In trying to meet nonprofit organizations where they are at on their tech capacity building journey, we are pleased to offer no cost services in a variety of formats. We welcome and encourage you to take advantage of our offerings, whether you can benefit most from joining in on a nonprofit tech seminar or webinar, or by taking advantage of our ad hoc support.

Aspiration’s Seminars and Webinars

We are pleased to hold space for nonprofits to come together for 1-hour, no-cost, lunchtime tech seminars and webinars. Every seminar and webinar is open to nonprofit staff to discuss organizational communications processes and strategies.

Tech Center Seminars:

• Calendaring Messaging for your Nonprofit
  May 14, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  
  Scheduling your campaign and organizational messaging ahead of time can help to maximize its potential value. This live seminar will explain the process of creating and maintaining a messaging calendar.


• HTML Email Newsletters for Nonprofits
  May 22, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  
  Email Newsletters are used by many nonprofit organizations to effectively reach their audiences. Using a WYSIWYG can suck. This live seminar will focus on learning and incorporating HTML and CSS for Email Newsletters.


• Effective Online Communications for Nonprofits
  June 11, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  
  Bring your real time online communications need and challenges to this live seminar. We’ll talk about best practices to making effective use of different online channels.


• Building a Listening Dashboard
  June 25, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  
  Many nonprofits use online communications channels to propagate messages. Help make your online communications more responsive, dynamic, and effective by building a listening dashboard during this live seminar.

Online Seminars:

• Effective Messaging Across Online Channels
  May 23, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  
  This online, collaborative training is designed to help nonprofits make sense of using different online tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. As well have an opportunity to analyze real examples of effective messaging related to reaching and engaging target audiences on different channels.


• How to write a Nonprofit Tech RFP
  June 6, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  The “Request for Proposal” process can be a critical yet daunting element of any well-executed technology project. During this interactive online seminar Aspiration will demonstrate templates and processes we use for “RFP Coaching.”

We had an amazing time at the #CATechFest Coachella on May 3 - 4, 2013 with the California crew of young folks, nonprofit staff, capacity builders, and community organizers.

Many folks shared what they were passionate about and created awesome sessions during the 2-day technology convening. We even had the chance to throw in some new sessions around the Mozilla Web Maker tools and Mozilla Open Badges.

Aspiration’s Online and San Francisco Tech Center Seminars

This Spring we are so pleased to hold space for nonprofits to come together for 1-hour, no-cost, lunchtime tech seminars and webinars. Every seminar and webinar is open to nonprofit staff to discuss organizational communications processes and strategies.

Tech Center Seminars:

• Introduction to Effective Online Communication
  April 11, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  Gain a better understanding of how to assess and engage your online audiences.
• Effective Email Newsletters
  April 23, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  Learn best practices for how to better understanding of how to craft an effective email newsletter.

Online Seminars:

• Introduction to Online Analytics
  April 16, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  Learn how to track your nonprofits’ online efforts toward your goals.
• Coordinating your Channels with a Publishing Matrix
  April 30, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  Build a framework in which to look at different communications channels as effective for organizational goals.

Aspiration’s Online and SF Tech Center Seminars

This month we are pleased to hold space for nonprofits to come together for 1-hour, no-cost, lunchtime tech seminars and monthly webinars. Every seminar is open to nonprofit staff to discuss organizational communications processes and strategies.

Online Seminar:

• Four Processes for Online Impact
  March 05, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  We strive to develop processes that support nonprofit staff with limited time and capacity for online communications. Jump on the webinar to learn about Aspiration’s processes and templates for sustainable online communications and discover ways in which you can tailor them for your specific needs. Join Misty to learn how you can improve your impact in 2013.
  
  

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Upcoming SF Tech Center Seminar:

• Building an Online Accounts Inventory
  March 12, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  Data is your most important tech assest - knowing where all your data lives is critical. There are ways to keep track of your organizational information online, take this lunch hour to document where all your info online lives. Learn best practices to keep this information stored.
  
  

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We could not be more jazzed about the way we’ve been spending our days lately. Here at Aspiration we’ve been very pleased to embark on a whirlwind tour of our Bay Area.

Thanks to the generous support of the Mitchell Kapor Foundation we have had the opportunity over the past few weeks to engage with some great organizations in a listening tour.

Aspiration’s Online and SF Tech Center Seminars

We’re holding space for nonprofits to come together for 1-hour, no-cost, lunchtime tech seminars and monthly webinars open to nonprofit staff to discuss online communications strategy and tracking your online efforts.

Online Seminar:

• Building a Listening Dashboard
  February 12, 2013, 11am - 12pm
  Many nonprofits have no idea how their online messages are propagating and what is being said about them online. Jump on a Webinar facilitated by Jessica to learn how you can listen online to improve your impact in 2013.
  
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Upcoming SF Tech Center Seminar:

• Tracking Analytics to Measure Impact
  Back by popular demand!
  February 26, 2013, 12pm - 1pm
  We love numbers! Come to our question driven dialogue to figure out what to start measuring to check if your online messages are working for your organization.
  
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