Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Used in the wrong way, AI toys will suck people into productivity holes of asking never-ending ‘what if’ questions. Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. Adjust prompt instructions or model as needed. could help.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

There were no written instructions, just a mural that suggested what to do and labels that prompted people for their name and memory. THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. What was it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

We’re going to cover types of eLearning assessments through the following questions: What is an eLearning assessment? There are a variety of types of eLearning assessments that you can use to evaluate your association’s members. Learners are asked to choose the one correct answer that aligns with the question asked.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Evaluating your mission statement: Your company’s mission statement reflects its purpose and goals, and can even relate to some nonprofit causes. After evaluating the purpose of your workplace giving program, determine which initiatives will be most beneficial to help you reach your goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. Audience Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. In other words, to what end?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. ” - Drawing People Out: After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out. ”Tell me more …” is one of several identified in the book. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

And, in looking over the evaluations and reviews , I think the participants did too. I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". What: The art of social instructional design.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

This value proposition should answer the question, “Why should this specific group care about and support our cause?” Use language and tone that reflect their preferences and communication style. Make it easy for them to take the desired action by providing direct links or instructions.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Philanthropy and knowledge work have a long history, from demonstration projects to evaluation to the encouragement of learning communities and grantee learning networks. Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions. Questions are instrumental to successful grantmaking that focuses on change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What worked? What didn't? Before I went on Twittered.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? You need to represent those who benefit from your services ethically.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. I partnered with staff member Bambi Grajek-Specter, and we went out into the galleries armed with a simple question: "What would you recommend that I see?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

I asked how she did that and she pointed me over to these simple how-to instructions ). Allison Fine and I have been noodling with an evaluation model that looks social media from an organizational perspective - from social networks to social capital (relationships) to action in the real world. My questions: .

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2008

I've come back to this question again and again. Finding great questions to ask can help. As one of the evaluators commented, visitors want to make meaning out of their interactions with Daisy. This is what separates Daisy from all the instructional graphics and "What do YOU thinks?" Most of all, you need great listeners.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. Facilitators gave visitors a person to ask if they had questions and probably reinforced a sense that you were in the presence of an authority (a friendly one) and this was not a time to screw off. All the photos in this post are on Flickr here.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. We know you've got questions. You’ll leave feeling motivated and ready to change the quality of instruction in your school district or community!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I designed the course to reflect lessons learned from my doctoral research. I find it very exciting to have people from across the planet online together, asking each other questions and talking about ways to address common problems. The blog focuses on instructional approaches, not on the technologies themselves. Evaluate it!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities. As always, I welcome your questions and comments. We tracked down as many people as we could and developed a big spreadsheet so we could evaluate the possibilities. Memory Jars installation.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

When people ask about blogging, the question of comments comes up more frequently than any other. Why not ask more typical website questions, "why don't more people visit my blog?" But I'm not planning to shift all of my writing to this kind of personal self-reflection nor to the hyper-provocative content of the Zombies post.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

When you’re applying for a grant with a grant proposal, make sure you’re following the funder’s instructions for how your proposal should be structured and what should be included. It’s important to read all of the instructions provided to you on your grant application before writing up your proposal. Evaluation methods.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

But most importantly, we love these sessions to be interactive, so please do chat in your questions and comments. Introduce yourself if you haven’t already, because we’re going to be asking you some questions later. . So what are some of the main questions I hear from folks like you? You can use either of those.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

This means good marketing should allow you to: Take a critical look at your marketing strengths and weaknesses Evaluate your progress toward you current goals Set new goals based on your progress Clarify and help you connect with your target audience. Evaluate Results for Next Year. Nonprofit Marketing Plan Basics.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

You chose your logo, colors, and fonts deliberately to reflect your organization’s mission and values. Ask these questions as you review the page: Are the images clear and fully visible on the page? If you answered no to any of these questions, review and edit your donation page in the mobile view of your content management system.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

But the thousands of people who view the resultant reviews and videos will form an impression of your institution based on them--so as much as possible, make sure that impression reflects messages you'd like to share about your institution. Talk to the folks at Instructables. Evaluate the outcome. Did you get what you wanted?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

By understanding what individuals are highlighting about the Exploratorium experience, the museum can craft its own messaging--and programming--to reflect and enhance the elements seen as most valuable. is a more powerful question than “What do you think?” But what if you asked questions instead? What do you want?”

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here are some questions your team can ask to help you reflect on last year’s results: What was our goal last year, and did we meet it? Here are some questions you might ask yourself as you look at your annual goal: Have you raised more than your initial fundraising goal? Who contributed to our campaign last year?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

You have to create messages and experiences that are true to your brand and relevant to people, reflecting their needs. So, you would also invest some time in creating personalized donation appeal letters for those who want to give through the mail, making sure to offer clear instructions for how to send donations back to your organization.

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