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3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

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For example, rather than showcasing a North American hospital, it would be more valuable to share images of field hospitals in the designated location. Examples, questions, and scenarios that reflect what the learner will encounter. Language and conversations that reflect the learner’s experience. We could go on.

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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. Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies. How can we get people to talk to us?

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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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FocusOn Learning 2017: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Presentations Educational

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In conferences, there’s definitely a sense of comradery: you’re an instructional designer? They asked questions throughout the session and enjoyed playing through the games I demoed for them. It seems that people generally don’t like being talked at ; they like being part of a conversation. Let’s talk shop.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” - Drawing People Out: After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out. ”Tell me more …” is one of several identified in the book. Tracking: This is keeping track of the conversation themes and threads. ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity.

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8 Reasons Why Bad Trainings Happen to Good Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can find the presentation here and accompanying blog post, How To Think Like A Nonprofit Instructional Designer. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. Ask questions. Don’t just talk at them, interact!

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The team’s first planning session should be one of learning about each’s other trade craft versus diving into the design of the session. That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? Do you have a preferred method?