Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I’m honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. ” The thesis: For nonprofit organizations there are two key processes that lead to social change: To become networked, and to use measurement. For more about the lounge and schedule, sign up here.

Interaction 104

Interaction Instructional Design Measure Badge 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog.

Professional 103

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

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.

Instructional Design 50

Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Google (via a variety of enterprises) continue to break down the walls and establish new and innovative processes for consumers to integrate into their daily lives. There is definitely more to come in the learning industry; the current focus is to make the end to end process feel more accessible.

Industry 74

Industry Learning Environment Training 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

As with all the capacity building projects that I’ve designed, it is based on a framework and theory of change. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Communications have more impact. Training Design. Amplify peers’ efforts.

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

In addition to getting the satisfaction of checking off items completed, I also reflect on how I could improve or streamline my process. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Year in Review. I strapped on a Fitbit and started walking 15,000 steps a day.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. The meaning of this one term is now obtainable via most learning types; if not just written in a way that is indeed more impactful to your learning base.

eLearning 63

eLearning Learning Instruction Instructional 63

Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

But now, everything that is required for proper learning and accreditation is right there at your fingertips, just a few screen clicks away from impacting organizational wisdom, verifying departmentalized compliance, and actually engaging these hard to reach people. Evolution of the Content.

Mobile Learning 58

Mobile Learning Mobile Learning eLearning 58

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

For example, imagine you’re creating a course in which learners need to understand the history of developing a process they’re expected to use. You can present the key points in the history of developing the process out of order, and ask the learner to sequence them in the correct order. Detail a process.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Section 3: Impact without Burnout: Self-Care in the Workplace.

Reflection 64

Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data – themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more. Markets for Good (@MarketsForGood) May 1, 2015.

Conference 50

Conference Data Exercise Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. With facilitator’s guidance, grantees will design and implement a small action learning project.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. C hallenge assumptions : “What do you think you will lose if you start sharing responsibility for the implementation process?”. It helps people process complex thoughts.

Skills 50

Skills Build Technique Language 50

Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Discovering the specific pain points that your association faces when it comes to administering CME will reveal which features to prioritize in the LMS selection process. If that revenue is on the decline, the experiences you’ll be able to provide for members will be directly impacted. Responsive design.

Associations 36

Associations eLearning Module Course 36

DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Let’s walk through the benefits of using technology in your training strategy and how you can create e-learning courses that make an impact. With visuals of the form and walk-through examples, we were able to put the content into context and make the information easier to process. Why not use it to train your team as well?

Training 52

Training Train Tech Tips 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

Professional 50

Professional Design Develop Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

More recently, with support from the Packard Foundation, I’ve been working on an Emerging Leadership Development project with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies. We co-authored the “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” and I designed and facilitated a peer learning project. Exercise #1: Herding Sheep.

Leadership 50

Leadership Develop Exercise 50

Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Through our experience working with a number of unique organizations, we’ve seen firsthand how the right course authoring tools can impact learning offerings. Course authoring software platforms empower learning professionals, often alongside content development experts, to author, design, and assemble eLearning courses for learners.

eLearning 36

eLearning Authoring Course Platform 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. The skill of writing good headlines is an important one to develop!

Fund 130

Fund Campaign Practice Giving 130