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Idealist Consulting

537 SE Ash St. Suite 203
Portland, OR 97214, US (map)

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  • Wednesday
    Jun 5 2013
    Getting People to Click DONATE on Your Nonprofit Website

    With this workshop, you'll be able to start to get donations on your nonprofit website. You'll be able to take your donors up the ladder of engagement, you'll be able to prove to them that you are trustworthy, and that your mission truly makes a difference.

    You'll learn what your donors want the most. You'll learn how to vet a mailing list. You'll also learn how to get more donors to sign up for your email newsletter using social media AND on your website, and, finally, the right words to help people open your emails and get on with donating to your cause!

    Learn:

    1. Steps 1-10 in the ladder of engagement
    2. How to collect emails with social media
    3. 3 ways to collect addresses on your website
    4. 4 ways to use social proof to help people donate
    5. 22 Key words to make donors open your emails
    6. 5 Key Survey questions to help you reach your donors
    7. Buying mailing lists: What questions you MUST ask, to save you money and time.
    8. Stupendous donate pages: How to get people to go through your donate page and buy


    Bonus Materials:

    • Google Heatmap Diagram
    • 5 step worksheet for your ladder of engagement
    • Problem to Solution grid to help you write to your customers
    • Slides and presentation notes

    Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments!

    About the presenter

    Mazarine Treyz is the founder of Wild Social Media and Wild Woman Fundraising. Mazarine Treyz is the author of The Wild Womans Guide to Social Media, given 5 stars by Nonprofits.About.com in 2013.

    Mazarine has been blogging since 1999, and has made a living through online income since 2009. Her nonprofit blog has over 31,000 monthly readers. She has created 4 Apps and sold her first book all over the world, from Tasmania to Finland.

    Ms. Treyz has taught hundreds of national and international nonprofits how to use social media since 2009. Check out her website: http://wildwomanfundraising.com.

    Previous speaking engagements include: IRS/SBA, University of Portland Nonprofit Management Program, City of Austin,BigAustin (nonprofit small business incubator in Austin, Texas), The Schleroderma Foundation Leadership Conference, Meals on Wheels National, YNPN, and many more.

    Wild Woman Fundraising and Wild Woman Social Media Books will be available for sale at event.

    Agenda

    Networking and refreshments 6pm-6:30pm

    Presentation 6:30pm


    Parking

    Parking in this area is free. It is limited to two hours, but only until 7:00pm. We expect there will be ample parking by 6:00pm.

    What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events

    • Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
    • Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
    • Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.
    Website
  • Wednesday
    Apr 3 2013
    Using Internet and Smartphone Tools to Engage & Support Volunteers

    Thanks to the Internet and handheld computers like smart phones, it's never been easier for nonprofits, schools, libraries, government programs and other mission-based initiatives to keep volunteers feeling supported, informed and valued. But how do you communicate all you need to without overwhelming volunteers? How do you appeal to the many different communications styles among volunteers? How do you keep your messages from being drowned out from the growing volume of online "noise" and landslide of information and Internet memes? And how do you integrate online communications with your many different other priorities? This lively discussion will explore all this and more!

    Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments!

    About the presenter

    Jayne Cravens is an internationally-recognized trainer, researcher and consultant. She is a pioneer regarding the research and practice of virtual volunteering, and she is a veteran manager of various local and international initiatives. She has been quoted in articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, as well as for reports by CNN, Deutsche Well, the BBC, and various local radio and TV stations. Resources from her web site, coyotecommunications.com, are frequently cited in reports and articles by a variety of organizations, online and in-print. She is currently based near Portland, Oregon in the USA.

    Agenda

    Networking and refreshments 6pm-6:30pm

    Presentation 6:30pm


    Parking

    Parking in this area is free. It is limited to two hours, but only until 7:00pm. We expect there will be ample parking by 6:00pm.

    What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events

    • Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
    • Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
    • Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.
    Website
  • Wednesday
    Feb 6 2013
    PDXTech4Good February Meetup

    We are breathing life back into PDXTech4Good with our first official event of the year on evaluating online nonprofit payment processors for donations and purchases.

    Lila Pigott of Idealist Consulting will walk through what a payment processor is, what to consider when choosing a processor and the differences between standalone and integrated payment processors.

    Nonprofit staffers, techies, activists and community organizers are all invited to this event.

    Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments! (Event is free.)

    About our speaker

    Lila Pigott joined the ranks of nonprofit technology consultants in 2012. After more than 15 years in nonprofit and mission-based organizations, she realized her true passion was helping the enthusiastic and unsupported or intimidated and reluctant overcome the organizational inertia often associated with adopting new technology.

    In her current role as a Solutions Analyst with Idealist Consulting, Lila works directly with nonprofit organizations and provides analysis, advice, and support to improve business processes and implement constituent relationship database solutions.

    Parking

    Parking in this area is free. It is limited to two hours, but only until 7:00 PM. We expect there will be ample parking by 6:00.

    What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events:

    • Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
    • Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
    • Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.
    Website