Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Here’s some examples.

Learning Theory 138

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Use Learning Theory. Has the workshop been effective in advancing the participant’s learning?

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

Training 59

Training Train Design Tech 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

A lot of work I do around social media is training — good training requires good design – not just content. This book is filled with great tips on designing engaging learning experiences that help your participants connect, inspire, and engage. The model balances content, learning design, and participants.

Skills 105

Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches. They are not content to just sit and click. Communicate more frequently in shorter bursts of “snackable content”. Gen Z by the Numbers.

Social 28

Social Nigeria Student Cancer 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

" Loretta argues: The first supposition is that as various means are used to capture the proceedings of an event, (Nancy mentions: Chat/IRC, Videocasts, VOIPcasts, Podcasts, and Visual Facilitation), the performance of encapsulating and depicting is in itself learning. Loretta, doe it depend on which learning theory you buy into?

Knowledge 50

Knowledge Collaboration Social Media Tools 50