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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. Provide access to online video training materials if possible. Record the training sessions if you can and make those videos available.). Create cheat sheets for common tasks.

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September Wrap-Up Community Builder Chat: Online, Offline, and Migration

Amy Sample Ward

Question 1 : asked about migrating a community from one tool to another, specifically from listservs to a website/forum. Get the full transcript here! Question 2 : asked how to build a loop between on and offline engagement.

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All You Need To Know About Virtual Conferences

AccelEvents

Even if attendees are familiar with video conferencing tools, it does not mean that they won’t have questions or difficulty figuring out how to access a particular webinar or virtual meeting. . Be sure to have a support team available for the duration of your conference. They also need to establish rules, chosen vendors, and sponsors. .

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10 Tools and Strategies to Market Your Nonprofit on a Shoe-String Budget

Care2

YouTube Nonprofit Program: YouTube offers nonprofits some pretty cool benefits like branding, promotion on YouTube’s nonprofits channel and call to action overlays in your videos. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

offers nonprofits some pretty cool benefits like branding, promotion on YouTube’s nonprofits channel and call to action overlays in your videos. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. YouTube Nonprofit Program: YouTube. Moderate* 10.

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Skype — Free VOIP calls, conference calls, and video calls: [link]. Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use). — Free anti-virus for home use: [link].

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” If you’re accepting donations, show how the money is being spent with photos and videos. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells.