Exercise, Generation and Instructional Design

Trainer’s Notebook: The Feng Shui of Good Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

Teach

Teach Instructional Design Learning Instruction

Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.” Training Design'

Training

Training Train Technology Instructional Design

Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

Activities

Activities Active Activism Integration

Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations.

Facilitation

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise

Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo. I use this design checklist to identify interactive exercises. I ask them to generate a list of keep, tweak, and delete. This combination of advanced planning and evaluation helps one continuously improve their instructional design.

Learning

Learning Classroom Classes Student

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Round Robin Brainstorming.

Participatory

Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia

Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The mini-session included some practical tips and a reflective exercise based on the emerging nonprofit leaders peer learning project I facilitated last year. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

Reflection

Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This type of active exercise gets people moving, serves as an icebreaker, and also is an efficient way for the group to share a lot of useful practical learnings. ” This generated useful tips and suggestions on how to manage an editorial calendar and content strategy process.

Network

Network Build Learning Strategy

The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

India

India NGO Network Exercise

Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

One thing he pointed out that older generations absolutely love social networks because it allows them to connect with people from their past. One exercise she had us do was to swamp our phones with the person next to us and asked us how we felt to demonstrate the emotional connection we have with our mobile phones.

Social Media

Social Media Digital Mobile Trend

Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. I used the social media game as a peer assist exercise for the first time. Growing My Instructional Chops. Stay tuned for that!

Social Media

Social Media Reflection Media Social

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. Matching, labeling, and sorting exercises involve organizing elements on a page, similar to sequencing assessments. This includes the creation of next-generation online learning courses and instructional design services.

eLearning

eLearning Course Test Knowledge

ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. When they are lined up by comfort level, I have been doing a quick poll to see where generations appear along the line.

Social Media

Social Media Reflection Learning Social

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises. Geoff Livingston did a great live blog post on the content.

Reflection

Reflection People Network Colorado

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

I’ve been working program and instructional design, facilitation of peer calls and workshops – in collaboration with the fantastic team at Spitfire. The report out was a competition.

Reflection

Reflection Action Learning Change

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. What metrics will you use to measure success? Tools and Tactics.

Fund

Fund Campaign Practice Giving

Nonprofit Technology

Trainer’s Notebook: The Feng Shui of Good Teaching and Learning

Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List

Trending Sources

Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

The Networked NGO in India

Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

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