Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Or do you learn better when you get a chance to process the content every 15 minutes by thinking about it quietly or talking with a peer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

It is less about disseminating content and best practices and more about pulling ideas and knowledge in through many-to-many interaction. Three Ways to Think About Content. Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert. Think Beyond Presenters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes. Photo: Americans for the Arts. Movement is better than sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. There are a couple of bonus slides in the deck about how to use metrics for podcasts and video. Intangibles are important.

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