Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I worked with the Foundation Center to develop an online course about how nonprofits can leverage professional networks for learning and in service of strategy. I continue to hone and improve my instructional practice and share tips with these many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated. It may be time for #mindfulness at #DoGoodData2015 but this picture of #Spock isn’t going to tweet itself @kanter pic.twitter.com/efYN7vlg77 — Social Misfits Media (@MisfitsMedia) May 1, 2015.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Instead, effective content is and must be designed specifically for use on our handheld devices and tablets. More and more instructional designers and content providers are specializing in this medium and as the technology around them gets better Mobile Learning itself will continue to improve.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Segment the donors who give primarily on #GivingTuesday with a special thanks and keep them in mind for next year. Whether it is the first time your organization has thrown its hat into the ring or its preparing to top last year’s results, there’s always more your organization can learn and do. Approach it with intent and purpose.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Use background scenery and visuals that are reflective of your organization. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer. This team will help you create courses that meet your, and your staff’s, needs.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is arguably the most immediate environment for an entrepreneurial mind. We are not all instructional designers, and even when we are, there is a chance that on our own, we are unable to truly capture the requirements of the learners within our organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Mindful Listening: Master the Basics of Focused Conversation. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations. 2: Be present, practice mindful listening to the other person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

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. If two minds are better than one, what about 100? The wiki and our hashtag helps bring in other people into our learning and enrich it.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It’s still in the realm of custom content development – not something you can assign to your staff instructional designers – but it’s cheaper to do. There’s just a human tendency to get excited about a good idea and view it as the solution to all your problems: “if all you have (on the mind) is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” Before we took a deep dive with Janet on social awareness skills, we had a short session on understanding non-verbal communication such as body language.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Keep in mind that your organization may be facing more than one of these challenges— but luckily, there are strong software solutions to help your association overcome them. Let’s cover five key aspects to keep in mind when searching for a new CME LMS. Complicated Accreditation Reporting.

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sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2022

Improved staff and volunteer retention rates, fundraising and donor stewardship outcomes, and training engagement come to mind. They’ll bring technical course authoring and instructional design expertise to the table, so you’ll walk away with a course that teaches your staff members or volunteers to do their jobs better. .

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

If they sign on and struggle to understand your training, don’t see how it’s applicable to their efforts, or are simply bored out of their minds, you’re setting them up for failure right from the start. Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2020

In today’s interview with sgENGAGE Podcast veteran and Blackbaud University instructional designer Jocelyn Wright, you’ll learn more about why a welcome series is important, why they are valuable even in an email overload world, and what the best practices are for developing an email welcome series.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

Throughout the course of history, some very brilliant minds have endeavored the obscure task of forecasting the future of technology. In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught. The Future of the LMS – Where Are We Going? Microlearning.

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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. Objective.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

You’ll want to keep the following tips in mind as well. Web Courseworks’ consulting services elevate this solution even further, as your team can access instructional design services, SME management, course pricing assistance, and more. Tips to Choose Course Authoring Software for Your Association.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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