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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

It is redefining workforce learning methods and tools, allowing organizations to nurture their talent in the most effective way. It is growing to be an effective medium for creating bite-sized and engaging learning modules. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

This process has been significantly augmented by social media, instead of limiting the practice to a regional endeavor where only local personnel can apply their skills, members of the organization in satellite offices can now contribute to the learning environment as a whole. The skills of individuals you have been paired with.

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The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups

Gyrus

With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. Skill-Gaps. Though just being around successful people on the job can permeate positive skill building.

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Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

Gyrus

We as learning professionals already know that eLearning being ported to mobile for the sake of technological availability is not in itself an efficient utilization. Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. The post Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. This is evaluation.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Another nonprofit furthering research behind games and learning is the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.