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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Teaching with Tech: The Incredible—and Inevitable—Evolution of the Digital Classroom

Byte Technology

a single computer running basic DOS for an entire school was considered the very cutting edge of the tech-enhanced learning environment. Virtual reality delivers the best of both worlds—online, distance learning inside the real-world classroom.

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Volunteer Training: Exceeding Expectations

Volunteer Hub

Here are a few additional benefits hands on training provides: Provides supporters with a safe learning environment. Allow volunteers to link theory, teaching, and practice. Offers supporters the opportunity to collaborate and learn from others. Influences emotions increasing knowledge and skills. Flexibility.

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

This process has been significantly augmented by social media, instead of limiting the practice to a regional endeavor where only local personnel can apply their skills, members of the organization in satellite offices can now contribute to the learning environment as a whole. The skills of individuals you have been paired with.

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Building My Leadership Tribe in the American Express Leadership Academy

ASU Lodestar Center

And yet, according to that April 2019 HBR study, Educating the Next Generation of Leaders , “the most difficult skills to teach, measure, or even articulate are leading, communicating, relating, and energizing groups,” all of which require collaborative learning environments, individual coaching and personalized learning plans.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Being able to to set up “learning stations” where students can be participate in different activities paves way for more learning because you are giving participants a choice to learn in a way that they learn best. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

Forj

According to Turco, fellow editor Dr. Dave Davis has a talent for conceptualizing how to teach people. Sachdeva, which provides an excellent review of both high fidelity simulations and case based learning where instructors are able to view a learners decision making skills. The design of the book speaks to this.