Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. I modify instructions or make accommodations for physical disabilities. I made this part of the instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.

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MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Instructional Design. Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers. Reflection from #NTC2014 on Instructional Design.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). One of the things I always focus on in participatory exhibit design is ensuring that everyone has the same tools to work with.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. We're involving visitor services and volunteers more intentionally in facilitation.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. I know that might seem old fashioned, but being a trainer and facilitator and in the room with social change leaders is what inspires and energizes me. This past year was my 4th year as an adjunct professor at Middlebury College.

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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. Instructional Design Notes. I facilitated a session in the afternoon which was designed for peer interaction given the topic. An effective digital team.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

The Art of Participation provides a retrospective on participatory art as well as presenting opportunities for visitors to engage in contemporary (“now”) works. If the participatory instructions were integrated into the standard black labels, visitors would not be as aware of the commonalities across the interactive art pieces.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. Ensure that you as convenor are talking for a very small amount of the time--ideally just to frame, contextualize, provide clear instructions, and keep people moving. Create a structure that values peoples' participation.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

And then the fee for service is mostly school districts that contract with the Workshop for science enrichment/science instruction. Part of this is practical: you can''t facilitate making and tinkering for 30 kids if you have to hand them everything they need. What unique design elements make Community Science Workshops work?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 9, 2007

The gym staff aren’t offering instruction or serving as users’ partners; instead, they facilitate connections among the users. Tags: participatory museum visitors. My climbing gym addresses this obstacle with a wipeboard near the front that reads: “Write your name here if you need a partner.” What other ideas are out there?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

After the results are up, the screen could instruct visitors to find someone in the room who voted differently from them, or just to ask their neighbor what they think about the issue and or the results. The game could instruct people to share voting stations and to use a brief discussion to come to a consensus vote.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry. The activity was facilitated by the activity station set up in the lobby just outside the gallery. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Step 1: Find People. Collaboration on student projects or other ways.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The convenors set up a lovely wiki and gave us specific instructions to answer research questions posed on a series of pages. The participatory "ask" is high--to create original content. After the conference, the wiki switched from being a participatory site to a useful record. On March 22, they released the wiki. over email.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs. The meeting and the workshop I facilitated took place in iHub, an open innovation space. I facilitated a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit, covering the concepts of social culture, simplicity, and transparency.

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