Facilitation and Learning Environment

6 Ways to Keep Corporate Partners Engaged During COVID-19

Classy

MARCH 24, 2021

These could include helping run your social media pages, assisting with data entry, or facilitating research projects. When COVID-19 shifted the majority of schools to an online learning environment, the nonprofit partnered with JBL , a company that specializes in audio equipment. Join Our Virtual Conference for Free.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Being able to to set up “learning stations” where students can be participate in different activities paves way for more learning because you are giving participants a choice to learn in a way that they learn best. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here.

Training

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

So, I’m thrilled that community manager, Meghan Ventura, who is responsible for cultivating the community presence of Games for Change agreed to write this guest post about nonprofits who are using games for social change. And, don’t miss this special offer: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14. You can register here.

Difference

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. Your design is not just about content.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training

20 reasons for associations to love Salesforce

Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2019

With the good work that associations do for our society, what’s not to love about that? Salesforce offers myTrailhead, which allows you to customize the Salesforce Trailhead learning environment with your own content and branding. Lots of events offering learning opportunities. Fun and easy product training.

Associations

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Knowing those principles, I anticipated that the retreat would be meticulously planned and organized, with clear intent about goals. Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives. About the Distributive Learning Process. The principles used in ETR’s retreat come from the Distributive Learning Process.

Design

Design Lesson Effective Life

Election Day – Using Social Media Campaign Methods to Enhance Learning Programs

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Reminders are not the only way in which to inform learners about what is going on within your program. Use learnings as a stepping stone and initialize discussion based on learning topics via private social media channels (Protected Groups). Engaging Communications.

Method

Method Social Media Campaign Badge

Guideline For Finding Your Organization’s Ideal LMS

Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

Confused about which LMS to choose for your project? In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. How about, will it work within your pre-existent learning environment? Your system might be wonderful today, but what about tomorrow?

Guidelines

Guidelines Environment System Learning Management

Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week, as part of my work at the Packard Foundation as visiting scholar I had the opportunity to participate in a face-to-face convening of the "Network of Network Funders," a community of practice facilitated by the Monitor Institute. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation.

Network

Network Impact Louisville Social

Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. " There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. New learning environment puts games at the center.

Game

Game Change Metrics Learning Environment

Your Ideal LMS. Have Your Cake And Eat It Too.

Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Confused about which LMS to choose for your project? In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. How about, will it work within your pre-existent learning environment? Your system might be wonderful today, but what about tomorrow?

Analysis

Analysis System Environment Learning Management

The importance of Sandboxes and Play in online learning spaces!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

I was reminded yet again about the importance of play and experimentation as part of the online spaces, particularly those that are learning environments. During the Full Circle training on online facilitation that I took this last month, we had a sandbox. Download pumpkins-apples-not-blogging.wmv.

Vlog

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Intermediated Conferences and Backchannels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2005

I'm thinking a lot about "backchannels" in a very micro way. Since the workshop is essentiallly about designing more interactive face-to-face learning environments, I don't want to model a 85 minute lecture with 100 slide powerpoint, leaving 5 minutes for q&A at end. chat going on while a phone discussion).

Conference

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As we have engaged with movement communities, nonprofits, and funders, we have sometimes encountered unease about engaging with an organization from the “tech world.” When we started building a tech platform for the commons back in 2015, we had endless discussions about the funding path. A tech start-up. What makes us any different?

Platform

Platform Build Open Source Profit

Why we need Learning Management Systems

Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

As to not shroud this document with bias, I have taken the liberty of pulling the dictionary.com definition of a Learning Management System, which appears below: noun. Be that as it may, nothing can compare to a well-established LMS in regards to the immediate impact of organizing learnings within your environment.

Learning Management

Learning Management System Learning Management

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