This post summarizes some findings from a recent research report about increasing engagement on Facebook and a couple of conversations about applying the research over on my blog Facebook page. I also tested some of the tips suggested by the research. Here's what I learned: After Hours Posting I have been looking at different research studies, like this one "Posting Strategies That Encourage Engagement on Facebook" to see if there were more tactics to try. The screen grab above … [Read more...]
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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences
If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. It has been over six years since I designed and delivered my first webinar/conference call, "Designing Effective Technology Training Workshops for Nonprofits" with NTEN. Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used … [Read more...]
Social Media, Foundations, and Grantees: What Works, What Doesn't?
This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy's conference "Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact" where I participated on a panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. Vincent Stehle moderated and other panelists included Paula Goldman, Omidyar Network, Jacob Harold, Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Travis Manzione, Director of Assessment Tools for CEP. Travis Manzione shared some preliminary data from a survey of over 2,000 grantees from … [Read more...]
What is the scaffolding for learning in public?
I've been writing about wikis (and other social technologies) can be terrific platforms for supporting professional learning in real time, but it requires a comfort level with “learning in public.” You can learn in public in different ways - self-directed individual learning, with a peer group or in an organization, or as a network or entire field practice. The Packard Foundation's organizational effectiveness wiki has an excellent example of this networked approach to public learning … [Read more...]
How Mature Is Your Nonprofit's Social Media Practice?
In our book, Networked Nonprofit, we describe the principles for becoming a networked nonprofit - a nonprofit that is simple, agile, transparent, and works more like a network than an isolated fortress. Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. Their impact is to make the world a better place. Yesterday, during a … [Read more...]
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