Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Use Learning Theory.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations. Imagine being able to ask your AI to review all your saved topics and suggest alternatives and improvements based on related assessments and grades. Want to learn more about AI?

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

What are the strengths you should take advantage of, how can you improve areas of weakness, and where are the opportunities for future growth? Are you asking them in a way that reflects their personal commitment to your mission? These are the donors most likely to continue or increase their giving during difficult times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits. for my journal or my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

You will likely find more areas of improvement than you have the resources to accomplish, and you will have to prioritize some professional development investments over others. It’s boring, and it doesn’t really improve people’s skills. Provide opportunities for people to learn by watching, reading, practicing, and reflecting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session. As I am planning for workshops in the fall in Cleveland and North Carolina (with Jeanne Allen), looking back always help you create a good lesson plan and incorporate improvements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

What are the strengths you should take advantage of, how can you improve areas of weakness, and where are the opportunities for future growth? Are you asking them in a way that reflects their personal commitment to your mission? These are the donors most likely to continue or increase their giving during difficult times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. What part of the workshop should be changed to improve learning? It can be the first campaign strategy session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2017

Her CEO recently wrote a post reflecting on their wellness efforts on the organization’s blog and she agreed generously to republish this post as a guest post. But we are an organization that believes in continuous improvement. ETR Steps Forward for Weekly #WorkplaceWellness by Vignetta Charles, PHd. up at 4:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Migration: a way to reschedule tasks following reflection and a reassessment of them. Among them: Have a place to plan, reflect and think offline. Getting offline for thinking on paper and writing are known tools to improve our thinking and creativity. You’re encouraged to design your own Custom Collections.

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Journal Professional Nonprofit Reflection 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. I ask them to generate a list of keep, tweak, and delete.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? As a trainer, I create two agendas – a participant agenda which is a summary and a more detailed facilitator’s agenda. There is always a dance between too much detail and specific times vs less detail. Overnight Reflection.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Their regional fight manager, Brian Schroy, is a registered running coach in pursuit of qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon, so his unique skill set was immediately put to use as a trainer whom recurring donors could connect with in this subscription-based community. LoveYourBrain: Building Resilience Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. … Read More

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

That motivation is often centered in a desire to improve communities, said Seth J. There is nothing more empowering than to see the good work we do every day—we are each improving the lives of others, many who we don’t know nor know us—but we take considerable pride in making a positive difference every day,” Katzen said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

In addition, I’m also doing a lot of training of other trainers and am now an Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute for International Studies (a graduate school of Middlebury College). That’s where a lot of trainers fall short. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). Your design is not just about content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

After taking a break, I felt a lot like Hank – I just wanted to keep on resting. But in the quiet and last days of 2012 and the reflective moments in the new year, it was time to face the new year! It was a time to focus on family and health (I had my gallbladder removed).

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Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

I’ve been reflecting on the discussion we had about how meetings are “under belly” of an organization’s culture and ways to make incremental changes to improve meeting culture to avoid wasting time or frustration. Doing an exercise that increases empathy can be the first step in improving your virtual meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Reflective Practice. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. Managing energy in the room is part of a facilitator’s job (and trainer too). You have either help re-energize a sluggish room or help a hyper vibe in the room to slow down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2014

He is the owner and Founder of Alleer Training & Consulting , a firm focused on helping companies and individuals improve performance and achieve maximum results. Decide is his first book. Decision Making Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Making Decisions'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

I spoke to a group of nonprofit in Seattle a few weeks ago at Pyramid Communications who found the advice for taking incremental steps towards improvement very useful. As a trainer, I always like to check back with participants 6 months to year after a training to see how they are doing. Does my community love political cartoons?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

Most of all, I want to master the ability to switch between connectedness and solitude. I will continue to practice and explore different ways to use visuals to aid reflection, including data visualization, visual thinking, structured frameworks, graphic facilitation, and more. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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Share Reflection Social Media Model 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Bregman talks about benefits of this theme: My thought was that if I focused only on slowing down, everything else would improve. The 18 minutes refers to the importance of creating a daily habit of reflection and focus on what you want to accomplish, knowing that you won’t get everything done. What could be improved?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2014

He is the owner and Founder of Alleer Training & Consulting , a firm focused on helping companies and individuals improve performance and achieve maximum results. Decide is his first book. Thanks to the book''s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Chapter Consultant Teach Demonstration 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

But doing that extra work to figure out how to engage your students improves learning outcomes or your results. We don’t have a lot of time and it will come after a long day, so have been thinking of ways to do a train the trainers in an efficient way. She recently took a deep dive into reflective practice and techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2007

He is trainer and you learn more about his background on his blog's about page. He wrote a post called " Learning and Teaching Methods for Self-Development " where he talks about 7 principles for reflection. It will not decrease your ability, but it even help to improve your knowledge and capacity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The matrix enables your organization set a baseline and goals for improvement. Reflection and Takeaways. I used Thiagi’s reflection game, Thirty-Five. I also has kept a trainer’s notebook describing all the various methods I’ve used over the past 25 years. Learning More. … Read More

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2015

As someone who has worked as a technology trainer with nonprofits, the ability to form a new habit of using what you learned after the training is critically important. Change is often easier said than done, but if we change our habits we change our personal and work lives and by extension our organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. My Three Words.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Happy New Year ! How about you?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2011

Five New York City-based executive coaches and trainers have banded together to write the new book, Becoming An Exceptional Executive Coach. The book also explains that senior leaders generally do not get to their positions because they are reflective or even conceptual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The interpreters (they told me not to call them “translators” as the term translator is for people who translate printed materials) were so good, that I interviewed them for tips and suggestions on how to be an effective tech trainer who is being interpreted. Here is what they shared: 1.) Connect with them ahead of time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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