Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Effective fundraising can help your program put on better shows, train students more effectively, and ultimately boost its reputation for high-quality instruction in the arts. There are so many vital activities that keep your program afloat aside from fundraising, from scheduling classes to holding auditions to supporting students.

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Arts Create Fundraising Tips 52

Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s not a binary question of whether your guidelines state you are or are not a climate or justice funder. Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . The climate crisis is analogous to the pandemic. Supporting organizing and movement-building efforts. .

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Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 102

Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We pivoted from in-person body alignment corrections and preparing for national tours and performances to ensuring all educators and students had the appropriate platforms and technology to just attend one class. The process can highlight inequities and barriers previously unrecognized and pose so many questions. It takes a team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different.

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Student Skills Teach Life 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

that accept volunteer hours as course credit for high school and college students. You can glean this information by incorporating a question or two about why someone is volunteering, either in the application process or as a quick poll or survey when onboarding new volunteers for an event. There are also several states in the U.S.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2022

They use the power of movement and music to transform the lives of their students while creating an inviting and nurturing community for all. It’s really important to make sure your event sites are easy to navigate and have clear instructions for supporters, especially when it comes to educating folks on web- and app-based bidding.

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Hosting Ideas FAQ Instruction 52

NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Independent schools, private schools and K-12 schools have all found great benefits from using the Facebook platform to engage with students and families.

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Social Media Media Social Slides 251

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prepare for donor questions. Every dollar you donate will go to scholarships for students in financial need!” Here are the key components to any phonathon script: Introduction: Answer the most basic questions: Who are you? Set nightly/weekly fundraising goals. Use phonathon management software. ” See the difference?

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Guide Script Tips Gift 98

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

For example, if a grantee runs an educational program, they could share a story about a student who improved their grades or gained admission into college due to the program. To get started, share these 20 Storytelling Interview Questions to Capture Great Stories with your grantees. It’s about the journey.

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Storytelling Impact Help Demonstration 66

Everyaction

MAY 14, 2018

For universities searching for ways to both grow students' engagement on campus and develop their education and participation as active citizens, voter registration programs have become an increasingly popular activity. Instructions for where to find voter registration material on campus. Make the information easy to find.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. ” So, I like to share a few of my favorites that I have inspired me in my instructional/training practice. ” Plus many more provocative questions. By Dave Meier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

” Participating in a local or national giving day may help you work on that second question. I’m participating in the GivingTuesday Summer School where you find an instructional video from me discussing how to use giving days like Giving Tuesday to experiment and improve your online fundraising with social media.

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Experiment Test Fundraising Instruction 99

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2020

As schools around the nation approach the fall term, they face big questions about how to manage new needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. We also had international students whose families were being impacted back home, so we were hearing first-hand about the pandemic.

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Story Student Instruction Instructional 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. The questions were keyed to when the content was explained.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. If you ask open-ended questions, you typically only get criticism. Can participants apply the skills?”

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% We also continue to add books from volunteers, staff and outsourcers through scanning and proofing, including student requests. Accordingly, U.S.

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Literacy eBook Images Accessibility 208

Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

At any point in their journey, volunteers may have questions or concerns, so it’s essential for nonprofits to be responsive and address the needs of volunteers, promptly. Volunteers should have clear instructions on how to reach someone from the organization quickly and efficiently. Responsiveness. Transparency.

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Volunteer Experiment Tips Training 95

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc. Answer questions like: Did participants’ attitudes, knowledge and skills change? Implement ECB strategies.

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Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

On Monday, Rheingold delivered the UC’s Regents Lecture , “Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy” prior to working with a group of students in a seminar and launching a process to co-construct a peeragogy handbook/sourcebook. Rheingold published this post as a backdrop to his Monday evening talk.

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Learning Network Organization Classroom 102

Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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Education Virtual Fundraising Guide 52

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions. Being targeted about the questions we ask on applications and throughout our grantee relationships helps to frame understandings, document learning, and identify challenges or barriers. or “What is the geographic location served?”

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Question Change Grant History 101

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 27, 2008

I was surprised to find he was aware of the controversy around the big Bookshare.org award and asked sharp questions about how we were dealing with challenges around delivering on this. There are more than 8,000 textbooks and other instructional materials in the repository, but very few of these have reached students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. This prompted some amazing questions for children that age anywhere: How many jets did you take to get to India? They start the day with a student posting an inspirational quote on the board.

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India Education Software Learning 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

I’m very interested in the train the trainer concept, so for my own learning I have been taking many trainings to learn new instructional techniques – hopefully gaining some empathy for being a student in a train the trainer session. How To Think Like An Instructional Designer. The Art of Good Openings and Closings.

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Training Train Reflection Resource 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. A frequent question Peter is asked about how an organization can become more innovative. “What are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The ways tables and chairs and the screen are placed in the room can work against your instructional style or support it. The two discussion questions were: What are your expectations for the project as a social media trainer? In my group, we identified four broad themes for the first question: Improved training technique.

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Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 93

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

" Games for Library Instruction. In this presentation, Instructional Services Librarian Mary Snyder. library instruction. The first, Secret Agents in the Library , is a standard one-shot library instruction class put into game format. Faires said "interact with your audience every 2-3 minutes," what I.

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Library Game Interaction Instruction 47

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

It’s allowed in many formats to present the text not in logical reading order, but completely out of order with instructions to the device on how to make the content “look” on the page. So, the student might be able to read only 60% of the relevant content, and have no idea about what the equations say.

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Measure Technology Audio eBook 181

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

This week, Mark answered for me the following six questions about his book : Interview with Mark Divine Author of The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Question : Navy SEALS learn they are capable of twenty times what they think they are. Mark : Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living.

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New York Teach Mind Training 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

This week, Mark answered for me the following six questions about his book : Interview with Mark Divine Author of The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Question : Navy SEALS learn they are capable of twenty times what they think they are. Mark : Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living.

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Leadership New York Share Baltimore 85

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2011

After some silliness, engagement, and confusion, they were instructed to leave. Two students, Jenny Burrows and Matt Kappler, created an unauthorized ad campaign for the Smithsonian as part of a school project. Neither harmed the museums in question, though they both had questionable qualities.

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Museum Spain Instruction Instructional 54

Gyrus

JUNE 16, 2016

But anything new tends to lead to a lot of questions and with those develop a few barriers of entry that the industry must overcome. Over the coming weeks, I’ll investigate the answers to questions such as: does it really work? How does it work? What method should my organization choose? Should my organization even use it?

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Badge Game eLearning Exercise 53

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

Recently, Mark answered for me the following six questions about his book : Interview with Mark Divine Author of The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Question : Navy SEALS learn they are capable of twenty times what they think they are. Mark : Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living.

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New York Baltimore Teach Mind 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

The screen capture is a visual conversation trigger to answer the question, "How does your working environment affect your work?" Burning Questions Playing the Social Media Game Reflection at the End. " What are some ways that you have incorporated the use of social media into your face-to-face instruction?

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Social Media Discussion Wiki Media 50

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. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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