Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. There are many creative ways to engage learners during a training – both face-to-face and online. As the facilitator you cue the leader to pass the power on to someone else in the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. As a facilitator, speaker, or trainer, when in doubt get them to move.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. So, you have to design for that. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Program Design. organizational change, and technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. He described two types of online behaviors – content creators and curators. Instructional Design Notes. Digital Trends. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Reflective listening skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a team meeting, training, or interacting with co-workers and whether you are the facilitator or a participant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

How do you facilitate others on staff to create content when they might not be have strong content skills? What tools do you use to manage the your editorial calendar and content creation process? The ideas were interspersed with examples from participants who shared “ Living Case Studies.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. Peter Durand, Flickr Photo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. Social Instructional Design.

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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. This required setting up online curriculum that could step folks through set up and aid their planning and implementation. Growing My Instructional Chops.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Facilitating CME in a manner that empowers all interested members to engage with it can be a task easier said than done if your CME LMS isn’t an impactful solution. Instead, you should seek a CME LMS that can facilitate virtual events alongside CE programming. Busy schedules preventing members from engaging in professional development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. Somethings to improve.

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JULY 8, 2021

What are the different types of online assessment? eLearning assessments should only be used when there is a clear instructional imperative — so, only when they’re required for completion of the course or generally helpful for either of the two parties listed above. What are the different types of online assessment?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

A conversational panel or keynote does some blending of learning modalities – it includes some content-delivery and structured small group and full group conversations. There is a lead facilitator – in the panel or keynote model – it’s the Oprah with the mic.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Instructional design, curriculum development, and teaching experience is a plus . Experience in the learning & development field; preferably leading training programs end to end from training design, curriculum development, training delivery, feedback and impact management. Trailhead, Partner University) .

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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. This week was the third face-to-face meeting I’ve helped design and facilitate. Source: Spitfire Twitter Feed.

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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. 28% of donors are repeat donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2013

What are you focusing on for 2013?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The activity was facilitated by the activity station set up in the lobby just outside the gallery. We tested five versions of the prompt sheets--some with instructions focused to the subject of the exhibition (artists' takes on nature), others with more open-ended instructions designed to encourage a broader range of responses.

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