Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

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. If you know me, sticky notes and marker were also involved.

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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

JULY 19, 2016

Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. Movement is better than sitting. 1. Body Breaks: Incorporate some sort of movement or body activity every 20 minutes. I often incorporate sticky notes and often have to rearrange the furniture.

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