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3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

The Nerdy NonProfit

For example, are there tasks that need to be completed in a certain order for your organization? Design a course that targets that change. Here are a few ideas we would use to create relatable courses in this scenario: Scenery and visuals that reflect the organization. Guest Contributor.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Community Organizing. Tracking: This is keeping track of the conversation themes and threads. The facilitator indicates that they will summarize the discussion and names the themes in play and then invites moving the conversation onward with “any more comments? Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas.

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Designing Transformative Communications Capacity Building Programs for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Betsey Russell captured the highlights of the content in this blog post, “ Boosting Nonprofit Communication Capacity.”.

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. What is the best way for a non-profit organization to engage the audience? Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training , using the “ADDIE” model as an organizing device. Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. We organized people into small groups based on clustering of the burning questions into themes on the sticky wall. Overnight Reflection.