Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. The presenters included: NWF’s Danielle Bridiga, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell, Laura Fitton from Hubspot, and Brian Reich. We kicked off with a series of ignite style presentations on the topics below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. paper into quarters, number the spaces, and answer the questions or draw pictures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

You can find the presentation here and accompanying blog post, How To Think Like A Nonprofit Instructional Designer. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. Ask questions. Don’t leave them hanging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. A follow up question revealed that a big challenge is making goals measurable. This gives me some more insight about how to make teaching this concept more accessible. I Love Social Media Measurement. These are: 1. Denial: You can’t measure social media! Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. Present a concept for 15 minutes, break people into small groups with a particular exercise to apply the material, and then come back as a full group for a report out. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies. How can we get people to talk to us?

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APRIL 22, 2021

An eLearning consultant can help you answer this question and more. Through that work, we’ve seen the common questions that associations face when it comes to hiring an eLearning consultant— and now, we’re here to answer them: What is an eLearning consultant? That’s great! But, where do you begin? What does a learning consultant do?

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JULY 8, 2021

We’re going to cover types of eLearning assessments through the following questions: What is an eLearning assessment? Or, individuals in a business course could complete an open-ended case study-based assessment to test how well they can apply the information presented, effectively testing skills acquired. Open-Ended Questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". It's a live chat during a workshop or presentation and these days, it mostly taking place on Twitter. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. The room setup fought with our design, but we managed to make it work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Learning Objectives: Understand why it is important to incorporate social media tools in your instructional practice for trainings. How to think like a social instructional designer. My job was the network weaver. Audience Research.

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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

APRIL 27, 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. Program Design. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

” - Drawing People Out: After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out. ”Tell me more …” is one of several identified in the book. ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity. You end your paraphrase with with “Did I get it?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. The peer learning will culminate in having each participant present what they learned from their experiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Ask Good Questions. As you can see from the above list, leaders that have solid listening skills know how to ask good questions that inspire people to think in new ways, expand their vision, and enable them to contribute more to a team or project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Recently, Jennifer Ahern Lammer who is the program director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Management , shared several good design points developed by Peter York from TCG and how she applies it. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I suspect the same sorts of things happen when you are doing a powerpoint monologue or long lecture without any movement, interaction, or holding all questions until the end. This is not learning – and I dare say that it isn’t healthy for folks either to be sitting so long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Instructional Design Notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The workshop was presented by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Colorado Nonprofit Association and sponsored by Gill Foundation , Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado , The Colorado Health Foundation , and The Colorado Trust. Colorado Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I don't always get a chance to do pre-workshop surveys, but in this case I had the opportunity to add two questions onto the registration form. I also wanted to get a sense of what content to include, so I asked for burning questions I usually do that as an icebreaker in the room, so this will save some time. Comfort Levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

ArtsLab SF View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I ask certain questions to help identify these individuals. . So, I ask for volunteers who love leading meetings and making brief presentations. ArtsLab SF View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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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. Program Design. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

One thing I haven't been doing over the years is documenting the instructional design or lesson plan. the presentation and handouts can be downloaded here and more on the game as originally conceived and developed by Beth and David Wilcox is here). (Reflections coming soon!) His reflections below. It's been in my head.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Course authoring software platforms empower learning professionals, often alongside content development experts, to author, design, and assemble eLearning courses for learners. 10+ ready-to-use content modules and question types. Online course hosting with the ability to generate private links for sharing.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Communication is the ability to share ideas with others through various media, such as writing, presenting, listening, and technology. For example, instructional designers need to work with programmers, graphic artists, subject matter experts, and data scientists to develop effective eLearning curricula.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Communication is the ability to share ideas with others through various media, such as writing, presenting, listening, and technology. For example, instructional designers need to work with programmers, graphic artists, subject matter experts, and data scientists to develop effective eLearning curricula.

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