Online Training: Websites

Idealware seminars are designed to give you the tactical advice you need to make smart software decisions. You can take one of our live online seminars, which are capped at 25 participants so you'll have lots of opportunity to ask questions and get the information you need. All you need is an internet connection and a phone line to participate in these 90-minute workshops. For an in-depth lesson, check out Idealware's online courses. These intense, five and six part trainings are offered in partnership with state associations across the country. Or check out our library of 17 (and growing) recorded seminars ready to go, whenever you need them.

Online Training: Websites

  • From Audit to Redesign: The Complete Nonprofit Website Toolkit
    June 4, 1:00 pm - July 2, 2:30 pm Eastern. $200.00

     Can you remember when your organization’s website was designed? Can your supporters and constituents navigate and find the information they need? Can your staff members easily create or update content on your website? If you answered no to any of those questions, it might be time to bring that website into the 21st Century.

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  • Auditing Your Website for Usability Issues
    June 20, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. $40.00
    Even if your website is easily understood and navigated by your staff, it may be difficult to use or even bewildering to others—particularly if they’re not very tech savvy or not native speakers of English.
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  • Recording: Getting Started with Online Donations

    $20.00

    In this recording of an online seminar, we’ll walk through the available online donation tools, how they work, and how to decide which is right for you. We’ll close by looking at the pros and cons of specific tools.

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  • Recording: How to Build or Edit a Website without Technical Skills

    $20.00

    It’s important for you to be able to edit your own site! We’ll explore affordable options for content management systems - tools that allow you to build sites where anyone can update website text and images.

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  • Recording: Introduction to Website Analytics
    $20.00

    How many people visit your Web site? What are they doing there?   Through demos of AWStats and Google Analytics, this recording of a seminar looks at what analytics packages can tell you about your site.

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  • Recording: Optimizing Your Website for Search Engines
    $20.00

    Does your organization show up on the first page of results in search engines like Google or Yahoo? In this recordings of an online session, we’ll talk through the techniques that can help – from straightforward ones that anyone can do, to some of the structural and technical ones that can make a big difference.
     

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  • Recording: Creating Great Graphics for the Web
    $20.00

    How do you take your current photos - or find inexpensive photos or illustrations online - and convert them into great graphics for your website? We'll talk through methods to acquire good material, principles of transforming them into great web-ready images, and the inexpensive software packages that can help you whip them into shape.

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  • Recording: Telling Your Story Online- Photos, Videos, Blogs
    $20.00

    How do you convey your great work via compelling emails, written stories, photos, blogs, videos, and podcasts? We'll cover the storytelling pricinciples and the tools that can help.

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  • RECORDING: Choosing the Right Communications Mix
    $20.00

    Which communication channels --  like email, direct mail, and websites, social networking sites, blogs, online communities, and more -- make sense to communicate what kind of messages, or to encourage action?  We'll provide a decision making structure to help you define what makes sense for you. 

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  • On Demand Tactical Tech Planning

    Are you overwhelmed by technology? Relax. Take a deep breath. You’ve come to the right place. Idealware’s On Demand Tactical Technology Planning will help you out of the technology doldrums and help you assess your organization’s technology infrastructure and address your current and future needs. Take the online training at your own pace, and use the associated workbook to help apply what you’re learning to your own organization. When you complete the training, you’ll have a fully realized tactical technology action plan to guide your nonprofit.

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  • RECORDING: Choosing the Right Content Management System
    $20.00

    Content Management Systems (CMSs) provide important features for your non-technical staff to manage the text, images, and other content on your website. In this session, we'll talk about the strengths and weaknesses of different CMS options for typical foundation needs.Content Management Systems (CMSs) provide important features for your non-technical staff to manage the text, images, and other content on your website. In this session, we'll talk about the strengths and weaknesses of different CMS options for typical foundation needs.

     

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  • RECORDING: The 2013 CMS Report Card
    $20.00
    This class was first presented at the 2013 National Nonprofit Technology Conference.
    With the growth of social media, Web 2.0, and mobile devices, people are using websites in ways (and locations) like they never have before. How have the systems we use to create websites kept up?
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