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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

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But learning from adjacent practices can also be quite rich. Breaking a large group into small groups for an exercise is also instructional design challenge. I also gave them a summary of recent research from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute about giving motivations for women’s and girl’s causes.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

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I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I covered these three topics: Why: Social media integrated into instruction - Pass or Fail? What: The art of social instructional design. Know of any?

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

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I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Tips for Taking a Tech-Fueled Approach to Nonprofit Training

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Your organization uses nonprofit technology to track data, research donors, communicate with volunteers, and market upcoming opportunities. Improved Knowledge Retention: Learners can take e-learning courses at their own pace, revisiting key topics to ensure they understand them. Build opportunities for learners to practice.