As a fellow nonprofit organization, we understand that nonprofits’ executive directors have to wear multiple hats in order to run their organizations effectively. It can be challenging given the limited time and resources at their disposal. Taking time out from day to day operations to learn about new industry trends and the latest technology can be difficult.

We've compiled a list of free educational/informational webinars that are happening now (July 2018) which will help you increase your knowledge base.

• 1) Topic: Digital PR Basics for Nonprofits - How to Get Visibility for Your Cause

  When: 24th July 2018, Tuesday, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • What is Digital PR and why it's more than just "getting on social media"
  • How to start a manageable Digital PR Plan for your nonprofit
  • Tried-and-true techniques and tools to manage online overwhelm and get better results from your digital marketing activities

• 2) Topic: Strengthening Your Fundraising by Combining Social Data with an Effective Crowdfunding Strategy

  When: 24th July 2018, Tuesday, 3 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Learn about the tools you can use to identify your social influencers and see the demonstration
  • Design an effective Crowdfunding strategy to transform your social-savvy alumni and students into strong and loyal ambassadors

• 3) Topic: How to Make Fundraising Asks: Big or Small

  When: 25th July 2018, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • How to understand your donor’s mindset before you make an ask
  • The six-step ask conversation any fundraiser can use to get a donor to say, “yes!”
  • How to deal with donor objections and concerns
  • The best ways to get over fear and anxiety about making fundraising asks

• 4) Topic: Beyond social media: Identifying and mobilizing supporters with data

  When: 25th July 2018, 12 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • How to capture, organize and utilize data in order to reach the right audience
  • How to identify who your supporters are and who your next donors will be?
  • Best practices of not only identifying supporters but also engaging and mobilizing them when it’s important to your campaigns and causes

• 5) Topic: Introduction to Project Budgets

  When: 25th July 2018, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal
  • The basic components of a project budget including income and expenses
  • How to estimate the realistic cost of a project
  • What other financial documents you may also need to submit with your proposal

• 6) Topic: Microsoft Licensing for Nonprofit: Updates and Compliance

  When: 25th July 2018, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Learn which features protect your information and which licenses are required
  • Run through the recently updated Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licensing changes

• 7) Topic: The DATA Act Impact on Federal Grant Recipients

  When: 25th July 2018, 1 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Gather necessary information about the regulation changes for federal grant recipients.
  • Discover how to attract relevant data
  • How to find waste and fraud
  • How can you enable cross-platform data collection

• 8) Topic: 5 Trends Shaping a New Reality for Nonprofits

  When: 26th July, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Learn in detail about five major trends that are shaping a new reality for nonprofits
    • Shifting demographics
    • Greater interest in service
    • Blurred lines between nonprofit and for-profit
    • Advancing technology
    • New ways to engage and collaborate

• 9) Topic: Live demo of Microsoft office 365

  When: 26th July, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • Tech Impact’s experts will demonstrate the capabilities of this best-in-class cloud solution in this one-hour demo webinar.
  • Office 365 provides:
    • E-mail that never goes down for maintenance
    • Shared calendaring for everyone in your office
    • Access to the same data from wherever, whenever, on any device
    • Word, Excel, and PowerPoint wherever you go, on whatever computer
    • Easy to use and effective communication tools through Skype for Business

• 10) Topic: Performance Dashboards from donorCentrics

  When: 26th July, 2 pm ET

  What you’ll learn:

  • How performance dashboards give nonprofits the KPIs they need to identify under-performing segments
  • Track the impact of strategic initiatives
  • Justify additional investment and deliver detailed reporting for your leadership