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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Use Learning Theory. I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. I also ask for feedback on what exercises or content in the workshop helped learning and what should be changed.

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NTEN Is Hiring an Educational Program Manager

NTEN

So, I'm thrilled to announce a job opening for NTEN’s Educational Program Manager. NTEN Programs are growing and so is the Program Team to support it.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

It's only been open for a few weeks, and they already have lots of visitors sharing stories, making and sharing art, and adding their voice to the exhibitions. The lowkey, unfinished look makes the museum feel open to visitors' improvements. It was a breath of fresh air in what can often be a stilted environment.

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