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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences

Whole Whale

While in-person events are beginning to open up again, many have pivoted to a hybrid learning environment. This is a great conference to learn from experts about smart earned-revenue models, and about how the CSR world at for-profit companies operates. . 2023 is a unique time for conference-goers. When: June 14-16, 2023.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Why haven't children's museums pushed past the 1970s model?

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Aligning Learning Needs with Business Process

Gyrus

Meaning, keep your ear to the ground and look out for any outlying theories that may contradict this ideal mix, and be aware that with all the new forms of learning that are quickly enhancing the marketplace, there is a very real chance that this model may need to be tweaked, to also represent unaccounted for learning objects.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They wanted to strengthen connections with ETR’s Health Equity Framework, an evolving model that is essential to all of the work we do. These steps reinforce the content, skills and information from the learning event. Our theme, “A Patchwork of Connections,” brought us back to these goals throughout the day. Taking Care of the R-Team.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education. In Philanthropy.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two or three years to adoption: Learning Analytics (K-12/Higher Ed), Open Content (K-12), Games and Gamification (Higher Ed). The report methodology models the open content technology identified in the report. It is particularly relevant to those who are using online learning environments.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly.

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