Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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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! Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. What to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and Engage. By Dave Meier.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I facilitated two programs for grantees of the Packard Foundation based on my book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit and designed and currently facilitating a peer learning exchange for the Knight Foundation for its community foundation partners that are hosting Giving Days. Learn: Learning is not just for kids or students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Learning Network Organization Classroom 102

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. Implement ECB strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. Year in Review.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Tobais Eigen captured it on video. I nominate #14ntctrain. ntenorg [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif. It never ceases to amaze how the set up of the room influences how we learn and how important that is to consider it in your design. Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Games provide tremendous opportunities for learning about real-world issues.

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Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like.

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Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It seems that Training personnel are always focused on new and innovative teachings, and designers are obsessed with developing an open platform that can accommodate all these visionary changes that we as learning professionals would wish to implement.

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Industry Learning Environment Training 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Yesterday, I facilitated a hot topic workshop at the Healthy Communities Annual Conference hosted by the Search Institute in Minneapolis. Nonetheless, there is a nonprofit perspective and my instructional materials and experience speak to that audience. This week I put that into practice. It was eye opening.

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Social Media Intergenerational Difference Remix 56

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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eBook Accessibility United States Student 203

sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2023

A learning management system—or an “LMS” for short—is a software resource or application that provides communication tools, academic course management, and a user interface for students, educators, and administrators in K–12 schools and higher education institutions.

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Learning Management System Learning Management 63

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The design and feel of the place was different than any science center I''d ever experienced. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. What unique design elements make Community Science Workshops work?

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Cloud for Good provides Salesforce implementation services for institutions looking to modernize their platform to meet the ever-changing needs of students, staff, and faculty. This will provide prospective students with a consistent, data-backed experience no matter who they speak to on the recruitment & admissions team.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 3, 2021

The LMT Director will design, develop, and implement Salesforce training curricula for Cloud For Good’s ambitious Salesforce apprenticeship program (name TBD) and lead training delivery for new and recent graduates seeking to launch Salesforce careers. Instructional design, curriculum development, and teaching experience is a plus .

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Canada Training Train Director 85

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

A one-minute video clip presents the issue (for example, whether students should be allowed to wear headscarves to school). Then, a screen pops up with a statement like “Students should be allowed to wear religious symbols in school.” Tags: exhibition design participatory museum interactives. The setup is always the same.

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Poll Interaction Museum Social 22

Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

You could gather and share stories from teachers and students who have benefited from the whiteboards. For example, teachers could explain how the whiteboards have enhanced their instructional methods, allowing for more engaging lessons. To grab attention and prompt action, design CTAs to visually stand out in your marketing materials.

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Storytelling Marketing Create Tips 52

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. The activity was facilitated by the activity station set up in the lobby just outside the gallery. are so similar." --A college student "We loved the post-it sticker idea, that way we can still share the artwork at home."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

We co-authored the “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” and I designed and facilitated a peer learning project. So, this trip was a gift in terms of getting new ideas for instructional design. When you are a trainer, you are a designer and facilitator of learning experiences.

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Leadership Develop Exercise 50

Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

So that is what we explore in depth in our certificate in philanthropic psychology at our institute, how can we, through fundraising in the charitable sector, facilitate the love that people can have, not only for those easily lovable, but also for the people that might be most difficult for us to love. All my students are my favorite.

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