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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

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The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. This may be mean rapid prototyping as well as front-end research.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

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This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. This gives an opportunity for the audience to share their story and their knowledge.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The curriculum covered a lot of territory on social media and online collaborations, but every day after we came back from a delicious Indian meal, the after-lunch slump would set in. Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Movement can also incorporate what you’re training on.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

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” I was lucky enough to collaborate with Janet McIntyre , a nonprofit leadership coach and Jeffrey Golde , Adjunct Professor of Management: Columbia Business School, along with Abe Flores from AFTA. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

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Group Collaboration with Feedback. A collaborative assessment involves learners completing a task alongside their peers and receiving feedback on their personal efforts within the group. Of the various assessment methods in this list, group collaboration with feedback is easily the least quantitative method.

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Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. I modeled that I don't know everything. I learned about the four keys of fun in game design as well as the role emotion plays in engaging people.