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. Use Learning Theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Above all, silence facilitates clear and creative thinking and quiets negative thoughts. Here’s is a set of exercises known as “deskercise,” that you can do sitting – as well as some tips to get started. Here’s some step-by-step or eye-by-eye instructions. This can reduce body aches and pains.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Here are a few tips: Post all scholarships in a centralized location. This streamlined approach enhances the user experience and facilitates efficient scholarship navigation for applicants. They may have challenges sharing applicant pools and lack the means to identify potential applicants.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Here are five volunteer recruitment tips to help with P2P fundraisers: Reach out to long-time, engaged volunteers. Include a fundraising tips tab on your event page – Qgiv recommends creating a permanent tab on your peer-to-peer event page or microsite that offers fundraising tips for participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work , facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. Here’s a few tips: We took a photo of any flip chart notes, instructions, or report information we needed to reference. However, this was far from it.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You can also learn about how Candid plans to leverage AI to enhance data organization, streamline search processes, and facilitate intelligent funding connections. Perhaps the question we should be asking instead is: How can we use these tools to create efficiencies and enhance our work? Read more about AI on Candid insights here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. The physical space where you deliver your training is just one piece of the instructional design puzzle.

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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.” The Accelerated Learning Handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

A few tips include: use the phone instead, switch to asynchronous modes of working, or use a few camera tricks. As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. How can you avoid Zoom Overload? Small Group Activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The questions: What do you hope to learn today? Wallow in it.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging. Facilitate a stronger relationship by sharing compelling personal stories related to your nonprofit. Tell compelling stories.

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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.

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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. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group. A bonus delivery tip.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Learn personal technology productivity tips. Check it out and let me know what you think!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

And this year, I’m trying this tip from Sree about writing it in email dated 12/31/18 using FutureMe.Org. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify. A great deal of my training work is done face-to-face.

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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. Also, some new types of questions about training and education approaches for nonprofits and specific tips for under-resourced nonprofits. Comfort Levels. It's 90 minute workshop and there's a content to cover.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. Similarly, provide clear instructions for individuals interested in volunteering or getting involved.

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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 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Several participants mentioned that they would like to facilitate a process like this their staff as a starting point for developing self-care and we-care strategies. When writing a book, the best part for me is developing instructional workshops and keynotes and I am excited to see how nonprofits put some of the ideas into practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Who will facilitate? These are some of the best practices of planning a high quality session. Recently, Points of Light offered an instructional webinar on how to design a conference session. Pay attention to instructions or tips on different segments of the proposal form. Lori Jean Mantooth offers a summary.

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Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

To hook them from the first word, abide by the following tips: Be personal. If you’ve sent your letter using direct mail, include a paper copy as well as instructions for those who want to complete the form online. To maximize this strategy’s effectiveness, consider the following tips: Reward urgency.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

In addition to optimizing the software and tools you use to facilitate large amounts of data, keeping data clean is essential to ensuring you can understand and accurately report it. These tips can help your organization develop positive habits for managing its data: Establish specific procedures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I’m honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. The workshop will share tips and techniques for culture change, training, and adoption. This year SXSW is offering something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Measuring this change has benefits for both your members and your learning business alike: For your learning business, understanding this change gives you insight into both the knowledge of your members and the efficacy of your courses to instruct them. What are the different types of online assessment? Proctoring high-stakes exams.

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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. I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif. The ways tables and chairs and the screen are placed in the room can work against your instructional style or support it. Here are the instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

The skill building sessions focused on content optimization for integrated social media channels and working SMARTer with social media – time saving tips. ” This generated useful tips and suggestions on how to manage an editorial calendar and content strategy process. .” Buddy Media: Twitter Optimization.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

Tips for marketing your virtual trade show. Marketing Tips For Promoting Your Virtual Trade Show. event reminders that include relevant information like login instructions and tech support contacts, post-event follow up emails that say thank you and includes a link to your post-event survey. The benefits of a virtual trade show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

.” That is you step aside from the content delivery and shine a light into the process, including what the trainer is thinking as they are facilitating. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. Why Movement Is the Killer App for Training.

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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. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Facilitate virtual meetups, book clubs, and happy hours with special guests, like No Vet Alone is doing. Facilitate a virtual gathering for supporters to make masks together, with instructions on material to buy. – Host webinars/Q&As about fostering best practices and training tips. Urgent issues. Urgent issues.

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