Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

I personally am out of poké balls and am unable to join in on the fun at current moment… perhaps I’ll take a lunch time walk down to the nearest poké stop. There are incredible possibilities surrounding augmented reality and us as an industry should be exciting about the potential it holds.

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Industry Learning Game Application 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. How about you? Happy New Year ! Last year, I decided that I didn’t need to wait until New Year’s to establish happy, healthy habits in my life. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Engage around questions that are relevant, fun, nostalgic or evoke emotions. verena_fidelia) April 4, 2014.

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Social Media Headline Media Social 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I blogged about the content last week. I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. 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. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

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. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. We did this on Day 1.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In a course about soliciting donations over the phone, don’t have the donor say “Hello. In this scenario, you’ll want to make creative and engaging design decisions to keep her attention. We were tasked with creating a course about internet security— a topic that can be snooze-inducing on a good day.

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Training Train Course Storyboard 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

(see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Support a fun icebreake r. Participants took the assessment and we saw the aggregate results.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

So much so, we here at Gyrus tend to talk about it… a lot. Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Learning eLearning 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

And to make it more fun, I awarded prizes. I asked colleagues from India what was the most famous Bollywood moment was, and they mentioned the well-loved movie, “Chaiyya Chaiyya.” So as participants came back from lunch, I had them do Bollywood dance moves. Other times, I simply made them stretch like the photo above.

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Training Train Audience Activities 103

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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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

They are often seen by others as highly efficient and not concerned about relationships or feelings. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. Driving Style people control their emotions and speak assertively. ask, “How have sales been going?”.

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Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

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. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. If we can be more intentional and disciplined in our experimentation, that's how we gain insights about effective social media use. What are your thoughts?

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Essentially this all about carefully considering what people want, and planning to communicate with them in a way that is intended to meet that need. In this HBR article about asking empowering questions, the benefits are clear: An empowering question does more than convey respect for the person to whom it’s posed.

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Skills Build Technique Language 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. It isn’t about content, although that is important. It resonated. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

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. ” We kicked off the half-day training with a fun icebreaker.

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Reflection Action Learning Change 97

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Offer something fun and appealing to do that required entering the exhibition? We tested five versions of the prompt sheets--some with instructions focused to the subject of the exhibition (artists' takes on nature), others with more open-ended instructions designed to encourage a broader range of responses.

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