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Client Spotlight: Minds Matter Southern California

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Their program offers a unique combination of mentoring support, group instruction, and social-emotional learning. Minds Matter Southern California is dedicated to helping students unleash their talent and potential, nurturing them to become not just college graduates, but leaders who can help shine the light for future generations.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Trainer’s Notebook: Online Interaction Tools To Engage Your Audience in the Room and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My instructional needs were simple: Question/Answer back channel where participants in the room or faraway could post questions. Slido allows you to crowd source questions from the audience who can use the web site from their mobile phones or laptops in real time. Flash polls. Conference.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. When they are lined up by comfort level, I have been doing a quick poll to see where generations appear along the line. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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What's The Future Of Business By Brian Solis

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Instructive. And, it's enlightening and instructive , because the book delivers real-world examples that can guide you as you shape your business. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, smart watches, Google Glass et al., Incredibly relevant. Highly visual. Enlightening. Plus, WTF is scary. it's not slowing down. It's a time to lead!