Expert-led tech training designed for nonprofits and libraries. What will you learn next?
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.
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.
Learn more about each course from the links below.
Remote working has become essential overnight, and it is transforming the future of companies. In this 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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
This 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.
If you answered yes, then this 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 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 track, you will learn how to use Word to create compelling documents that can best tell your organization’s story.
In this three part 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 courses:
Do you use the search function in Outlook and want to learn how to have better and faster results? In this one-hour event recording, Outlook and Email Expert Lisa Hendrickson shared tips on how to use different search functions in Outlook and answered Outlook questions submitted by nonprofits like yours.
This event was recorded on June 8, 2021.
Are you trying to become more data driven, but don't know where to begin? Want to start a dashboarding capacity in your organization? View the recording from our event where TechSoup's resident, Microsoft Power BI expert, Katia Williams answered questions regarding dashboarding in Power BI, defining KPIs, and integrating analytics into existing workflows.
This event was recorded on April 21, 2021.