Training

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One of the ways in which we engage with our community is by offering lessons in packages that are more accessible than fully negotiated consulting engagements. Training nonprofit professionals at in-person workshops and online seminars is a great way to do this. As you read through the info in this section, please keep in mind that you can hire us to present workshops or seminars privately for your group online or in person at your location. Contact us if you’re interested in more information about that.
 

Here we offer a set of workshops organized around the mode of delivery. These are bite-sized seminars delivered online. They’re intended for busy nonprofit staff who don’t have the time to travel to a workshop or conference, but who want to learn to apply strategic communication lessons to their work. These online seminars are designed to teach immediate practical lessons, while still remaining grounded in clear principles. (more)
 

Our educational programs come in all shapes and sizes. You can hire us to present workshops or seminars privately for your group either online, or in person at your location. If you have a group of people to whom you would like to offer training, please consider our private training packages. We can present this and any of the seminars listed on this site, as well as custom sessions. Please contact us for more information if you’re interested. (more)
 

In-House, Online, Pre-Packaged, and Custom (64 page PDF). In one place, you can (1) look up our seminars by your topics of interest, (2) evaluate more comprehensive training packages, and (3) consider our entire training offerings at once. As you consider the increasing need for affordable capacity building, I encourage you to download and circulate this catalog among your colleagues. (Download PDF)
 

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Are you interested in hiring us to speak at your event, or privately to your staff or members, but you’re not sure where to start? Here are some options:

Not sure what you need? Contact us and we will schedule a call with you to discuss your situation and the options we can offer.
Telephone: (206) 201-1726 (Seattle, WA, USA)
Online Form: http://gilbert.org/contact/
 

• …see if we’re available on the day of your event (if it’s already scheduled).
  
• …tell us more about your event, so we can discuss whether we would be a good fit. (What is the topic and who is your audience?)
  
• …find out what a strategic survey might do for your event. Pre- and post-event surveys are often just opinion polls, but we can help you make them effective tools for supporting learning and change.
   

• Circulate our catalog to your staff or members to determine interest. If you’re not sure that our material will be of interest to your participants, try circulating our catalog to them and ask for feedback.
  
• Include our topics in a poll of your potential event participants. Take this additional step past circulating the catalog, and poll them about our “Areas of Interest” or select some specific topics and/or seminar titles from our catalog.
   

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Praise for the How to Win the Grantwriting Game: Mastering Standards of Evidence in these Demanding Times seminar:
“Yes, thank you. The content has already been helpful. Right now I’m looking at several cards with activity, output and outcome. I don’t have all the boxes filled in, but it has already influenced my thinking about our project. Thanks for your help!”
 

Praise for the Small is Beautiful – Using Twitter, Flickr, Microblogging, Links, and Other Microcontent for Engagement seminar:

“I very much enjoyed and appreciated the seminar and found it useful.”
 

Praise for The Voice of Your Community: The Strategic Role of Stakeholder-Generated Content seminar:

“This was a TERRIFIC seminar!! The content was the BEST I have ever heard. Michael is brilliant and a visionary who can really see the big picture. He is so RIGHT! We plan to develop our “community” area and this is exactly the way to do it. Of COURSE we should listen first.”
 

Praise for the Email Newsletter Marketing seminar:

“Thanks for the workshops on e-newsletters this week, especially the
editorial process model. We’ve been talking about how we want to change how editing happens in our organization for months without a clear way forward, and now I feel that we’re starting to think creatively about it again, for our print newsletter as well as our online one.”
 

Praise for the Facing Facebook: Achieving Meaningful Success in Online Social Networks seminar:

“[We] watched yesterday and enjoyed the seminar very much. It was full of highly useful information and perspectives. Many thanks for an informative and enlightening presentation!”
 

Praise for the Frictionless Fundraising seminar:

“Thank you Michael. Once it got going it seemed to flow smoothly and professionally. You are an excellent presenter.”
 

Praise for the The Golden Goose: Building Trust Online with Donors, Activists, and the Media seminar:

“Both my colleague and I thought it was well worth the time – very good content. You have gone above and beyond. Thank you!!”
 

Praise for the How to Write a Book in One Year: The Keystrokes Book Plan Workshop seminar:

“This is the real gift of your course – giving people who write their lives back.”

“My expectations were exceeded; I wasn’t expecting to create a bookplan in quantifiable terms.”

“1) The panelists were published writers in various genres who offered actual experience/advice. 2) There was a very good handout and homework. 3) There was a practicum that caused each person to leave with a plan.”

“This experience exceeded my expectations. I have far more to work with than I originally hoped. I believe in my ability to succeed.”

“I had convinced myself I could not [write a book]. Now I think I can.”
 

Praise for the Less is More: Personal Empowerment in the Age of Information Overload seminar:

“So from all this I feel like I am not drowning at work and I am very grateful for your help.”
 

Praise for the The Modern Nonprofit Web Site: Strategies, Patterns, and Tools seminar:

“Very useful and informative.”

“Thank you to both Michael for the workshop as well as to Christine for you excellent help behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly. I will defintiely be checking out some of Michael’s other workshops because I found this one so helpful. Keep up the great work!”
 

Praise for the Nonprofit Blogging Strategies: Leveraging the Best of Old and New Channels seminar:

“Thanks — they were great! We really appreciated the insights and perspective that Michael brought to the training.”

“Thanks for the helpful and informative webinar.”
 

Praise for the Nonprofit Knowledge Management seminar:

“Thanks, Michael, for the follow up and for the workshop. It was really interesting for me to participate in – both the format and the content were new to me. I’m planning to share some of what I learned with two of my colleagues who are launching a Knowledge Management project for my organization. Thanks for the useful information.”
 

Praise for the Online Community Organizing seminar:

“Great seminar! Thank you.”

“Thank you! This was great food for thought and action.”
 

Praise for the Online Social Networks Are Not Mailing Lists seminar:

“I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful mini-seminar. It was really fantastic. If I had an actual marketing budget, I’d sign up for the “real” ones in a heartbeat. I greatly appreciate all you do to advance the cause of nonprofits.”

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