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

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I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note. You answered our call for donations so students could move off our waiting list and into classrooms. You could go with, Do you know you are a hero?

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

Now here's the rub: for this to work for you and the community, plan to answer twice as many questions as you ask. Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. The GE Crotonville Center is the legendary example An easy "ask" for your local corporations is: can I get a donated seat in your classroom?

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How To Make Meetings Work for Your Nonprofit (whether you are sitting,standing, or walking!)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like the flipped classroom model in education, you ask participants to read the reports ahead of time so you can spend more time on discussion versus presentation. There were tons of questions in general about meetings, many about how to change an organization’s meeting culture. Source: Jeremiah Owyang Facebook.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. So your computer lab, classroom, or public access stations will be up and running in no time. That's all there is to it!

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. You can combine this with asking the audience for “out-loud” questions as well.