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

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Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Rather than just talk about the campaign, students has to participate. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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

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I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. While some children are taught about giving to charity at home, we are seeing more and more philanthropy curriculum being integrated into the classroom. The Giving 2.0 What does it look like?

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

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Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan.

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Nonprofit Focused Workshops at SXSW Interactive Festival: Join Us!

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These workshops will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in state-of-the-art classrooms. This workshop will share strategies and techniques for changing your nonprofits culture to be more agile, training other staff to be social to scale, and managing your nonprofit’s c-suite and board.

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Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks

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As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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

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For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises. Design for Participants To Apply. This means that you can’t be in the front of the room delivering content all the time!

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

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How about you? In early January, I read through the year’s journal and think about accomplishments:What gave me a sense of purpose and feeling of professional fulfillment? The themes are less about exploring something new, but to commit to continuous learning and improvement. I also use it as a year in review tool.