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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction. What to do?

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

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This reflects my own journey, and many also in attendance at the event, as my experience with DevOps has slowly matured alongside the emerging technology. The session was so engaging and informative that, as soon as the session ended, I logged into my laptop and set up CI jobs in my project to get practice setting up my own pipelines.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops). Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. Claire Rice, from Theatre Bay Area, was live blogging the whole day and captured their opening remarks.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

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I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. But, you can't teach the way you feel comfortable teaching all the time. ? I am teaching two more sessions.

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The One Secret To Better Virtual Meetings: Empathy

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I’ve been reflecting on the discussion we had about how meetings are “under belly” of an organization’s culture and ways to make incremental changes to improve meeting culture to avoid wasting time or frustration. The exercise teaches empathy. Did reduce our effectiveness?

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