Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

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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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APRIL 22, 2021

Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming. The environmental scan phase looks at the external market: who the association’s competition is, what the target market wants, if there is a market for the content being provided, what type of pricing structure to enact, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Good instructional design to create an environment for peer dialogue begins with good on boarding and for people to connect with something they already know or believe. I wish I had done a structured creative thinking exercise to get people comfortable. The Importance of Icebreakers: Getting To Know People in the Room.

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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. So, you have to design for that. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Luckily, there are ways to structure your e-learning in a way that’s accessible while still remaining effective: Consider using microlearning courses. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer. This team will help you create courses that meet your, and your staff’s, needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. What metrics will you use to measure success?

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