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Your e-Marketing Toolbox
Project Blueprint Promotes Diverse Talent
Erie Capacity-Building Collaborative Brings New Resources for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Partnership Launches The Video Story Project - SEE A STORY NOW
See what's new for 2010 in capacity-building grants!
Upcoming at The Nonprofit Partnership
Social Enterprise 2010
Presented by Debbie Thompson, Strategy Solutions.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 9:00 - 11:00 am at Crime Victim Center, 125 West 18th St., Erie
The downturn in the economy has shifted our thinking about social enterprise. The paramount need to create new revenue streams, connect with new customers and users, and move outside the traditional box has given rise to real creative thinking and social entrepreneurship in the nonprofit community. Join us for this provocative session on rethinking social enterprise for 2010. What's new in the field? What new resources are available? Who else is being enterprising in Erie? Take the first steps toward re-tooling your business plan.
Three Deadly Data Backup Mistakes: How to Avoid Disaster at Your Nonprofit
Presented by Beth Burnside, Principal of CMIT Solutions, Erie
Friday, March 5, 9:30 - 11:30 am at Highmark Caring Place, 510 Cranberry Street, Erie
In this sobering yet entertaining and informative session, you will learn:
· The most common data disasters and how to avoid them
· Why one in five businesses loses their data every five years
· The three questions every organization should ask themselves
· How to evaluate your current system
· The quickest and easiest way to secure your data.
Beth Burnside of CMIT Solutions in Erie offers her views and solutions based on work with nonprofits of all
shapes and sizes.
DIY Google AdWords Grant Program for Nonprofits
Thursday, March 25, 8:30 - 11:30 am, WQLN, 8425 Peach Street, Erie
Learn how nonprofits use search engine marketing to reach and connect with their audiences.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is a unique online marketing channel that promotes organizations by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages through paid placement and natural ranking. And the use of relevant keywords and phrases that visitors used to search.
This session will help you understand how nonprofits can use search engine marketing to build awareness and drive traffic to their website to the online connected audience. The hands-on workshop will walk you through the process of obtaining a Google Grant for the AdWords program. This grant provides approved charitable non-profit organizations with in-kind advertising (FREE). You will learn how to create a successful Google AdWords strategy that can generate real results for your organization. You will see the tools used in creating, maintaining and tracking SEM campaigns for popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.
For details on these and other educational workshops, please see the workshop detail under the education tab.
RSVP to 454-8800 or tnp@thenonprofitpartnership.org
Become a Fan of the Nonprofit Partnership on Facebook!
Add us as a fan to show your support, View pictures from the 9th Annual Nonprofit Day Conference, and check out our favorite pages containing some of our very own members! Want a page for your organization? Email rhowe@thenonprofitpartnership.org to get started.
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Your e-Marketing Toolbox for Nonprofits
Since the cost of operating in the online channel has dropped to near zero and the tools available have become so accessible, nonprofits are marketing and messaging online as never before. The Nonprofit Partnership has a full-time e-Marketing Specialist, Rebecca Howe, to assist you in your quest for success online. Rebecca has developed some tools to help you get started or to improve your practices with key e-marketing features: e-mail marketing, e-newsletters, blogging, and social networking. Please download these tools using the links below, and follow up with Rebecca for more information and assistance.
- Download the e-mail Marketing Toolkit (122.25 KB)
- Download the e-Newsletter Toolkit (93.1 KB)
- Download the Blogging Toolkit (117.14 KB)
- Download the Facebook Social Networking Toolkit (100.78 KB)
- Download the Podcasting Toolkit (115.45 KB)
- Download the e-mail Subject Line Toolkit (92.3 KB)
- Download the YouTube Video Toolkit (112.67 KB)
Project Blueprint Promotes Diverse Talent
A partnership between The Nonprofit Partnership and the United Way of Erie County, Project Blueprint has the expressed goal of developing more diverse talent for service on the Boards of Directors of Erie nonprofit organizations. Through a program of leadership development, education, and service, a class of twenty young leaders will place themselves in a position to lead and serve on area boards. Applications and project information are available through the download below or by calling (814) 454-8800. Please return applications by Friday, March 26, 2010. The next program will begin in April, 2010.
RSVP now for Project Blueprint's next networking event featuring Hon. Kim Bracey, Mayor of York, PA. This event will be held on Thursday, March 4 from 5 to 7 pm at the Bel-Aire Clarion hotel. Download the program flyer below.
- Download the March 4 event flyer (2.25 MB)
- Download Project Blueprint Information Sheet (35.02 KB)
- Download Project Blueprint Application (6.73 KB)
Erie Capacity-Building Collaborative Brings New Resources to Nonprofits
A three year federal grant combines the training resources of GECAC, The Nonprofit Partnership, and Erie Weed and Seed to bring vast new capacity-building and skill development resources to Erie county nonprofit organizations. The collaborative will offer a robust calendar of full day management training sessions, capacity-building grants, and one-on-one technical assistance to assist organizations with their growth and development. For additional information, contact the Erie Capacity-Building Collaborative staff:
Amanda Brown Sissem - (814) 459-4581 × 563 or asissem@gecac.org or
Jeremy Bloeser - (814) 459-4581 × 493 or jbloeser@gecac.org.
For the ECBC application and self-assessment, the program training calendar, and other details, please click here
The Nonprofit Partnership Launches The Video Story Project
As part of a national demonstration project on communicating the values of the nonprofit world with the Independent Sector, The Nonprofit Partnership launched The Story Project audio version in April, 2007. By learning storytelling techniques and sharpening their marketing approach for different audiences, local agencies are creating and recording original stories that tell about their work in compelling ways. Over thirty stories have been produced on websites, CDs, telephone systems, and can be played in the media, in waiting rooms, and on car stereos, these stories have the capacity to revolutionize the way local organizations are reaching and educating their stakeholders. Stay tuned for details on the next full day session of The Story Project.
Through a new partnership with ErieAlity TV, The Nonprofit Partnership is now extending its storytelling resources to the realm of video. ETV Founder Greg Schlueter will work with you to capture your agency's story in a six minute video that can be placed on your website, on YouTube, or distributed on DVD to key stakeholders, telling your story in a visually compelling way. To see four organizations' compelling stories, please click here.