Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. If you’re doing social media and you’re trying to be perfect, get over it – you won’t learn how to improve what you’re doing. Schoemaker.

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JULY 21, 2016

The best way to ready ourselves for this shifting environment is Continuous Learning. Continuous learning is an established persistent learning process, designed for bolstering the knowledge and skills of your workforce over time, and presents itself in many forms. Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations. Want to learn more about AI?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. Machine Learning (ML) is a type of AI focusing on the development of algorithms which allow the program to learn and improve over time. Traditional AI encompasses rule-based programs that are programmed to perform specific tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Solicit and share stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? Here how collecting data and displaying aggregate might enhance learning: (Add in the comments if you think I missed anything). Research shows that movement is the killer app for learning. In other words, to what end?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Anyone and everyone, even beginners, can learn how to analyze their own data in Excel. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. My favorite housekeeping skill is freezing panes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can be a method for self-directed learning that builds your expertise while enhancing your organization’s brand and content strategy. Content curation can empower us to learn more and use that knowledge to get deeper impact for our nonprofit’s programs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2021

More specifically, they explain how to: Evaluate what values, strengths and capabilities you bring to your role. How you can develop new skills to increase your influence. You will learn how to apply well-tested coaching tools to becoming more influential and achieving impact at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching.

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We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. Tools and techniques, both virtual and in person Tools and techniques that facilitate visual thinking can significantly improve brainstorming outcomes. Ask if anyone has any questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. My Theme for the Year: Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply. This was the first 90 minutes of the workshop, and while content and interaction kept in active learning mode — the next step was a synthesis. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Taking self-directed and collaborative learning a step further is peeragogy. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In modern times we expect a lot from our training and development programs, and it safe to assume that progression in our industry is strictly relational to a number of additional learning aspects we can obtain from our Learning Programs themselves. This is a very important aspect of the learning mix to approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” The Accelerated Learning Handbook. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way. By Dave Meier. by Eric Jensen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The people with skills are out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

It never ceases to amaze how the set up of the room influences how we learn and how important that is to consider it in your design. The morning used the World Cafe technique. The world cafe technique is where participants learn through conversation in small groups. Fluency in social media skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. Here’s what I learned: Definition: A culture of continuous improvement. The term means learning culture. Senior leaders model the skill that Edgar H. Cultural Indicators. There are periodic (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

One of the reasons cited in the report and also from participants on the webina: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data – so we don’t look at it.” The skills are out there. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. from MIT in rocket science.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. How do we evaluate collective impact/ networks? How do networks learn? Guest Post by Heather Grant-McLeod.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. Needless to say, I learned a lot! Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Content curators have integrated this skill into their daily routine. For some staff members, content curation can be professional of learning. Professional development used to be about getting trained or acquiring a specific skill. It is also good to learn from experienced curators and how they hone their craft.

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DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Evaluation of sales processes, and salesforce structure. Performance Metrics Analyses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Use Time Management Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

You can expect to continue to see more blog posts from me on the topic of peer learning design and training techniques as I continue to do this work. Bahia Ramos wrote this post as part of a learning culmination process where we reflected on the design and what was learned as we moved into another round of giving days.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

NTEN is also doing this flash poll to learn how nonprofits make sense of their own data. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.” There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. Here’s a blog post by Rachel Dearborn describing the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

I’ve been experimenting with a practice model that I’ve been using over the years and was able to crystallize some of my thinking into “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly&# that I’ve been testing for designing training workshops and peer learning projects.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So players got to learn by doing in a social context. The iterative design process, especially with games, means you can hold on to a set of learning objectives over the course of a development process, but you have to be open to everything else changing along the way. What are some of the skills that you think help folks design games?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic.

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