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7 Video Conferencing Tips To Get You Through Social Distancing—And Beyond

Global Giving

Practice and prepare. Practice with your colleagues, practice inviting your friends who have never used Zoom before to understand how they join, practice sharing your screen… you get the idea. Use more slides than you think you need, and think visually. Best of luck! Want more tips like this?

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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

After two years of teaching online in a variety of formats and structures, one thing that I’ve realized is that when the camera is off, people may be long gone—or at least disengaged. . If you are lecturing, showing slides, otherwise not engaging the audience for more than 10 minutes, something needs to change. Welcome everyone.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. What have you discovered about the practical art of social media engagement with a higher purpose?

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

Cloud 4 Good

All of the sessions were educational, practical, and left me with a head full of new ideas to consider and apply once back in the (virtual) office. The session was so engaging and informative that, as soon as the session ended, I logged into my laptop and set up CI jobs in my project to get practice setting up my own pipelines.

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Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workplaces: How To Kick the Sit Out It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was invited to teach an interactive workshop based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit on how to link self-care with well being in the workplace. They request a copy of the discussion guide or slides so they can create a visual lexicon of key concepts to use during the session. Source: Sitkicker. Bringing Movement Into the Workshop.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. If you teach people to operate software, have them follow along on their computer instead of just watching the trainer perform the task.

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RIP Google Reader: Don’t Scream Who Moved My Cheese, Pivot Your Reading

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like Geoff,s I often get tired of reading the same people and ideas over and over again – and like to discover new topics and thinking. Some new topics that are beckoning for me are: Effective teaching and learning techniques that can be used for designing and delivering training.

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