Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. You also need to design good openers and closers !

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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. How do you inspire people to be open to learning during a session? Then we opened up for discussion. Learning Begins with Igniting Curiosity.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

The sitting brain is really disengaged. Which brain do you think is more open to learning, retaining, and applying the content during a training? I’ve incorporated movement into openings and closers. It might include standing or walking.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When a learner opens the course and sees, right off the bat, that it was created intentionally for their viewing and benefit, they’ll be more likely to prioritize it in their busy schedule. Creative, engaging design decisions. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer. It’s okay to show that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. 6: Ask clarifying, open-ended questions when the other person pauses. ” Drawing People Out : After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out.

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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. Click to download worksheet. And everyday until…. Until one day….

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