Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Year in Review.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Of all of the trainings that I have offered since starting Twenty Hats, I am proudest of the two Volunteer Manager Leadership Circles that I initiated. In a Circle, like-minded professionals gather to discuss common challenges, suggest solutions, and expand their overall leadership skills. That was true for every member of my Circles.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In fact, generative AI has been known to be trained on biased information. LinkedIn is another good resource for connecting with professionals and groups dedicated to finding ways to leverage the powers of generative AI. In addition, these tools do not always know to avoid terms that are considered outdated or offensive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. I believe that interactive training makes for better learning and there is research to back that up. 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

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia. Peer Learning Capacity Building Programs: This year I continued my work in designing and facilitating peer learning programs on behalf of several foundations for their grantees.

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MAY 1, 2023

It’s a professional way of saying bust the silos. In Bill’s eyes, professional growth has nothing to do with age or experience. “To Whether there is an army of geeks or a lone individual holding up the electronic sky, IT professionals need to look outward. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Here’s some examples.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s.

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MAY 3, 2016

AICC- Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee: A standard that facilitates proper communication between the course content and the learning management system. CEU -Continuing Education Unit : Credit awarded to professionals for successfully completing continuing education programs or courses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. Danielle Brigida, NWF – Training Staff. How can you train and coordinate all staff on social to scale your strategy? YQe91n #npsmpeer — Brian Fitzgerald (@brianfit) March 10, 2013.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. To learn more about Web Courseworks’ professional services, contact our team today. These are all fairly easily managed by your team of association professionals. Should You Hire an eLearning Consultant?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Given how busy nonprofit professionals are, most face-to-face workshops are typically a half-day and sometimes a whole day. That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. Here are some tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. 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.

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MAY 25, 2021

Whether it’s Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuing Nursing Education, or training for other healthcare specialties, the education must align with specific accreditation regulations. This has left you juggling multiple systems, without a clear path forward into additional professional development opportunities.

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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. Instructional Design Notes. I’ve been paying attention to “ Feng Shui ” of training or the physical layout of the room. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Providing them with the right tools and training will make them feel motivated and ready to start! You want your advocates to feel confident and encouraged, so be sure to answer any questions they have throughout the training process. As a nonprofit professional, you want to support and encourage your volunteers from start to finish.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It seems that Training personnel are always focused on new and innovative teachings, and designers are obsessed with developing an open platform that can accommodate all these visionary changes that we as learning professionals would wish to implement.

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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. It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. It is used in brainstorming because it speeds up the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Monica Wahengbam. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I asked the runners to line up from “just bought my nikes&# to “training for my third 30 mile marathon.&#. User-generated content for training can be powerful and also make participants more open to subject matter. I play a little PowerPoint Karoke. That’s why you need energizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. Participant-Generated Instructional Content. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I think this style is a better match for social media as well as social media training. I said yes. After hearing a story from a peer.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

CSR professionals are typically responsible for overseeing an organization’s CSR strategy, initiatives, and reporting, which makes access to a platform essential. Implementation: Onboarding your team onto the CSR software often has associated costs like data migration, training, and customization to fit your specific needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Yesterday, I facilitated a hot topic workshop at the Healthy Communities Annual Conference hosted by the Search Institute in Minneapolis. When I've do social media and nonprofit trainings, the audience consists of staff, board members, or volunteers from nonprofit organizations. This week I put that into practice. It was eye opening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

I facilitated a session on working in the nonprofit sector, with colleague Liz Perry , who is a sketch blogger and works an instructional technology specialist in a nonprofit school. When I attend conference, I rarely get a chance to get self-fish and attend sessions or have conversations about professional development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Next week I'm doing a Webinar for Extension Professionals , a remix of 10 Steps to Association 2.0 Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Point out each area of disagreement and why in a brief, non-rantish, professional manner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. At the end of the conference, I interviewed Rosetta along with Ashely Cecil , Erin McMahon , and Diana Church -- all young nonprofit professionals. Let me explain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. This will go hand in hand with the training work I do.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Had SVAS written about the good work they were doing in a compel­ling, professional manner, it may have been able to raise more money, secure more media coverage, attract more volunteers, and establish more business partnerships. Would volunteers benefit from a training manual? Use a professional. You have many choices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. What worked? What didn't? But jet lag and three lattes makes that difficult.

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JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Your board members may not be professional fundraisers, but they can still prove to be helpful during a peer-to-peer campaign. Board fundraiser.

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