How to Teach Online

Join us for this Aim for Action Trainer Series!

Thursdays, June 4, 11, and 18, 2020
12:00-1:30pm PST
An online course with three sessions 

COVID-19 has moved learning online. You may have already been delivering webinars and want to hone your skills. Or maybe this world of online learning is new to you and you want to find out how to do it right. How to Teach Online is designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need to deliver online learning that makes a difference.

Over three 90-minute online sessions, you will learn from three nationally-known experts on workshop design, leadership, and learning. You will receive materials and assignments before and after each session to give you a way to practice what you learn and 8 weeks access to the session recordings. You will complete this series with a “no fail” framework for any online class, an approach to instruction that is engaging and effective, and tools to live your commitment to diversity and inclusion. The series will be moderated by Nancy Bacon, a veteran nonprofit educator who believes that every nonprofit learning experience should be excellent and action-focused.

COST
$125 for the series

Week 1: “Never Fail” Design: Creating Online Courses that Soar
With Guila Muir, Guila Muir & Associates
June 4, 2020 | 12:00-1:30pm PST

You need to convert in-person training into engaging, on-line learning. What steps must you take? What structure should you use? How can your sessions stand above other online classes and webinars? DON’T “fly by the seat of your pants.” DON’T start by opening PowerPoint. Most importantly, DO use solid instructional design. The result will be a course with results.

By the end of this 90-minute webinar, you will be able to:

• Describe how to create effective online learning experiences using the Kite process.
• Create exceptional performance outcomes, the driving force of all content and activities.
• Choose several online tools to enhance engagement in your next online training session.

Important note: We strongly encourage you to purchase Guila Muir’s book Instructional Design That Soars. It provides downloadable templates, worksheets, and checklists that support the content in this session. The book is available separately at a discounted price of $20 plus $4.95 shipping. Instructions for ordering this valuable resource will be provided in your registration confirmation.

Guila Muir is principal of Guila Muir & Associates, a Seattle-based firm specializing in developing professionals’ facilitation, presentation, and training skills. Since 1993, Guila’s engaging, highly energetic style has transformed businesses and organizations across the United States and in Canada. Her clients include Microsoft, Amazon, and hundreds of state agencies and non-profit organizations.

Week 2: Improv Lessons for ENGAGING Online Learning
With Andrew McMasters, Improv Mindset
June 11, 2020 | 12:00-1:30pm PST

You have an excellent plan in place for your online learning event. You have a great opening, a clear narrative, and defined learning outcomes. Fantastic—now let’s talk about how to really connect with the people listening to your webinar. Let’s explore ways to humanize our teaching using classic improv techniques.

Our goal through this course is to give you tools that allow you to:

• Build a direct connection with members of your audience so you can advocate for them.
• Keep your audience’s attention.
• Increase interaction between your audience members.
• Help your co-presenters be more effective.

Andrew McMasters is an actor, director and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the arts. He is a founder of Jet City Improv, a non-profit theater that he managed for 25 years, and worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies to provide presentation support and messaging as well as team building and communications trainings. Andrew is dedicated to experiential learning, providing opportunities for self-discovery and driving innovation in our everyday lives. His exercises are designed to develop leaders who can communicate on all levels (focusing on emotional intelligence) and help build key relationship-building skills. Participants will leave with practical tools and lessons to apply at all stages of their work, even in crisis. For more details about Andrew, see www.ImprovMindset.com.

Week 3: Everyone Belongs Online Learning
With Arthur Padilla, StrataG.Works
June 18, 2020 | 12:00-1:30pm PST

You value diversity, equity, and inclusion and want everyone to feel that they belong in your online learning program. You diversify the photos in your slide deck and maybe translate a few key documents. What more can you do? That’s what we’ll cover in this third course in our series.

By the end of this workshop, you will:

• Be able to name equity-related issues that impact learning.
• Know how to use a few practical equity-related tools in planning workshops and online training
• Know how to integrate these tools into your delivery of online learning experiences.

Our goal is to give you practical ways that you can act on your DEI commitment in your online (and in-person) training program.

Arthur Padilla is Senior Managing Partner for StrataG̅.Works a Seattle/Arizona firm where we provide support for individuals, agencies, and small businesses that are experiencing change. We use executive coaching, planning and project management, interim management, and online learning to implement our change management strategies. We use a social justice/anti-oppression framework for all of our work, from policy development to online learning. Our current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work include executive coaching (4 to 6 people cohorts), developing courses for the University of Alaska, evaluating the YWCA USA’s new curriculum for young women of color (a 3 year pilot), and Interm Senior Management for a local home care provider during their recent merger.

Moderator

Nancy Bacon is the architect behind three learning programs, most recently at Washington Nonprofits. She is a teacher, instructional designer, and speaker on topics at the intersection of learning and nonprofits. She regularly writes on nonprofit topics at nancybacon.com.

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Refund policy
We know plans change. You are welcome to contact us and have your registration transferred to another person at no cost to you. If that’s not feasible, we will issue a refund when you request one at least one week prior to the first class date. Refunds come via check and are cut twice a month. There will be a 10% handling charge for all refund requests unless otherwise noted within the course description. This charge helps offset fees we’ve paid for your registration and to cut the check.