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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.
 

The nonprofit sector is about to change and no organization will escape the transition. A convergence of technologies and practices foretell a radical restructuring of the nonprofit sector. The pressures to collaborate are growing. Weblogs, social bookmarking, email, messaging, and all the permutations of network centric communication are dissolving the traditional boundaries of the organization. What does this mean for your organization? Will you even be around in five years? Or will you find a way to thrive and pursue your mission with even greater vigor?
 

Nonprofit organizations have to find a way to strengthen their center, while opening their boundaries to collaboration and communication of all scales and types. Like a healthy living cell, they must find the right balance of permeability. Many organizations will not make it. In order to make sure that yours does, this seminar will address several key topics:

• How to assess your organization's risks and opportunities in the coming era.
• Three key components of a hybrid communication model.
• Ten first steps down the road toward effective permeability.
• Five ways to align ad hoc networks with your organization's mission and operation.
• Four steps to finding untapped resources for mobilizing people.
• The power of permeability made visible in case studies.

This seminar is right for you if you can already see the boundaries of your organization starting to dissolve in places, if you have a desire to seize the opportunities of network centric communication, or if you want to avoid the liabilities and risks of holding too tightly to the impermeable corporate model.
 

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