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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

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For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” LinkedIn is another good resource for connecting with professionals and groups dedicated to finding ways to leverage the powers of generative AI. Be very clear and intentional with word choice.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Group Photo. Closing Circle.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The commonality was that everyone was working on Women’s Rights and Social Justice, although from different local contexts and different types of programs. The next facilitation challenge was to break them into small groups to work on the personas using a poster-sized version of the persona worksheet.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.