Strategic Online Communication for Nonprofits

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On November 16, 2010, Upleaf will be offering a new workshop in Alamosa, CO on strategic use of social media for nonprofits.

Specific skills/learning that participants will take away from the training are:

• How to use social media tools to mobilize a community for social change
• Best practices in community engagement
• How to set up and use the following online tools:
  • Facebook Pages, Groups and Causes
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
  • Change.org
  • Digg
• How to monitor and evaluate social media strategies
• The importance of interactive websites/blogs and e-newsletters in a comprehensive online communication strategy
• Overview of online fundraising tools

For more information or to join the workshop, please contact us!

Full day workshop to be held at the Rawlings Public Library in Pueblo, Colorado from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

This workshop is designed to help participants envision and plan realistic online strategies to increase fundraising and better engage constituencies. The full-day workshop will cover new technologies, lessons learned and best practices in online communication and fundraising, and a series of exercises tailored to the needs of workshop participants. Participants should emerge from the workshop with the foundation for an online communications plan to increase their nonprofit organization’s impact and revenues, grounded in their specific needs and available resources.

Topics to be covered include:

· Website Strategy – Messages that make or break your site

· Constituent Relationship Management Systems – Making the most of your pool of contacts

· Reaching Out – Using social media and online marketing tools to attract and engage constituencies

· Online Fundraising – The strategy that supports your online giving page

Presented by Elizabeth Beachy and Osvaldo Gomez, of Upleaf LLC. Upleaf is an Albuquerque-based consulting firm dedicated to empowering nonprofits to increase their impact through strategic online communications.

Register Now!

You’ve probably heard about charities raising millions of dollars through online campaigns, mobile giving, or Facebook, but to many nonprofit organizations these tools are still a mystery– besides, how can you invest time in them when you’re already working more than 50 hours a week?

In this workshop we’ll explore some of the powerful tools and strategies available to nonprofits and how they can help you raise money, expand your impact, AND even save you time! We’ll present the key components of a comprehensive and integrated online strategy, how they fit together, and which tools might even be a good fit for your organization.

Workshop Details

When: April 8, 2010  10am-12pm

Where: Pueblo City-County Library, 4th Floor / 100 East Abriendo Avenue / Pueblo, Colorado

Registration: At the door– $20 participation fee