Facilitation, Instructional Design and Review

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Here’s what I learned.

Participatory

Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

Facilitation

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design

Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. Click to Amazon.

Evaluation

Evaluation Training Train Tips

3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. Year in Review. Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

Professional

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose

Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina

Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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. Year in Review.

Iowa

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

Morocco

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference

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. Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

Activities

Activities Active Activism Integration

Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. 2.) Exercise Task: Having the ability to break into small groups, provides an opportunity to use Peer Assist or After Action Review models. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

Design

Design Effective Experiment Learning

What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

From investing in upgraded LMS technology to creating a learning business plan to instructional design, each task involves a specific skill set that the average association professional may not have. Ask the consultant if they have any reviews, testimonials, or case studies that you can review to see their work in action.

eLearning

eLearning Consultant Guide Associations

5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

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.

Associations

Associations eLearning Module Course

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

And, in looking over the evaluations and reviews , I think the participants did too. I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. What: The art of social instructional design. Social Instructional Design.

Channel

Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Because these questions are so quick to answer, it doesn’t lead to a large disruption in instruction when they’re included within modules. And, if a learner gets one of these questions wrong, it signals to them that it’s time to go back a few pages and review the past material before moving forward.

eLearning

eLearning Course Test Knowledge

Social Media Trainings: How do you use pre-workshop data about your participants effectively to shape effective instruction?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. So, need to re-order the questions to match the flow of the interactive presentation - and build in points for people to work pairs or threes to review the questions. Comfort Levels. Some advice from Twitter.

Instruction

Instruction Instructional Social Media Training

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

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.

Fund

Fund Campaign Practice Giving

Nonprofit Technology

How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Trending Sources

Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities

Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

Social Media Trainings: How do you use pre-workshop data about your participants effectively to shape effective instruction?

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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