What is the Right Technology for Your Event: Leveraging Technology to Optimize Auction and Event Proceeds
Technology is a great asset to streamlining the event process, providing real time intelligence, broadening the supporter reach, implifying collections and optimizing new and current revenue streams. But with a plethora of options and providers in the market place today, knowing what technology to deploy and how to leverage the different solutions to maximize performance and fundraising efforts can be daunting. Join us for an engaging discussion about the different technologies available for end to end event management, auction management and execution, and electronic bidding including auction automation, payment processing, event management solutions, and online presence.
Visitor Services Symposium - October 8
Visitor Services Symposium - Philadelphia
More than just a Pretty Face: Taking your Visitor Services skills to the next level.
This Visitor Services symposium incorporates networking, panel, and roundtable discussions with the purpose of creating a serious and focused dialogue concerning Visitor Services in the Philadelphia Area. The symposium is perfect for individuals at all levels of the Visitor Services field, from managers to entry-level employees.
VS employees will have the opportunity to delve into the specifics of their field and enhance their ability to a new and improved level. Managers will learn new tactics surrounding the training of their staff, in addition to gaining and deepening the understanding of surrounding departments and upper level management. Entry-level VS employees will learn to become observers of the visitor as well as how to advance their career beyond the welcome desk.
Panelists come from a range of museums and organizations and will host a question and answer roundtable at the end of the event for all attendees.
Panelists include:
Jessica Sharpe, Director of Visitor Services, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Kendra Lawton, Director of Programs and Planning, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Dan Corti, Director of Visitor Services, Barnes Foundation
Joseph Gonzales, Director, Museum Communication Program, University of the Arts
Nicole Krom, Manager of Visitor Services and Special Events, Fleisher Art Memorial
Sara Hertz, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Academy of Natural Sciences
Schedule:
Monday, October 8th
8:00am-8:45am Networking
9:00am-9:15am Welcome
9:30am-10:15am Session I (choose one):
Understanding Your Audience
Training Tactics
10:30am-11:15am Session II (choose one):
Crafting Your Career in VS
Educating Up - Cross Training Depts
11:15am-11:30am Coffee and Snacks
11:45am-12:30pm Closing Roundtable/ Q&A
This event is sponsored by the Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.
Webinar: More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones
The vast majority of US adults, across all demographics, have a cell phone -- making these devices a very useful way to provide information and communicate with your constituents. From mobile websites to texts to QR codes to FourSquare (and yes, mobile apps, too), mobile phone communications can be a big help in interacting with constituents and supporting your work. And it's easier and cheaper than you might think to take advantage of the potential mobile can offer. We'll explore a series of powerful mobile case studies and talk through the principles, software packages, and best practices that can help you replicate their success.
Takeaways:
- Discover why a mobile strategy might be relevant for your organization
- Identify the ways that mobile phones might strengthen you own ability to deliver programs
- Learn best practices and tools to help with mobile texting, QR codes, mobile websites, and more
Conducted by Laura Quinn
As the Executive Director of Idealware, Laura oversees Idealware’s research, writing, and training, including substantial research into social media tool and techniques. Prior to directing Idealware’s research, writing, and training, Laura founded Alder Consulting, a firm that specialized in strategizing, designing, and building powerful internet strategies for affordable budgets. Between Idealware’s own broadcast email program and Alder clients, Laura has worked with a number of nonprofits on listbuilding tactics. Laura is a frequent speaker on nonprofit technology topics, and has conducted literally dozens of online and offline seminars.
Please register with an email address that will allow you to recieve the access and dial-in information for the online seminar.
This is a Beginner to Intermediate level class.
Webinar: Choosing a Low-Cost Donor Management System
Donors are the lifeblood of your small organization, volunteers the strong backs upon which it is built. You rely on them, and on the partners and other constituents who interact with your nonprofit on a daily basis. Tracking them all involves creating and maintaining a lot of data.
But that data also needs to be accessible. A database is like a First Aid kit—it doesn’t matter what’s in it if you can’t get to it when you need to. For example, if a donor calls, you want to be able to instantly access their donation history, their personal information and any other relevant data. Good luck doing all that with an Excel spreadsheet.
The right donor management database makes it easy to see the relationships between data and donors and other constituents, and more importantly, keeps that information accessible and reportable so that you can find and use it the moment you need to. The good news is, there’s a number of options on the market. That’s the bad news, too—if you’re a small organization on a tight budget, how do you distinguish between the systems and their features? How do you know which will best meet your nonprofit’s particular needs? What’s important to consider when choosing?
Join Idealware’s Andrea Berry for a one-and-a-half-hour session built upon our comprehensive Low-Cost Donor Management Report, newly updated in 2011, for a closer look at GiftWorks, Common Ground, CiviCRM, eTapestry, DonorPro, Donor Perfect Online, and other popular systems being used by small organizations on tight budgets.
We’ll walk through everything you need to know to choose the right database for your organization, starting with overviews of the most commonly used, affordable databases on the market that give the pros and cons of each. We’ll also talk about good data management practices and planning, and how to best assess your needs before you commit to a system—the best time to do so.
By the end of the session, you’ll have everything you need to guide your organization through the process of selecting a low-cost donor management system that puts all the critical information your nonprofit counts on right where you need it—at your fingertips.
About Our Presenter
Andrea Berry
Andrea oversees Idealware's fundraising and training activities including the Field Guide to Nonprofit Software, sponsorship, corporate and individual giving, grants management and online seminars. Prior to joining Idealware, Andrea held fundraising positions in education, health research and museums and has taught math, performing arts and history in traditional and non-traditional educational settings. She brings a breadth of experience with fundraising and communications, particularly as it relates to small nonprofits, and has worked as a consultant with nonprofits across New England to help identify appropriate donor management software. Additionally, as a former teacher, Andrea brings front-line tested expertise in curriculum development and training.
Please register with an email address that will allow you to receive the access and dial-in information for the online seminar.
This is an Introductory/ Intermediate-level class.
Webinar: Creating a Social Media Policy
As social media transparency and two-way conversations become the norm many organizations are racing to develop a social media policy that governs who does what, what's OK (and not OK) to say on behalf of the org, and how to handle sticky situations. But even more than legislating these details, the process of creating such a policy can help you and other leaders in your organization engage in important discussions that will mature your organizational culture and help you be better positioned to take advantage of the tools and opportunities at your disposal. In this Idealware seminar we'll explore why the process (not just the product) is so important, how to make these conversations productive and strategic (and dare we say fun?), and why a social media policy is an important milestone of digital maturity.
Conducted by Andrea Berry
Andrea Berry, Idealware's Director of Partnerships and Learning, oversees Idealware's fundraising and training activities including the Field Guide to Nonprofit Software, sponsorship, corporate and individual giving, grants management and online seminars. Prior to joining Idealware, Andrea held fundraising positions in education, health research and museums and has taught math, performing arts and history in traditional and non-traditional educational settings. She brings a breadth of experience with fundraising and communications, particularly as it relates to small nonprofits, and has worked as a consultant with nonprofits across New England to help identify appropriate donor management software. Additionally, as a former teacher, Andrea brings front-line tested expertise in curriculum development and training.
Please register with an email address that will allow you to recieve the access and dial-in information for the online seminar.
This is an Introductory-level class.
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