Expert-led tech training designed for nonprofits and libraries. What will you learn next?
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:
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 we’ve made it FREE so anyone can access this information and rapidly response to the Coronavirus.
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:
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.
Cost: $200
*All 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 Ads 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.
Cost: $150
*All course fees are non-refundable.
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!
*All course fees are non-refundable.
This on-demand technology planning track will help you get out of the technology doldrums so that you can assess your organization’s technology infrastructure and address your current and future needs. At the end of the learning track, you’ll have a fully realized tactical technology action plan to guide your organization.
*All course fees are nonrefundable.
After completing this on-demand track, you will understand the five steps to protect yourself and your ability to serve the people you serve. You will also learn practical approaches to make your organization safer, and protect its ability to have social impact.
Cost: $50
*All course fees are non-refundable.
In this track, you will learn what you need to communicate effectively with your fundraising, from creating an effective invitation to your annual big fundraiser to using social media to improve you reach.
This track costs $25
We’ve bundled all of our fundraising courses into a track for easy access! From creating a winning fundraising invitation to tackling how to use best technology and social media, this track includes what you need for effective and dynamic fundraising.
This track costs $90
With a solid foundation, you can begin to implement good design practices and build brand guidelines for your organization. After completing these on-demand courses, you will be able to evaluate branded visual content using design standards and apply best practices in developing a cohesive brand.
*All course fees are non-refundable.
This track costs $50
Before you get on the freeway, you gotta build your confidence with the basics. Get up to speed on how to create and manipulate images and graphics, and understand design concepts. These on-demand courses will put you on the road to design success! Vroom!
*All course fees are non-refundable.
This track costs $40
Why do we need to prepare for disasters and how should we prepare? Learn with the disaster preparedness experts in this course track about how to plan at individual, organizational and technology levels, so that your organization is more resilient should a disaster strike in the future.
Do you have questions about how to help your organization move into the CRM on time and on budget? Or how to get a good return on your CRM/database investment?
In this special one-hour live event, our nonprofit tech expert Maureen Wallbeoff will share more tips about CRM/database migration and beyond and answer your questions!