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Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

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The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. is done by students during class hours, with a teacher’s supervision and hands-on input; and what was once the core of the classroom experience (teacher lectures) is now absorbed at home via online resources. So, you have to design for that. Reflection.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Trends in the Living Networks blog gives an analysis of the structure of influence and social opinion which offers some insights into leveraging a network effect. Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? So what happens when you go on vacation ?