Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 12, 2022

A narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale. It’s participatory. Here’s an article I wrote about process-thinking in storytelling and another article I wrote on how to map out your own storytelling process. .

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Story Storytelling Profit Participatory 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.

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Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. Written instructions were not enough to compel them to do otherwise.

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Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Instructional Design. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Training. Creating a Network Map. Design Labs.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Do you interrogate the map? I could see a great online campaign, map series, or touchscreen interactive where you can browse people and their recommendations. This might sound unlikely, but with the right instruction set and a kind of game piece or card to use as a prompt, I think it could work. Create a plan for yourself?

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Experiment Lesson Learning Museum 44