just attend one class. Strategy: communication, program delivery, training, and COVID-19 planning for virtual and in-person studio classes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

There is a large number of people online and it comes as no surprise that there are online classes, misunderstandings, reputations damaged, and public relations disasters. The books is filled with techniques and best practices for getting people to be more civil online and how to handle the people that just can’t be civilized.

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Digital Technique United States Social Media 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Social Media Master Class. The overall goal was to provide participants with a combination of insights and practical tips to help them be effective. This face-to-face master class and mini-workshops will be followed with a smaller peer learning group that will meet regularly to compare notes as they put the ideas into practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

AI can be trained to mimic its programmer’s values, but it is unable to independently distinguish right from wrong or good from evil. Make appropriate training available. Offering a class in AI fundamentals will provide a solid foundation for discovery. Humans can base decisions on ethics, morality, and emotions.

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Language Problem Knowledge System 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. They have to be in class during the day, dividing homework time between short study halls or evenings and weekends. million copies around the world.

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Student Skills Teach Life 52

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 19, 2006

Got an email today advertising a free one-week training for student activists put on by Greenpeace and Seventh Generation called Change It 2006. If you know any young people who might benefit from this program, tell them to get on it, the deadline is April 30th. greenpeace seventh generation youth activism

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. They have to be in class during the day, dividing homework time between short study halls or evenings and weekends. million copies around the world.

Student 52

Student Skills Teach Life 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When the class graduates after a year they join the Leadership Academy Alumni Association and I meet with that group every month just to do a Q&A. I like to hire people with positive attitudes as we can train people for almost everything except attitude. It is very candid and transparent.

Leadership 52

Leadership Attitude Chapter Culture 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When the class graduates after a year they join the Leadership Academy Alumni Association and I meet with that group every month just to do a Q&A. I like to hire people with positive attitudes as we can train people for almost everything except attitude. It is very candid and transparent.

Leadership 52

Leadership Attitude Chapter Culture 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

It is using private goods for social good reasons. Rob started off with some observations about the young people he sees in his business school classes. ” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources.

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In that chapter, I discuss several tools to help you legitimately enhance the emotional content of your story, and several techniques to make sure that emotion doesn’t become unfairly manipulative. By including those two additional chapters, I felt like I was giving them a powerful tool, but with the training and wisdom to use it responsibly.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

In that chapter, I discuss several tools to help you legitimately enhance the emotional content of your story, and several techniques to make sure that emotion doesn’t become unfairly manipulative. By including those two additional chapters, I felt like I was giving them a powerful tool, but with the training and wisdom to use it responsibly.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

The person will probably have a different perspective and approach than an older manager and may know more about recent developments and newer techniques or technologies.” They can explain things a little easier—training always goes smoother because they tend to understand what they are teaching instead of just reading out of a book.”

Management 40

Management Classes Advice Survey 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

When the class graduates after a year they join the Leadership Academy Alumni Association and I meet with that group every month just to do a Q&A. I like to hire people with positive attitudes as we can train people for almost everything except attitude. It is very candid and transparent.

Leadership 40

Leadership Attitude Chapter Culture 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Accessibility India United States International 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

When the class graduates after a year they join the Leadership Academy Alumni Association and I meet with that group every month just to do a Q&A. I like to hire people with positive attitudes as we can train people for almost everything except attitude. It is very candid and transparent.

Leadership 67

Leadership Attitude Chapter Culture 67

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As a teenager, asserting my independence, my friends and I would take in the train to catch late night showings of Laser Floyd in their Rose planetarium. So this is all just going back to Bernie again, and everything he and his colleagues taught me as a little kid in gym class playing New Games ).

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Game Museum Design Digital 55

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Suse Anderson spoke about the drawbacks of professionalization: Moves to “professionalise” the sector that make an MA entry level + cost of grad school + systemic under compensation —> further embedding class stasis of who can work in museums, whilst making public arguments for DEAI that contradict institutional actions.

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Museum Guinea Tech Studies 45

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

In that chapter, I discuss several tools to help you legitimately enhance the emotional content of your story, and several techniques to make sure that emotion doesn’t become unfairly manipulative. By including those two additional chapters, I felt like I was giving them a powerful tool, but with the training and wisdom to use it responsibly.

Story 47

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 47

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Fundraiser Training & Support. With a two-week soft launch, the foundation trained 32 team captains who had been identified as prospects months before in the planning stages. Team captains were invited to train at a campus computer lab where they registered, created their fundraising page, and learned how to use the online tools.

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