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Our seminars are intended for the professional staff of nonprofit organizations, specifically those working in communication, fundraising, or technology. Our packages tend to be tightly focused on a particular professional field and our seminars deliver lessons that can be immediately applied within a particular professional's field of authority.
 

Getting the right answers involves asking the right questions. For years, many practitioners of nonprofit technology planning have been asking the wrong questions. They've been asking questions defined by the technology, rather than by the mission of the organization. The results have been resistance to change, long sales cycles, inappropriate technology, unexpected costs, and unused tools. This seminar is a radical re-examination of 'technology planning' as it is currently conducted with practical recommendations to planners, technology consultants and staff, nonprofits leaders, and funders.

Slowly, our field is maturing to the point where we have started to develop a collective narrative about truly effective technology. The time is ripe to take that narrative and use it to put technology planning fully into the service of mission. To help us do that, this seminar will cover these topics:

• Three examples of healthy planning processes
• Why asset assessments are more effective than needs assessments
• Three ways to sniff out and remove technocentrism from your planning methods
• The power of story telling in reframing technology successes and failures
• Five questions that will advance the field of nonprofit technology planning
• Introductions to three mission-centric planning methods

This seminar is right for you if you are tired of how technocentrism can undermine your projects and if you want tools that will bring people into alignment with a mission oriented technology vision.
 

These seminars will be taught by Michael C. Gilbert, the author of Frictionless Fundraising, the Editor of Nonprofit Online News, and the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network. For more information about Mr. Gilbert, please see his bio.
 

This is an open registration series, which means that anyone can attend. Sessions will be held online. The price is $89.00 per person, per session. Or $219.00 per person, for all three sessions in the series.

The price for one on one consulting is discounted by more than 50% if you buy it as part of a seminar package.

Dates & Times:

Session 1: Tuesday: 12 pm - 1:30 pm (PST)
Session 2: Wednesday: 12 pm - 1:30 pm (PST)
Session 3: Thursday: 12 pm - 1:30 pm (PST)


One on One Consulting Sessions: To be scheduled with the instructor, within two weeks after the sessions.
 

You are responsible for making sure that you can meet these requirements before you register to attend one of our online seminars. Please feel free to Contact Us with any questions you might have.

Seminar sessions are broadcast to you via Quicktime, and you are able to send in questions during the session via AOL Instant Messenger. For this you will need:

• An internet connection (broadband will yield improved performance)
• A relatively current web browser
• An email account and email address
• A free AOL Instant Messaging account and client software (AIM Web Site)
• Directions to get a free screen name
• Install AIM on your computer
• Or see the help page linked to below for other options.
• The free Quicktime Player plugin (Quicktime Free Download)
  • The ability to access this test movie with Quicktime.

If you're having trouble, check the Technical Help page.
 

• A telephone connection
• An internet connection that you can use while being on the phone
• A current, standards-compliant web browser