Need to write a technology plan for your nonprofit – one that is ready for board and funder review? Can’t find the time to make it happen? Not sure how to proceed?
Join us to learn, how while working with your peers from other nonprofit organizations facing the same challenges.
We’re pleased to invite you to participate in a comprehensive training on Building Efficiency Through Technology Planning for nonprofit organizations. Presented by SCANPO in partnership with Idealware, this course will be offered as a series of six hour-and-a-half online webinars weekly from October 5 to November 9, 2011.
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You’re probably aware that the right technology can streamline your organization’s processes and help you fulfill your mission more effectively. This course will walk you through the projects and tools that best meet your budget and your needs and help you prioritize your technology challenges through best practices and self-assessments.
We’ll look at everything from such core fundamentals as best practices for broadcast email or how to back up your data to more complex tasks like understanding the role of social networking in fundraising strategy. We’ll also talk about functional and secure infrastructures, mission-specific software, constituent tracking, websites, broadcast email and social media. Then we’ll help you form an action plan for each of those subject areas that makes the most of your budget and limited staff time
You’ll learn best practices to choose and use technology, perform a self-evaluation of each technology area to highlight opportunities for growth and improvement, prioritize current technology needs at your organization, and create a basic technology plan for upgrading, improving and implementing core technology to maximize organizational efficiency and spending.
In addition to the webinars, registered students can participate in open-form “office hour” sessions each Friday, and will complete structured homework assignments designed to identify technology priorities and develop plans. In the sixth and final session, you’ll have the opportunity to present your technology plan to the other participants and instructor for feedback.
In communities throughout South Carolina with three-or-more participants, SCANPO and its Knowledge Network Partners will host local gatherings to participate in the weekly webinars—you’ll see a list of counties when you register, and will have the option of viewing the webinars at your own leisure or in one of these groups.
The course and materials cost $200 for nonprofits who are SCANPO members, and $400 per person for nonmembers.
The sessions start October 5 and space is limited to the first 50 organizations so register today!
