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!

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.

*This track (normally valued at $70) will be free until June 30, 2021.

Many nonprofits and libraries are interested in attracting grant funding to help support their work. But navigating the grant world can seem mysterious and overwhelming. Without the money to hire experts, how can your organization understand the grantseeking process and prepare to succeed?

This track consists of five courses that are like a "starter kit" for grant writing. They will help set you up for success in your grant seeking process. Explore the learning objectives to see what each course provides.

To view course descriptions view the track content and go to the bottom of the page.

You might be moving from using Excel spreadsheets into your first real database. Or you may be moving from a system that your organization has outgrown into a shiny new CRM. Moving into a new database can be expensive, risky, and time-consuming. And after all this hard work, it's not over yet! The first six months after your migration are critical to getting a good return on your investment.

This course track will help you:

• Understand the ins and outs of a migration project and do your part to keep the work moving along on time and on budget.
• Focus on the right things and develop a concrete plan to manage your new system effectively

To continue serving your community during the COVID-19 pandemic, you may find the need to quickly transition to remote work. To help you, TechSoup created a free track of courses to provide information and tools as you make this transition.

This track will help nonprofits lay the groundwork for successful remote office environments. You’ll learn how to:

• Identify necessary technology tools to get your remote office up and running in no time
• Boost collaboration
• Ensure information security



TechSoup Courses is an online learning resource of free and paid bite-sized training courses created just for nonprofits.

This track is normally $110 but, it is now Free thanks to a grant from Micrososft so nonprofts can access Information and rapidly respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

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 track (normally valued at $70) will be free until June 30, 2021.

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.

• Do you have more data than you know what to do with?
• Do you want to maximize your data so you can tell your impact stories?
• Do you want to build dynamic dashboards?

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.

This self-paced, five-course track will show you how to create and implement an effective email marketing strategy. We'll cover segmenting and customizing your email marketing messages and content for better results, goal setting, benchmarking and analytics as well as discuss the best frequency for your email campaigns to optimize your response rates and budget. Whether you are a marketing maven or a newbie, you'll come away with a deep understanding of how to integrate email with online and offline marketing channels for a successfully integrated campaign.

*Course fees are non-refundable.

We want to help you spend $120,000 in Google’s advertising money this year. You can unlock this potential through the Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits, which will help you bring in traffic to your nonprofit’s website and amplify your digital impact. Our four-part seminar series will walk you through the grant application process and show you the special nuances of working within a grant account.

Recording of live events to provide program updates to Seminar 1 & 2!

Social media success can seem elusive to the small nonprofit. Without the money to hire an outside agency or even a full time person, how can you keep up with all of the changes? Can you really raise money using these platforms? The good news is that small but mighty organizations can use the power and potential of these platforms to raise funds, connect with supporters, and drive impact. In this four-course self-paced series, we’ll share tips and tricks for running effective social media fundraising campaigns that accomplish measurable results. Whether you’re a total newbie to the social media landscape or you’re a social media superstar, you’ll walk away with new ideas for ways to use these platforms to connect with donors and elevate your fundraising.

*Course fees are non-refundable.

Did you know that using Microsoft Teams, you can setup and run live events, participate in conversations, like or save important ones, mention specific people so they see your message, and even edit a file that’s been added to the conversation? Want to know more?

*This track (normally valued at $70) will be free until June 30, 2021.

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.

Want to learn the latest and greatest about Google Analytics? We have two new live events, May 22 and May 29, 2019, with our Whole Whale expert to update us on what's been happening with that platform and how you can best take advantage of new features.

May 22, 2019:

Google Analytics 102 Live Event

Building Great Reports with Google Data Studio

May 29, 2019:

Google Analytics 202 Live Event

Need to catch up on your Google Analytics know-how? Check out our first Google Analytics courses here!

*Course fees are non-refundable.

Is your donation platform working for your organization? Is the software too basic or too complicated? Can it be easily integrated with your CRM? Are you getting good customer support?

In this four part series, our expert, Maureen Wallbeoff, will walk you through the process of evaluating your current system, determining what your organization needs, tips on how to handle the demo process and creating an implementation plan.

Join us for this four-part series that will give you simple, actionable steps to finding the best fundraising software for your organization!