Evans School hosts Microsoft forum about corporate giving - The Daily of the University of Washington: "Last night, the Evans School of Public Affairs hosted a forum on corporate social responsibility as part of an ongoing course offered at the Evans School that features lectures from various leaders of business and industry.The lecture featured two representatives from locally based corporate. MORE
The course will include a lecture providing insight into the best practices of featured tools, and a hands-on learning component to help participants explore the tools directly on their laptops or in small group facilitated discussions. presentation Presentations from 2013 course kaust lecture middleeast saudi universityDate : January 23, 2013. Location : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Topic : A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media. MORE
Not only do I think it would be useful in our daily operations (as it would help most any organization), but Jane brainstormed about using it to capture family memories, and Dave and I got excited about application for students with disabilities (note taking and captioning lectures, for example). Last week Jane Simchuk, Dave Offen and I got a demonstration of Quindi: the Meeting Capture tool. MORE
In the process, they are creating a hybrid which is the best of those polar opposites,' said Paul Frankel, an investor who lectures on social entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Responsibility is in their sites / Web entrepreneurs have an eye on social need -- not personal greed: "In some senses, these entrepreneurs are fusing '60s consciousness and activism with '80s market savvy. MORE
I originally started this blog as a way to keep more of our Benetech team aware of what was going on with me and other team members (through guest blogs) while on our travels. Many of us spend a big chunk of our time on the road rather than in the office, and it's good to share some of the reasons our office chairs are often empty! Speaking publicly is an important part of our work. MORE
It incorporates many different ideas aligned with how people learn and how they learn best by moving away from the lecture and lecture notes and encouraging students to engage with their peers as they learn. MORE
Not too long, I had the pleasure of “walking The Dish” with Kathleen Kelly Janus, a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship. MORE
If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction. MORE
Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Our Nonprofit Legal Expert Continues to Offer Wise Advice My last post mentioned our recent Benetech board meeting. This seemed like a great moment to introduce our newest board member, Robert Wexler. Rob has a deep understanding of what makes nonprofits successful. He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law. MORE
“ More about this programme : Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. MORE
The course will include talks, lectures, and panel discussions with the addition of hangouts, discussion groups, and readings to further explore the issues. Want to learn how to make positive change in the world through a top university? MORE
It made me think of the Berkman lecture I heard called " Legal Education in the Networked World " where there was a hot debate about whether laptops in the classroom were a good or bad thing. That's how much we pay attention when we're subjected to a long one-way lecture. MORE
Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! another transcript here ). Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. There???s s an interesting story here about how schools are addressing digital learning in new ways. MORE
As part of receiving the ESI Award, I was thrilled to deliver the 2011 Annual ESI Lecture and to meet the Fuqua School’s community. I hope that in my lecture, I convince my listeners, especially students, that they don’t need technology degrees to succeed in high tech. MORE
Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture. The first lecture I heard as a freshman at Caltech was delivered by Feynman on the topic of liquid helium three, and I was certain he did understand the topic! MORE
Derrick is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light Corporate Institute and a guest lecturer at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. The moment you’ve all been waiting for, the official Cause Camp 2017 speaker lineup. MORE
If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction. You can build your resilience by listening to a lecture! Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. MORE
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Fusionmex lecture #103. This great slide deck By Olivier Blanchard from FusionMex, where Jamie spoke recently , is chock full of what you need to know about why your social media efforts are stalling. Tak a few minutes to read through this – then read through it again. MORE
10 New Ways Twitter Is Changing The College Lecture. I unfortunately missed my favorite Twitter chat last week, #swchat (Social Workplace Chat) but I always read the accompanying summary blog post and check out the resources. MORE
Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series MORE
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. Photo by Aussiegal. MORE
You may be groaning at this point—2015 has certainly been “The Year of Lectures about the Importance of Relationships with Donors”—but too many of us are still doing a terrible job of it. MORE
Raise your hand if you enjoy 60-90 minute lectures. Live Q&A- Have you ever sat through a 60 minute lecture and walked away with no questions? Now keep them up if you love listening to others speak, without being able to ask questions or share your ideas. MORE
Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Save Your Seat: N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference is almost here! The organizers of this year’s N2Y4 Mobile Challenge & Conference tell us there are still a few seats left for the 2-day event convening the best and brightest from an inter-disciplinary field of hackers, entrepreneurs, activists and philanthropists. Be sure to get your seat today if you want to be part of this unique conference! MORE
Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool. MORE
I recently did a guest lecture at The New School on the topic, I’ve had countless conversations with colleagues and friends, and I’ve been capturing ideas and questions to myself on scraps of paper everywhere. My guest lecture notes cover the first point, and today I want to share a few ideas about slacktivism as a gateway to change. My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read it and join the conversation at SSIR or read the repost below. MORE
Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London. MORE
