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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults. It’s boring, and it doesn’t really improve people’s skills. Maybe it imparts knowledge, but people can’t transfer that to a real-life environment.

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The Ultimate Benefit of Learning Management Systems

Gyrus

The Benefits of a Learning Management System (LMS) are quite wide and can contain everything from basic functionality to cool recently implemented features. Modern day LMS, also often fully support Mobile functionalities, allowing the user to select their preferred platform when accessing their learnings. Who needs additional learning?

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

Social Learning can best be defined as working with others to understand ideas, concepts, and procedures. The goal of social learning is to pair people with different strengths and let them combine said strengths together, in order to make a pseudo-superhero. New more consistent source of materials.

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Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable?

Gyrus

But now, everything that is required for proper learning and accreditation is right there at your fingertips, just a few screen clicks away from impacting organizational wisdom, verifying departmentalized compliance, and actually engaging these hard to reach people. Why should I want to participate in this learning exercise?

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. As I’ve expanded my repertoire to train people on other topics (not just social media or measurement), I have learned how to create practice rubrics for other areas.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning

Gyrus

Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning. This is the most important step in promoting a continuous learning environment. Senior level people often have the required information on the tip of their tongue and are more than willing to demonstrate what they know. Use this as an opportunity for knowledge transfer.

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