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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. In the meantime, if you want to help translate the tweets, instructions are here and here. What this can do is prevent language from being a barrier to participate or follow a social change through social media.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

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Another great feature is handy list of step-by-step instructions to follow during a variety of emergencies and an integrated button to call 911 if the situation calls for it. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. First Aid by American Red Cross.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

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Another great feature is handy list of step-by-step instructions to follow during a variety of emergencies and an integrated button to call 911 if the situation calls for it. This new dedicated app for Google Drive will allow you to edit your Google Docs offline for the first time. Score one for team collaboration!

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What I'm after are ways to tweak the design to improve learning and to improve instructional practice. What's your strategy map? Some strategies for offline/online engagement were discussed. What worked? What didn't? Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations. The venue, the IRDC , was wonderful place.