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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. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

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Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. The documenter will also transcribe sticky notes into a word document and capture any thoughts shares via social media hashtag. Defining Roles.

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What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

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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. One example of a document that clients often want to receive is a business plan.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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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. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action). It might include standing or walking. I’ve incorporated movement into openings and closers.

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

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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. 8: Document what you learned for your next campaign.

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

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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. We played with 6 groups of about 7 people each. We started at 4 p.m.,