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Nonprofit Social Media Policies Toolkit
Creating policies for official and personal use of social media by your organization's personnel.
Nonprofit Social Media Strategy: How to Implement a Plan and Measure Success
Guide for creating social media goals, staging online campaigns, and measuring outcomes.
IT & Cybersecurity Vendor Questionnaire Checklist
Checklist of critical questions you should ask current or potential technology vendors.
Using Project Management Principles to Ensure Successful Collaborations
(December 10, 2020 webinar) In this session, you’ll learn the importance of defining a scope and deliverables; strategies for reaching and maintaining consensus; and using and communicating timelines and tasks. Participants will come away with actionable ideas for improving the effectiveness of collaborative projects and for working better within and across diverse groups.
Cybersecurity 101: Avoiding Phishing Attack Email Scams
Quick tips on how to stave off cybercriminals' evermore sophisticated attempts to con you out of sensitive information about your organization.
Toolkit: Ensuring Virtual Events are Accessible for All
Circumstances of necessity and broader trends have resulted in many organizations moving their events and conferences from in-person to virtual. The good news is that RespectAbility, a national disability advocacy nonprofit, has authored a toolkit with simple steps to take to make your nonprofit's event inclusive of persons with disabilities.
How to Host Virtual Donor-Driven Fundraising Events in a Post-Covid World
(August 6, 2020 webinar) This highly relevant and timely session on Virtual Fundraising will cover new ground and provide specific strategies to leverage this era of social isolation for those nonprofits who want to be proactive. You will learn why a “Culture of Philanthropy” drives successful fundraising in a digital era… but this culture cannot be mandated. Great fundraising nonprofits are not born, they’re built and this session will teach you how!
Business Security Essentials
(June 21, 2020 webinar) Raise your awareness and avoid phishing traps by reviewing key techniques, concepts, and historical context used by attackers.
Surviving the New Reality: 5 Keys for Nonprofits to Adapt and Thrive in a COVID World
(May 28, 2020 webinar) How can your organization adapt to this new reality and not only survive but thrive in 2020, emerging stronger with more capacity to act on your mission and raise the revenue you need? This training is especially appropriate for executive teams.
Re-Igniting Your Nonprofit Operations & Fundraising Appeal
(May 18, 2020 webinar) In this webinar, you’ll explore the critical elements of our organizations and how you can actively pivot ‘what we do and how we do it’ to be aligned with these uncharted needs and time – and keep doing so with the agility and flexibility required. You’ll also look at how to align your fundraising appeal, with accompanying tools and templates to get us started.
Leveraging LinkedIn as HR Professionals
(May 18, 2020 webinar) This webinar will explore the power of networking through LinkedIn, using your LinkedIn business page as a jobs board, and attracting strong candidates for your organization.
Resilience and Resumption: What You Need to Know and Do to Get Ready for a New Normal
(May 13, 2020 webinar) This webinar offers practical tips for getting ready for your nonprofit’s new normal. Learn what you can do today to create a path to your organization’s future.
Keep Calm and Carry On: Crisis Communications Tips and Strategies
(May 6, 2020 webinar) This webinar explores practical tips and strategies to stay on message during a crisis and focus on the most important messages and most effective methods.
Crisis Management: 5 Steps to Equip and Fortify Your Nonprofit to Thrive During a Crisis
(April 22, 2020 webinar) This webinar presents five strategies to equip your diverse team to weather an active or future crisis.
Teaming During an Epidemic: How to Keep Remote Teams Motivated, Engaged and Focused
(April 8, 2020 webinar) This webinar offers practical tips to inspire and build trust and meaningful connections among teams that are meeting online or by phone.