Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. I thought I’d share a few quick insights and tips that I learned for others who may be preparing for doing tech training internationally and want to use participatory techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Photo by Trav Williams. The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Flickr Photo by qwrrty. Dipping: This is checking in with yourself and to notice any internal distractions or feelings – not to judge them but be aware. These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

You’ve likely encountered it when you call a customer service number and are prompted with instructions to press numbers for different issues or service departments.) . One question Farm Radio International is currently looking into is what made these repeat users call again and again and really use the IVR. Photo: Bart Sullivan .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. If you're still with me, let me share some tidbits about that photo. That's enough meta for now.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In the following test we had two photos. Previous tests showed that large photos with focus on the President increased conversions. The second photo had a wider frame that revealed the First Lady and two dinner guests. By changing the photo on the splash page we lifted conversions by more than 19%.” ( kylerush.net ).

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