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August, 2011
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August, 2011
Idealware: Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions
           


August 2011

Andrea Berry and Chris Bernard provide 11 helpful tips to put technology to use to make donors feel appreciated. Originally published in the NonProfit Times, this article looks at both tried-and-true and cutting edge ways to save staff time and provide novel recognition your donors might not expect.

 

How to Make a Guerilla Video
Have you always wanted to create your own videos? Do you dream of seeing your organization's name in lights? This diagram won't replace film school, but it will teach you the best practices for planning, shooting and editing your own video for the web. Even if you're not ready for Hollywood, we'll show you how to take YouTube by storm.
Click here to view the diagram >

 

 

 

 

 



Are you planning an email fundraising campaign? Check out Idealware and NTEN's 5-week course, The Email Fundraiser's Toolkit!


 

 

 

 


Upcoming Live Online Training

 

 

Looking to boost your software savvy? Here are the online seminars we have scheduled over the next month or so.

August 25, 1 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. $40.00
What tools let you conduct meetings or trainings over the web? We'll talk about the tools, different features that can help, and compare some of the free and affordable options. 


 
 
 
 
September 8, 1 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. $40.00
How do you design and write a succesfull email campaign? What tools can help you send emails and collect online donations? We'll walk through what you'll need to know.
 
 
 
 


September 15, 1 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. $40.00
How are organizations using place-based applications like FourSquare or Facebook Places? Could these tools be useful for your organization? How might they integrate into what you're already doing with social media? In this webinar, we'll take a look at the potential offered by these new marketing tools and talk about what these applications can do and how you can use them. We'll also walk through some case studies of the tools in use in the nonprofit community.
 
 
 
 


September 22, 1 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. $0.00
We'll talk through all the tools--and demo a few--that can help you create online surveys, including low-cost options and more robust ones, then wind up with best practices for designing a solid, reputable online survey, recruiting participants and analyzing data.
 

September 27, 2:00 pm - October 25, 3:30 pm Eastern. $200.00
Email campaigns are a fundraising tool within the reach of even the smallest organizations. An effective way to communicate with donors and raise money without much expense, they're an opportunity to provide reasons and reminders for constituents to give. 
This five-week series of classes, created and presented through a partnership between Idealware and NTEN, will walk nonprofits through the soup-to-nuts process of creating such campaigns, just in time for year-end appeals.
 

 

 

 

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