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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. The flexible classroom is a large open space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I most often have to hack the space.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck. There are many ways to do this, but try to avoid the “Q/A of the Expert at the End,” and facilitate discussion that is more reflective. Reflection. So, you have to design for that. Presenting Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors

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Research points to the emergence of a dynamic generation: educated, industrious, collaborative and eager to build a better world (see slide 10). A good checklist and some recommendations can be found on slides 50-53. It’s a huge group: two billion worldwide. How do businesses and nonprofit reach out to this generation? The Giving 2.0

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

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I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. Moving to Zoom, the simplest way to adapt would be screenshare my slide deck. So I started using collaborative Google documents.

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Hey Nonprofits: Here Comes Gen Z Donors

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A good checklist and some recommendations can be found on slides 50-53. While many children are taught about giving to charity at home, we are seeing more and more philanthropy curriculum being integrated into the classroom. The young philanthropist handed her $100 for ALS that he has raised. The Giving 2.0

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

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Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. She recently took a deep dive into reflective practice and techniques. A few ideas: Assigned seating or “social engineering” Solo reflective activity related to the content.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

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I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. How: 6 Tools and Tips. Know of any?

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