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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. This is where I get my best instructional design ideas and how to revise the content so it enhance learning.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Use Learning Theory.

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Expert Tips for #GivingTuesday Success

Connection Cafe

Tips from Mel Rancour and Jackie Zimmerman from Blackbaud University: Just starting now? Tips from Erica Burroughs of High Point University: Use the existing brand of #GivingTuesday to carry your message further while emphasizing the importance of what #GivingTuesday is. Not to worry – follow these steps for success!

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Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Think of “House of Cards” when Francis turns to the camera and shares the dialogue inside his mind. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. Why Movement Is the Killer App for Training. Flexible Space: The Secret To Good Training.

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How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

Top Nonprofits

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Use background scenery and visuals that are reflective of your organization. In this scenario, you’ll want to make creative and engaging design decisions to keep her attention. Here are a few tips to help: Experiment with your formatting.

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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mindful Listening: Master the Basics of Focused Conversation. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations. 2: Be present, practice mindful listening to the other person.

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The Disruptive Approach to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

This is arguably the most immediate environment for an entrepreneurial mind. We are not all instructional designers, and even when we are, there is a chance that on our own, we are unable to truly capture the requirements of the learners within our organization.