Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

After we create a shared network based on individual’s knowledge and skills, we move to the organizational network maps. I always begin with an orientation exercise that allows participants to draw from their own knowledge of what they already know and what they want to know about the tools.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Can we really debate one laptop per child and mobile access when kids may really just need food, clothes and school books? Empowerment is key. The real question is what kind of services and knowledge do people need and how can we help them to help themselves. If ICT is part of the practical and feasible solution -- even better!

International 52

International Develop Empowerment Ghana 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Students get a minute to think about the question on their own and then answer it using a mobile device that sends their answers to Mazur’s laptop. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge. Then he asks one of the multiple-choice questions. Then the group draws the connections.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116