Design, Instructional Design and Structure

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training

Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Design for Participants To Apply. It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. So, you have to design for that. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

Training

Training Train Reflection Design

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

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. Next, of course, is diving into the design task of identifying goals and framing for the session and specific roles. The Session Design and Implementation. Orienting the Group.

Reflection

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

Morocco

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference

How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Adjustments to Course Design and Development. Custom-designed, relatable courses. Creative, engaging design decisions. In this scenario, you’ll want to make creative and engaging design decisions to keep her attention. For example, let’s say you’re working from home.

Training

Training Train Course Storyboard

What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

The environmental scan phase looks at the external market: who the association’s competition is, what the target market wants, if there is a market for the content being provided, what type of pricing structure to enact, and more. However, creating a formal learning business within your organization is a whole new ballgame. Course authoring.

eLearning

eLearning Consultant Guide Associations

How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

Training

Training Train Brain Exercise

What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

The real kicker is that based on the awards you structure in the environment there is a very high probability that users will remember a significant portion of their adventure, what the saw, where they were, and how they got there. Social Feeds have aided in the Pokémon growth enormously.

Industry

Industry Learning Game Application

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

This rings of significant importance for businesses that are completely structured around a mobilized workforce, as training offerings of the past have seemed like a distant and unachievable possibility. Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. Who might that be?

Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning Mobile Learning eLearning

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

Channel

Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design

Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. Ask Good Questions.

Skills

Skills Build Technique Language

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

Reflection

Reflection People Network Colorado

Experiential Leadership Development

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.

Leadership

Leadership Develop Exercise

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

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. Click to download worksheet. And everyday until…. Until one day….

Fund

Fund Campaign Practice Giving

Guest Post by Gordon Mayer: Playing Learning Games to Spread Nonprofit Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan. (Reflections coming soon!) Last week, Gordon used a version of the game at a conference in NYC. His reflections below. It's been in my head. Some of the issues that Gordon describes below I've found creative ways to address those.

Social Media

Social Media Game Media Los Angeles

Nonprofit Technology

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Trending Sources

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Experiential Leadership Development

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

Guest Post by Gordon Mayer: Playing Learning Games to Spread Nonprofit Social Media

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