Design Evaluation Facilitation Participatory 
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OCTOBER 9, 2023
Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 25, 2017
Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 20, 2014
Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. The technique helps you need to evaluate the ideas. There are platforms that are designed to support design thinking methods such as Mural.Co.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Designing training that is interactive, that goes beyond presenting takes upfront planning. I use this design checklist to identify interactive exercises.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 1, 2016
In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Instructional Design. Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? Why Use One? Notes from the presentations as well as photos can be found here.
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