Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. by Eric Jensen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Have some fun. Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting. They believe that stress will enhance their ability to grow and improve. Finally, the book’s tips for combating and managing day-to-day stress include : Take micro breaks. Maintain your social connections. Establish and maintain boundaries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. There is no better way to improve your own teaching than being a student! The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

You may have speakers invited for a specific purpose, but what about a fun and engaging speaker that everyone loves? . Maybe they paint the speakers or fun caricatures of attendees or even beautiful landscapes. We all need a little fun in our lives. Musicals can be fun, and many people enjoy them. Guest Speakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

As part of the face-to-face training, we spent a day introducing participants to the different platforms and because we had wifi at the training, integrated using it as part of the exercise report outs. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication. There is also an self-assessment exercise. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

The session provided strategy theory and a simulation exercise based on creating a digital activism campaign for the Story of Electronics film (that now has Arabic sub-titles ). One of the fun parts of the project for me is the opportunity to observe other trainers and learn from them. Both language and what you’re teaching.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

saw audience members partnering up to conduct a team-building exercise built to skill up on development concepts in a fun, engaging manner. Success Story: Creating An Omnichannel Marketing Experience With Teach For America And Marketing Cloud Personalization Powered By Interaction Studio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. These are brief, introductory exercises that help participants to get know each other, get connected to the topic, and their own learning outcomes.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

And don’t overlook the power of social events and team-building exercises to cement relationships. Recreational activities allow groups to practice working together in a fun setting and celebrate accomplishments. Designate both casual and more formal times and places for IT ambassadors to share information about their activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes. The next exercise introduced participants to the editorial calendar and how to facilitate a brainstorming meeting. The workshop was a tango dance between English and Spanish — and it worked!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I don’t enjoy swimming in pools or anything that seems like exercise; I have definitely never done a flip off the high dive. I’d guess the VR in the next room cost a whole lot more money (and it was fun), but even simple interactives empower people to know what to look for. Teach is a big one. Teaching is a core.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Support a fun icebreake r. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). Incorporating Movement Into Icebreakers and Small Group Exercises. Help participants unpack a lot of potential topics to address.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Bay Area Writers and Have Fun, Do Gooders! Just wanted to let you know that I'll be teaching my Blogging for Writers workshop May 15th from 10 AM-4 PM in the cozy Writing Salon classroom at the Strawberry Creek Design Center in Berkeley. The workshop is great for newbies, and for folks who want to breathe new life into an old blog.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2018

To ring in the season, here are 10 fun, unique and affordable summer fundraisers that will make everyone excited to give back. Along with selling food and beverages, you can have a grill-off competition or add fun extras, like a beer tasting or a raffle. Gather a crowd in the park and have a volunteer teach a yoga or pilates class.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

And my husband and I had so much fun. My favorite cure for social media envy is to use the Jealous Map exercise from Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way : Ask yourself, "Why am I envious of this person?" (e.g. It was awesome. My head was clearer. I felt less stressed. Pockets of time opened up. their blog is soooo beautiful).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The principles of Essentialism teaches us to know the difference and use our resources wisely. It reminds of the choices you have make when you decide to make a lifestyle change in terms of diet and exercise. Greg describes it as “Living a happy life.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Kindergarten is fun by woodley wonderworks If I ask: 5 + 5 = ? She did an exercise Seelig teaches to her students: Pick a random object in your space and figure out how it can help you solve your problem. You know the answer, right? But if I ask: ? + ? = 10 The answers are infinite. How we ask questions, enhances our creativity.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

" The classes are broken up into short, engaging videos and supplemented with fun, interactive exercises. Codeacademy is different from the other sites listed here because it is just dedicated to teaching people how to code. There are also class forums and meet-ups so you can get homework help from your peers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The exercise usually takes 90-120 minutes in the afternoon, but participants were so engaged they didn’t want to stop for tea. ” On Day 2, we take a deep dive into understanding how to develop an integrated social media strategy, beginning with an exercise that helps participants really define what success means.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

As a trainer, sometimes we get into “ruts&# where we use the same exercises and that can make you less passionate about your work. Honor the more advanced participants and make them teaching assistants. Naeema Zarif lead us through a fun icebreaker that involved dancing and prizes. Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. You also need to design good openers and closers !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

Spodek guides you through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experiences. The good news is that improving in each area, when you have effective exercises that give you relevant experience, is rewarding and often fun.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Let’s face it; every day we use our smartphones and mobile technology to get through daily and simple tasks, from finding information, to exercise, to learning new languages, even finding the nearest grocery store. posted by Rudy Frank Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. We are reminded of how much fun learning can be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. Next we did a series of small group exercises for participants to identify their stress triggers and reactions to stress. ” It might suggest the need for professional development in teaching skills of up managing or being more assertive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. So how do you do that? Young people should enjoy the educational process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And All in all, a great learning experience for me and it was fun! View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Just ensure that you’re able to secure an expert to teach who’s comfortable speaking on camera and familiar with the hardware and software necessary to make it happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Karaoke Karaoke is more than a fun bar night activity—it can be a nonprofit event with multiple revenue streams. Comedy Nights Comedy nights are a good way to bring some lighthearted fun to your organization. Yard Sales A yard sale is a fun way to get to know your supporters while also raising funds for a cause.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

If it helps get through one planning exercise a month, it pays for itself. Believe it or not, it makes preparing wireframes fun. The ones here already are most useful – and the most fun – for me, day in and day out, working and planning with others, easy to try out and get started with. Powerpoint?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Spodek guides you through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experiences. The good news is that improving in each area, when you have effective exercises that give you relevant experience, is rewarding and often fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Ten or eleven years ago, when I was learning HTML and Web site creation (in the very early days) and teaching arts organizations, I always started with an exercise called " Critical Browsing." This is a really fun product demo. There is a link to the download and the written instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The next morning participants gathered to make individual and collective sense of the ideas that were shared by experts. The techniques that help you get at understanding are not always fun or easy to do. It requires stepping back and seeing the big picture. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Spodek guides you through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experiences. The good news is that improving in each area, when you have effective exercises that give you relevant experience, is rewarding and often fun.

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Personal Exercise Beginner Lecture 52

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games. That's teaching. Fundamentally that's what teaching should be. We have to reinvent what we have been doing because we have to do more with at least the same resources if not less.

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