VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol: You’ve probably heard of it, and perhaps, wondered if it’s a good fit for your organization. Using the Internet to make phone calls has become common practice, but do the benefits translate to your organizational needs?
In this webinar, we’ll look at the reasons VoIP may make sense for your organization, steps for preparation, and a plan for implementation. Questions like “What does QoS mean?” and “How many data ports should I have” will be addressed alongside security issues and cost. VoIP vendors will be analyzed and criteria for choosing the right company will be presented. The switchover will be discussed, along with tips for a successful implementation.
Presented by: Dave Tainer is Director of Information Systems for GMHC, a Manhattan-based nonprofit that was first in the fight against AIDS. Dave has been responsible for providing IT guidance and vision to operations and programs since coming on board in January 2006. He has successfully implemented structured corporate principles of IT management (CoBIT, ITIL), which have resulted in increased productivity, faster network access, enhanced security, compliance with HIPAA and PCI, and a data migration to a governmental database and reporting system. He was instrumental in securing a $1,106,000 technology-only capital grant from NYEDC which has allowed for a state-of-the-art network infrastructure, new workstations for all staff, and a VoIP implementation.
Prior to GMHC, Dave was adjunct faculty at DePaul University in Chicago, teaching in three departments: Human-Computer Interaction as a Usability specialist, Computer Science as a database and systems specialist, and Digital Cinema as a technical specialist (digital cinematography). He previously taught business statistics at other Chicago-area universities, mostly for MBA programs.
Between 1998 and 2005 Dave served as founder and senior partner of BuTain, Inc., a technology consulting firm specializing in IT Strategy and Management Consulting. He previously held the position of CIO for Unified Management, a professional employer organization (PEO). During his tenure at Unified, Dave was a frequent guest speaker on all IT issues in the PEO industry at events, conferences and roundtables, and helped Unified Management define the cutting-edge in PEO technology and information management.
The time for Linux on the desktop to be mainstream has come. It is very easy to set up and use Linux for the organizational basics: email, web surfing, word processing, and spreadsheets. Even more complex tasks, such as desktop publishing, keeping track of finances, and others are possible and easy on Linux these days. Linux on the desktop is not just for geeks anymore. This webinar will show you how easy it is to use Linux on the desktop.
Many nonprofits hope to draw attention to their causes during the election season. At the same time, board members and staff leaders are rightly wary of violating the law and jeopardizing their groups’ tax-exempt status. Things can get tricky for organizations that have both c3 and c4 arms, c3s that belong to coalitions that include c4s, and groups using voter files in tandem with a supporter database.
Assuming the legal obstacles can be cleared, what exactly does it mean to benefit from the election season?
Organizations need to think about how they use online advocacy as a way to measure engagement. Common (and legal) activities include raising awareness of particular issues, issuing voting guides, and voter registration.
This webinar will explore the following:
Using an integrated online advocacy approach as a tool for measurable engagement on issues.
Actions that 501c3s can and can’t do during an election season.
Communication rules for the organization’s stakeholders.
We are now in the world of Web 2.0, where organizations are beginning to tap the power of the community. We’ll review the democratizing effects of things like folksonomy and social media. Learn about new tools and how best to determine their appropriateness for a nonprofit.
JOHN KENYON has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years by providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles about technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article “A Decade of Online Fundraising”. John recently served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively leverage the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2006. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the US, in England and online.
Online marketing in the nonprofit sector is exploding because it’s much cheaper than traditional print marketing - and because it works. But all those options — email newsletters, e-blasts, websites, blogs, texting, fundraising portals, Google ads, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter and on and on - can feel endless and overwhelming.
Where should you begin and where do you go next? Which tools are now considered essential and which are still optional? How much effort does online marketing require and what does it cost? What will work best for your situation?
During this one-hour webinar, we’ll make sense of all of your various online marketing options by showing you how they all fit together and explaining the important differences between so-called Web 1.0 and Web 2.0.
You’ll get tips on how to sort through what’s best for your nonprofit, so you’ll know where to start. You’ll also get a solid understanding of where you can take your online marketing strategy over time.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific)
Registration is $35
Kivi Leroux Miller, president of EcoScribe Communications and founder of Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com, will present this webinar.
The people who work for nonprofits perform some of the most interesting, engaging work around. So why do nonprofit grant proposals, newsletters, and web content sound as though they were written by heartless (and even headless) robots? Hack your way out of the jargon jungle and learn how to write about your nonprofit’s mission and activities like the smart, passionate person you are.
Using lots of real-world examples of both good and bad nonprofit writing, we’ll cover these points and more:
Spot-cleaning jargon and nonprofit-speak out of your writing
Avoiding the nonprofit topics most likely to bore your readers to death
Honing in on your key points and cutting the blah, blah, blah
Using analogies to make your point more clearly
Writing for your readers, including donors, volunteers, and other supporters
Don’t let bad nonprofit writing cost you another grant, new volunteers, or political support. Instead, use your words to inspire and motivate people to support your organization and your cause.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern (12:00 p.m. Pacific)
Registration is $35
Kivi Leroux Miller, president of EcoScribe Communications and founder of Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com, will present this webinar.
Your website is like the sun of your online marketing strategy — everything else you do online revolves around it. For many new donors, volunteers, and supporters, your website will be their first real contact with you. What kind of first impression does your website leave them with?
During this webinar, you’ll learn which features you really must have in place for your website to be viewed as a solid, professional nonprofit site. But you’ll get more than just a list of features. We’ll also cover easy ways to add those features to your website, in case you are missing them and aren’t sure how to fix the problem.
After reviewing the must-haves and evaluating several nonprofit websites to see how these features work together, we’ll also look at a list of additional features that nonprofits are using to connect with, educate, and motivate their supporters.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific)
Registration is $35
Kivi Leroux Miller, president of EcoScribe Communications and founder of Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com, will present this webinar.
Are you wondering what it would take to allow your software packages to share data? In this session, we’ll talk through the high level options and key considerations, and then dive into some of the technical terms and concepts that will help you understand what would be involved in programming an automatic connection between software packages. We’ll discuss possibilities in integrating the software you already have, and what features you should look when choosing new software to prevent integration woes.
Thursday, July 3rd, 1:00 - 2:30 EST. Presented by Laura Quinn
Do you want to help your organization take donations online, but aren’t sure how? This session will tell you what you need to know in order to choose a tool and get started. We’ll touch on some of the strategic aspects of online donations, but our focus will be on the tactical: What online donation tools a re available? How do they work? How do you know which one is right for your organization? We’ll close by looking more closely at some of the specific tools that are available, such as Network for Good, PayPay, Click & Pledge, Groundspring DonateNow, eTapestry, MemberClicks, AuctionPay, and more.
Email newsletters are a great way to stay in touch with and grow your audience, but it can be complex to send and track thousands of emails. In this seminar, we’ll walk through what you need to know in order to setup, send, and track eNewsletters effectively, and talk about some of the reliable and affordable tools most commonly used for mass emailing, such as EmailNow, ConstantContact, NPOGroups, CampaignMonitor, Vertical Response, Emma, Topica, and more.
