Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Note from Beth: Whether you are planning to present at a conference or deliver a one-day workshop, the secret to success is in good design. You need to shape it and that means thinking through some design questions. What are your session’s learning objectives and who is the audience? Lori Jean Mantooth offers a summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. It is also important to design a similar process for each small group to work through.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Remember, a well-designed website that seamlessly incorporates social media acts as a powerful catalyst for advancing the impact of your nonprofit organization. This approach not only maintains a clean and user-friendly design for your blog and social media, but it also helps increase traffic to your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

” I wondered whether or not I was just weird, so I have been looking to some of the literature that looks at learning design from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. Images are better than words for instructional aids. Training Design' Having participants talk is better than listening. Incorporating Movement.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Instructional designers have been trying for years to come up with the perfect teachings for organizational entities, with learnings ranging from electronic, social, micro, mobile, instructor-led, and blended. Be sure not to stop there, coaching involves so much more than instruction towards a positive outcome. Reinforcement.

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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.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

The Federal Hurricane Response widget is a web tool designed to help share information during a major emergency with links to authoritative federal government sites on how to get help; finding friends and family; health and safety information; how to donate and volunteer; and a summary of what the government is doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. This blog post is a summary of my notes from the day. Instructional Design Notes. I facilitated a session in the afternoon which was designed for peer interaction given the topic. Mobile Organizational Culture social media policy Training Design' Digital Trends.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2011

With a wide range of interconnected topics from servers and virtualization, waste stream management and cloud computing to data center design and organizational policy planning, all of these concepts apply to both small and large organizations alike and all can benefit from an understanding of the effective application of green IT.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

Here are Google’s instructions on how to set up content experiments. No need to revisit college statistics, Google will calculate your statistical significance and let you know when the experiment has collected enough data, showing you a summary of how your new form compares to the old form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

We call this program ‘PhilanthroKids’ or Kids In Philanthropy (KIP) because it complements their youth program ‘Youth In Philanthropy, which is designed for teenagers from aged 13-18 and this extends the professional training of fundraising practitioners to philanthropy education of young children and their parents.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

These reports need to include: Information about specific activities, including the date of accredited activities, hours of instruction, type of activity, learners that completed the activity, and much more. Responsive design. An attestation statement. Offline use with automatic sync.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

The workshop design looks at how to considering the role and activity of the technology stewards in authentic situations as well as exploring the uses of social technologies to stay in touch as well as for sustained inquiry. Having a facilitator - the summaries helped make the tag stream accessible.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

When you’re applying for a grant with a grant proposal, make sure you’re following the funder’s instructions for how your proposal should be structured and what should be included. It’s important to read all of the instructions provided to you on your grant application before writing up your proposal. Executive summary.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Every email should include instructions for those who don’t want to receive them going forward. Whether we’re working on a web design project or even developing a mobile advocacy app , at Team DNL, we understand the importance of compelling content. Allow donors to opt-out at any point. Write Compelling Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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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.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

So designing a highly effective program that you can apply for will make winning grants that much easier, especially given the competitiveness. So if you’ve answered all those questions, you’ve designed an effective program. Maybe you read the instructions and confirm your eligibility.

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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. Closing Cohort Discussions and Circle.

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Leadership Develop Exercise 50

Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught. That being said, the platforms in which these games are being built are constantly evolving, giving designers better graphical capabilities, smoother operations, and in general more robust offerings. Microlearning.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Next, with as much detail as possible, provide step-by-step instructions on how the results were achieved. The conclusion of your article is a condensed summary of your major points and if possible should be no longer than 2-3 sentences, or about 50-75 words. And don’t worry about not being a graphic designer. Conclusion.

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