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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. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. The flexible classroom is a large open space.

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

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One of the most important social skills they work on in my daughter's classroom? Sharing is important because a) it's just the nice thing to do and b) sharing helps build the classroom community. Sharing the book or toy gives both children the common experience that forms the classroom culture.

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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the early days, the nonprofit technology community was a small community of that was generously shared its knowledge and skills. (The The same values hold true today over at NTEN ). He described the method as an alternative to technology lab classroom skills-based trainings.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

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Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! Not in San Francisco? We''ve also got a Master Class in Atlanta on October 24 and in Austin on November 14. Register now!

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MCON13: Working with Millennials

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It''s important to equip them to learn leadership skills and hear what they are thinking. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. Community Leadership mcon12 Millennials nptech nten social change Communications'

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I gave a lightening talk at the Gates Foundation convening of the Markets for Good community on “ Between the Keyboard and the Chair “ Facilitation and Train the Trainers: I was honored to co-facilitate a leadership track at the first ever Leading Change Summit hosted by NTEN which was an amazing learning experience.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! Not in San Francisco? We''ve also got a Master Class in Atlanta on October 24 and in Austin on November 14. Register now!