Digital, Exercise and Instructional Design

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

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.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training

Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

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. I used this a variety of ways: whiteboard interactive lecture and brainstorm; sticky note exercise; and student work space.

Training

Training Train Design Classroom

Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Digital Trends. ” The world has changed in the midst of the digital revolution. Digital Leadership. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

Social Media

Social Media Digital Mobile Trend

Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition. There was a lot of snapping.

Learning

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction

Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” 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. Formative Evaluation.

Evaluation

Evaluation Training Train Tips

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo. I use this design checklist to identify interactive exercises.

Learning

Learning Classroom Classes Student

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Spectragram.

Participatory

Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia

Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Six month agos, I was introduced to Luma Institute’s work as a participant in a Foundation convening to get ideas for their digital strategy development. I not only learned a huge amount, but I was able to systematically apply and iterate with the techniques over the last year. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

Facilitation

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Then we opened up for discussion.

Reflection

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 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. There is also an self-assessment exercise. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

Pakistan

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise

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

Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap

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. These touches will only increase the drive to accomplish the entirety of the learning exercise, as well as aid in. Interactive.

eLearning

eLearning Learning Instruction Instructional

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

I’ve been working program and instructional design, facilitation of peer calls and workshops – in collaboration with the fantastic team at Spitfire. All of them did it in less than the half time provided. I’ve found that adding this constraint to group report outs avoids getting bogged down with long report outs.

Reflection

Reflection Action Learning Change

Designing Professional Development for the Distracted Learner

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

Professional Design Develop Exercise

Nonprofit Technology

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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

Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Designing Professional Development for the Distracted Learner

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