Online resource EdSurge has even compiled a five-point list for educators to help understand and begin merging VR into their lectures and lab exercises as well as how to create their own custom-made videos as supplements to their normal teaching routines. MORE
Interactive Lectures by Sivasailam Thiagarajan. If you teach in higher education, you most likely will find yourself having to deliver a lecture. This book gives lots of methods to become a more effective trainer by ditching the lecture format. MORE
Last week I had the huge honor of guest lecturing in Laurel Hart’s class for the masters course in Corporate and Organizational Communications at NYU’s school of continuing studies. presentation storytelling community content data guest lecture metrics nyu MORE
Indeed, a spring break sojourn was, and is, a de rigueur part of the university experience as much as dorm rooms, lecture halls and frat parties. MORE
I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the finest site to get one. I was struck by the language in this spammy blog comment. My first thought was that "boundless" online grant applications meant "endless", which would be horrifying. But maybe they mean "for unlimited amounts of money". MORE
A great way to get started and bring a wider audience to your doorstep is by broadcasting lectures through YouTube and Slideshare or posting articles online. Review the IP status of your collection and the permissions related to broadcasting lectures and workshops. MORE
The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. MORE
Here are just a few activities that could earn members points: Buying a membership. Volunteering. Attending a lecture or event. Renewing a membership early. Completing a visitor survey and offer feedback. Making a purchase in the gift shop. MORE
presentation Presentations from 2011 community content data guest lecture planning storytelling strategyDate : April 28, 2011. Location : New York, NY. Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Description : This class is part of the Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication program at NYU. MORE
The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great. Giving 2.0: The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. MORE
One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. MORE
Author Andrew Wolk, a Senior Lecturer at MIT on Social Entrepreneurship, focused much of his discussion around the concept of how social enterprises were a socially useful response to market failure. Benetech was recently featured in a report to the President (of the U.S.) on small business. There was a chapter in the report entitled Social Entrepreneurship and Government, and Benetech was one of the case studies used (see pages 36-37). MORE
Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island. This left me wondering about the use of lecture, sage on the stage style presentation. MORE
Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. The point is to keep the lecturing or “push” content to the limits of the human attention span and look for opportunities for sharing and interaction. MORE
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Lecture Related Topics Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 28, 2011
presentation Presentations from 2011 community content data guest lecture planning storytelling strategyDate : April 28, 2011. Location : New York, NY. Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Description : This class is part of the Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication program at NYU.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 4, 2011
Last week I had the huge honor of guest lecturing in Laurel Hart’s class for the masters course in Corporate and Organizational Communications at NYU’s school of continuing studies. presentation storytelling community content data guest lecture metrics nyu
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 23, 2013
The course will include a lecture providing insight into the best practices of featured tools, and a hands-on learning component to help participants explore the tools directly on their laptops or in small group facilitated discussions. presentation Presentations from 2013 course kaust lecture middleeast saudi universityDate : January 23, 2013. Location : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Topic : A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 17, 2011
Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 12, 2011
Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series
Robert Weiner
JANUARY 11, 2012
I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the finest site to get one. I was struck by the language in this spammy blog comment. My first thought was that "boundless" online grant applications meant "endless", which would be horrifying. But maybe they mean "for unlimited amounts of money".
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 30, 2012
As part of receiving the ESI Award, I was thrilled to deliver the 2011 Annual ESI Lecture and to meet the Fuqua School’s community. I hope that in my lecture, I convince my listeners, especially students, that they don’t need technology degrees to succeed in high tech.
Byte Technology
JANUARY 15, 2016
Online resource EdSurge has even compiled a five-point list for educators to help understand and begin merging VR into their lectures and lab exercises as well as how to create their own custom-made videos as supplements to their normal teaching routines.
SocialFish
MAY 17, 2012
Fusionmex lecture #103. This great slide deck By Olivier Blanchard from FusionMex, where Jamie spoke recently , is chock full of what you need to know about why your social media efforts are stalling. Tak a few minutes to read through this – then read through it again.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 17, 2018
Not too long, I had the pleasure of “walking The Dish” with Kathleen Kelly Janus, a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
I originally started this blog as a way to keep more of our Benetech team aware of what was going on with me and other team members (through guest blogs) while on our travels. Many of us spend a big chunk of our time on the road rather than in the office, and it's good to share some of the reasons our office chairs are often empty! Speaking publicly is an important part of our work.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
“ More about this programme : Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 2, 2013
It incorporates many different ideas aligned with how people learn and how they learn best by moving away from the lecture and lecture notes and encouraging students to engage with their peers as they learn.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 22, 2013
Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture. The first lecture I heard as a freshman at Caltech was delivered by Feynman on the topic of liquid helium three, and I was certain he did understand the topic!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2014
The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities.
