by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 26, 2021 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
Charity Village just published an article I wrote about the learning design strategies we need to remember to implement, no matter whether we are designing for face-to-face or online learning experiences. Read the article here
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 31, 2020 | Business back end
It’s the start of the last day of the year and – wow – what a year we’ve all had. There were hard times, absolutely, but I find myself remembering the good times even more. I remarked last night to my husband that maybe it’s like...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Dec 12, 2020 | Books, Business back end
It’s now been over a month since I was able to put Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience for Any Group into the hands of readers. When I last blogged about the book in September I had been told that it would take a few months...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 27, 2020 | Learning design, Teaching online
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by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 23, 2020 | Books, Facilitation
I am thrilled to announce that pre-sales for my book, Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience for Any Group, are now open. Purchase your copy on my shop site by October 4 to be guaranteed to be in the first order round! I hope this...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 9, 2020 | Online facilitation
I did it again a couple of days ago, I registered for an organization’s webinar with no intention of actually going. Although I really did want to attend the event, I had looked at my calendar and had a conflict. But I signed up anyway. I knew I’d be sent...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 11, 2020 | Online facilitation
I sat in on a webinar hosted by the Zoom company the other day, learning a few more tips about using Zoom. Add this to the fact that I continue to be in Zoom a dozen or more times a week, sometimes up to six times a day. This is almost always as the meeting host and...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 22, 2020 | Online facilitation
I’ve been in dozens and dozens of Zoom meetings since the end of March, mostly on the facilitator side of things leading a meeting or a learning event. I’ve learned a few Zoom tricks along the way – even after I have been using Zoom for a few years...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 12, 2020 | Online facilitation, Teaching online
For today’s post I made a short (3 min) video to tell you about an email I received from someone who is considering taking one of my upcoming courses, with a question about whether I think their apprehension to technology might be an issue that would affect...