The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

If we gave you a list of instructions with the following information—and only the following information—what would you do? The point is that providing information and instruction isn’t very helpful to learners if you don’t provide specific examples to back it up. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

One metaphor is to think of the AI as an intern that you need to clearly communicate instructions to and then check their work and revise. AI presents an opportunity to redefine nonprofit impact, making our efforts more effective and far-reaching. 65% are using it to clean-up their Monday morning inboxes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

They have built an authentic community through cultivated conversations and events designed to build trust, deepen relationships and set the stage for collective impact. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. I made this part of the instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

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

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. There are many ways to do it.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Were families experiencing any financial impacts that affected their child’s ability to participate? teaching artists who directly interacted with students. the Director of Education to understand if the curriculum addressed the needs of students and how to shift dance instruction to a virtual setting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0: Philanthropy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Here’s what I learned from looking over my 2017 professional journal: The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach. Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc. But the key to success in ECB is participation.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, teach your donors something that will stun them about your nonprofit’s work, or show them an actual picture of your work that makes everyone smile. Your donors need your definitions for each SMART goal centered around a specific project, with a defined impact. Share simple instructions for how to alter email signatures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. Year in Review. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. Our goal is to revolutionize the effectiveness of local governments in responding to climate change and other environmental impacts. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap. Professional Drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

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. Among other things on the webinar, we discussed some best practices for developing a proposal, such as: Align with the tracks and impact areas.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

This is a tall order—however, to maximize the impact of your investment these fundamental changes are necessary. Start with small, manageable projects that are impactful without being highly visible. The best instruction is probably going to come from the experts who are most familiar with the product, i.e. the vendor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits. Teaching: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. My Theme for the Year: Learning. My Three Words.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

The impact is the same. When it comes to recognizing in-kind gifts and donors, what matters is: The impact the gift has on your mission. Here is advice from several providers to give you a general idea: Bloomerang : YouTube video with instructions for coding gifts as “in-kind” in the “Fund” field and entering a gift value of $0.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Communicate the concrete donation impact of your callers’ fundraising goals. Consider these four components of effective matching gift phonathon training: Materials: Document how callers should ask about matching gifts and the process by which they should share company rules, guidelines, and instructions. Match ratios. Thank you’s.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Projects – Projects give you hands-on practice with different Salesforce technologies with step-by-step instructions. These teach you skills and knowledge about a specific topic with carefully curated modules and projects to streamline your learning experience. . Don’t Forget about the Trailblazer Community!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. For example we use the Chinese folk story, The Empty Pot to teach kids about honesty. Kids in Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Make it better than any program you’ve done before, make it global and make it for girls,” those were the instructions from Mastercard’s CEO Ajay Banga to Susan Warner, VP Global Volunteerism, in 2014. They both agreed that it’s not a number they are going for, it’s the impact the program will have on the girls and the Mastercard employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I am thrilled with the response to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout as my co-author and I have been sharing the ideas on a virtual book tour during the last month. Their program includes about teaching artists.

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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? Detail a process.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every area of our lives. Now to tie things back to e-learning: we know that the purpose of an e-learning course is to teach staff members how to do their jobs better. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. Anyone can be a designer! Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Tie in a strategic fundraising ask: Take advantage of a high-impact moment of engagement (e.g., Host a virtual phone or text bank to get out the word about COVID’s impact on program changes. – Plan a weekly “teach in” series about COVID facts and advice. Inability to check in on vulnerable community members. Urgent issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But they also asked to share how I've impacted their work , and by pointing that out has been created a very meaningful birthday gift. I got to teach two back to back sessions of the class and it was exhilarating. I'll also share some insights about instruction. But it is late, and time for bed!

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

I cannot recommend this book enough; it's a very clear, concise, and inspirational instruction manual for how to create and use visual imagery for organizing and movement building. Recommendations from Tech Impact. The folks at Tech Impact often have unusual suggestions for good reads. Images 9, 10, 11, and 12: Tech Impact.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

These reports need to include: Information about specific activities, including the date of accredited activities, hours of instruction, type of activity, learners that completed the activity, and much more. If that revenue is on the decline, the experiences you’ll be able to provide for members will be directly impacted.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Whether you're teaching children skills, building new homes for families in need, or growing urban gardens, you can find a way to capture and share your work visually. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but adding some actual words can give it more impact. Tell a Story. She will see each message."

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

You may not always get the answer you want, but consistently raising issues, in a positive manner, can sometimes be the only way to gain access to the resources you need to have an impact and have a life! Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? ► April (9) Research Friday: The Office or the Impact? I will keep you posted!

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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. 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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