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How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

sgEngage

Develop a standard Library Giving Day pitch and train your staff and volunteers to share it. Host a tutorial about the campaign page for your team to prepare them to answer questions about giving online. Encourage staff, volunteers, and supporters to create buzz about the event.

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Tweet questions to me at @annkemery , comment on Excel for Evaluation to request tutorials, or email me to request in-person training.

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Are You Sending an E-Card to Mom or Dad This Holiday?

Tech Soup

Although facilities like these help immensely with addressing the problem of digital inclusion , hands-on training – and trainers – is still lacking. "You can't sit someone down at a computer who has never used a computer before, and expect them to do a self-paced tutorial, it just doesn't work," said Griffiths.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session! Mukono, Uganda: Second Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Second Term Mobile Solar Computer Training Meetup for Kikandwa Primary School.

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E-Readers for Everyone: Teaching Tips Webinar

Tech Soup

She has worked in training and education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WebJunction, the Public Library Association, the Northeast Kansas Library System, and more. Many libraries offer tutorials, in-person classes, and drop-in labs on how to use e-books. Keeping up with e-reader technology can feel overwhelming.

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Back to School at TechSoup

Tech Soup

And, organizations that provide workforce and job skills training can share easyLearning courses with constituents. Check out guides to available online tools for training staff. Train on QuickBooks with QuickBooks Made Easy. About 75 percent of unemployed adults have reading or writing difficulties. Don't forget!

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How a Few Tiny Horses Bucked the Facebook Algorithm

Tech Soup

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. These unreasonably adorable miniature horses go through a two-year training program to be therapy horses. Just look at this happy little horse, shared by Gentle Carousel.