Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? What do you actually retain? And, what do you actually apply? It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We were asked to listen to a PPT presentation that shared the history, mission, goals, challenges and opportunities. But, there was a twist – we were asked to do critical or active listening. We synthesized the issues by generating a list of questions that could be used as a brainstorming questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

While most of the instruction was done as a full group, we also wanted to allow some less structured time for people to self-organize into small groups and get hands-on time at their own pace and specific questions answers. We allowed people to move from group to group once they go their questions answered. Here is what they shared: 1.)

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The second exercise was done in small groups and a report the whole group answering the questions, “What are your hopes and fears for the program?” When we came back to the circle, we had to introduce each other and the other person’s object. Much as been written about the impact of more women in Parliament.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Another story is about the new world of conversation, which I call " Cell Phones on the Green " (PPT): I was walking across the green in the center of the Dartmouth campus one afternoon, and noticed two coeds approaching each other talking on cell phones. It became obvious as they got closer that they were talking to each other.

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