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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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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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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

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Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. ask, “How have sales been going?”.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

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As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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” 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. Formative Evaluation.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

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It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. Instructional Design. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

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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 short answer : One Fan Page with multiple languages using Facebook Targeting tools. . It prevents us from falling prety to shiny objective syndrome. .

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

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Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. The social media strategy game is focused on how social media tools can be used for external communications. I look for examples that match the principles for effective use and incorporate them into the presentation.

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