Expert-led learning & training designed for nonprofits and libraries.
You may not have the formal title of “project manager”, but may be doing the actual work of project management in your organization and want to know how to do this work better. Or you may be considering becoming a project manager in the future, or simply be curious about how project management practices can help your delivery. This introductory track of courses is designed for individuals with little to no experience of formal project management. We will look at what project management is all about, and why we need project management for the successful completion of projects.
This track consists of the following on-demand self-paced courses:
This on-demand self-paced course track will help you to efficiently and effectively use Office/Microsoft 365. If you are a new user it will provide you with the skills and framework for use of the packages within Office 365. If you have used Office 365 before you will be able to draw from the tips in the course and from the included Ask The Expert sessions.
Learn to use Excel efficiently. Starting with the basics in the Excel 101 course to advanced concepts in the Excel 201 course. If you need to analyze data, filter it, sort it, and simplify it to make decisions, Excel is an excellent tool.
Are you looking for ways to collect and utilize data more effectively at your organization? In this two-course track, experts from Rootid and UpMetrics will help you learn more about what data analytics is and how to better use data to drive action and make impact.
Data Analytics for Nonprofit Staff 101 will provide you a solid foundation of understanding around data analytics. In Data Analytics for Nonprofit Staff 201, we will get into more detail about how to put these concepts into action.
Both courses are on-demand and self-paced. Learn more about each course from the links below.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app that helps your team stay organized and have conversations. With the use of channels, a team can hold on-the-spot meetings, engage in conversations, and share files.
This track includes a free getting started course and an advanced course as well as a guide to help you maximize your benefits while using Teams. All courses are on-demand and self-paced.
Get ready to produce engaging, fun, and informative virtual events in this 3 course track! Planning a digital event is an exciting opportunity to engage audiences far and wide.
In the 101 course, you’ll learn the basics of setting up a digital event, as well as how to make the experience interactive for your audience. Learn how to use video conferencing platforms, and best tips and tricks for staffing, budgets and evaluations.
In the 201 course, we will look at how to create, build and manage a more complex event. We will explore best practices for creating a seamless audience experience from hearing about the event to post-event connections.
In the Ask the Expert, Marti will answer all your virtual event questions while tapping into her 15 year of experience in the industry. She’ll also have a ton of tips and tricks to help make your events a huge success.
All three courses are on-demand and self-paced.
Remote working has become essential overnight, and it is transforming the future of companies. In this on-demand self-paced course track, we'll go over tools and best practices to help you set you and your team up for success.
In Remote Working 101, we'll help you map out your digital needs for your work and, of course, communicate effectively through Microsoft Teams. Most importantly, you'll learn how to add some socialization into your day!
In Remote Working 201, we'll map out how to structure your team's virtual workflow and, most importantly, how to communicate effectively with your remote team. We'll explore the setup of a sample project on Microsoft Teams and how you can apply this to your organization. Lastly, we'll look at techniques for building creative collaboration and how to expand your world while working remotely.
Do you have questions about how to use Teams effectively? Or how to organize your team, setup meetings, communication channels, share and edit files using Teams? These Q&A sessions will help.
They include the live sessions or recordings, resources and Q&A headed by our experts. Enjoy!
If you answered yes, then this on-demand self-paced course track is for you. Start with the basics of Excel, walk through the process of selecting, collecting and analyzing data with our data experts in our Simple Measures Course and develop your skills using PowerBI.
Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools that deliver insights throughout your organization. In this on-demand self-paced track, you will learn how Power BI services and applications work together and explore how Power BI can make your organization more efficient.
In this four part on-demand self-paced track, you will learn how to use Word to create compelling documents that can best tell your organization’s story.
In this three part on-demand self-paced course track on PowerPoint, you will learn how to create powerful and compelling presentations so you can effectively share your impact stories.
Power Apps embraces a Point-and-Click Approach to help connect your app to data. It provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for your business needs.
This Power Apps track consists of the following on-demand self-paced courses:
Missed our live event, but want to learn more about using Microsoft Teams securely? View the recording from our event where Microsoft Teams tech experts Claudia Arrais & Priyo Lahiri shared tips about policies and configurations to secure your usage of Teams and answered Teams questions submitted by nonprofits like yours.
You’ve moved your data to the cloud. Now what? Just because your files aren’t in the server down the hall, doesn’t mean that your data is protected in the way that you expect it to be. The cloud provides amazing capabilities, but you need to understand some important concepts in order to effectively secure your data.
This course covers foundational cybersecurity concepts to protect nonprofits and their staff. You will learn how various aspects of cloud applications fit together to create a strong security strategy. The instructors will cover best practices for digital identity management, document protection, sharing access, and database security. See how to implement these concepts with demos in Microsoft 365 so you’ll be able to apply what you have learned at your organization.