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 12, 2015
A great way to get started and bring a wider audience to your doorstep is by broadcasting lectures through YouTube and Slideshare or posting articles online. Review the IP status of your collection and the permissions related to broadcasting lectures and workshops.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 29, 2007
Author Andrew Wolk, a Senior Lecturer at MIT on Social Entrepreneurship, focused much of his discussion around the concept of how social enterprises were a socially useful response to market failure. Benetech was recently featured in a report to the President (of the U.S.) on small business. There was a chapter in the report entitled Social Entrepreneurship and Government, and Benetech was one of the case studies used (see pages 36-37).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 5, 2014
Interactive Lectures by Sivasailam Thiagarajan. If you teach in higher education, you most likely will find yourself having to deliver a lecture. This book gives lots of methods to become a more effective trainer by ditching the lecture format.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Raise your hand if you enjoy 60-90 minute lectures. Live Q&A- Have you ever sat through a 60 minute lecture and walked away with no questions? Now keep them up if you love listening to others speak, without being able to ask questions or share your ideas.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2014
The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great. Giving 2.0: The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 2, 2009
Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 12, 2006
Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island. This left me wondering about the use of lecture, sage on the stage style presentation.
NonProfit Hub
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Derrick is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light Corporate Institute and a guest lecturer at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. The moment you’ve all been waiting for, the official Cause Camp 2017 speaker lineup.
SocialFish
AUGUST 1, 2012
10 New Ways Twitter Is Changing The College Lecture. I unfortunately missed my favorite Twitter chat last week, #swchat (Social Workplace Chat) but I always read the accompanying summary blog post and check out the resources.
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 27, 2014
Here are just a few activities that could earn members points: Buying a membership. Volunteering. Attending a lecture or event. Renewing a membership early. Completing a visitor survey and offer feedback. Making a purchase in the gift shop.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 8, 2005
Not only do I think it would be useful in our daily operations (as it would help most any organization), but Jane brainstormed about using it to capture family memories, and Dave and I got excited about application for students with disabilities (note taking and captioning lectures, for example). Last week Jane Simchuk, Dave Offen and I got a demonstration of Quindi: the Meeting Capture tool.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 14, 2014
The course will include talks, lectures, and panel discussions with the addition of hangouts, discussion groups, and readings to further explore the issues. Want to learn how to make positive change in the world through a top university?
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. Photo by Aussiegal.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 4, 2006
Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! another transcript here ). Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. There???s s an interesting story here about how schools are addressing digital learning in new ways.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 6, 2016
You may be groaning at this point—2015 has certainly been “The Year of Lectures about the Importance of Relationships with Donors”—but too many of us are still doing a terrible job of it.
Byte Technology
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Indeed, a spring break sojourn was, and is, a de rigueur part of the university experience as much as dorm rooms, lecture halls and frat parties.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London.
Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 14, 2011
I recently did a guest lecture at The New School on the topic, I’ve had countless conversations with colleagues and friends, and I’ve been capturing ideas and questions to myself on scraps of paper everywhere. My guest lecture notes cover the first point, and today I want to share a few ideas about slacktivism as a gateway to change. My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read it and join the conversation at SSIR or read the repost below.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 15, 2007
It made me think of the Berkman lecture I heard called " Legal Education in the Networked World " where there was a hot debate about whether laptops in the classroom were a good or bad thing. That's how much we pay attention when we're subjected to a long one-way lecture.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 10, 2009
Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Save Your Seat: N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference is almost here! The organizers of this year’s N2Y4 Mobile Challenge & Conference tell us there are still a few seats left for the 2-day event convening the best and brightest from an inter-disciplinary field of hackers, entrepreneurs, activists and philanthropists. Be sure to get your seat today if you want to be part of this unique conference!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 15, 2014
One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 14, 2015
Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. The point is to keep the lecturing or “push” content to the limits of the human attention span and look for opportunities for sharing and interaction.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2011
Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Our Nonprofit Legal Expert Continues to Offer Wise Advice My last post mentioned our recent Benetech board meeting. This seemed like a great moment to introduce our newest board member, Robert Wexler. Rob has a deep understanding of what makes nonprofits successful. He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law.
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