Big Duck’s team of experts regularly offers workshops and trainings and speaks at conferences. Our topics are always focused on nonprofit communications. If you’d like to arrange a workshop or training, please contact us here. Where possible, the workshops listed below include links that will allow you to register directly through the organization hosting the event.
Trends, Tools, Tips, and Tricks: An Introduction to Raising Money Online
July 9, 2008, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Crafting a strategy for how your nonprofit can integrate its fundraising strategy (connecting email, direct mail, telemarketing and friend-to-friend asks) and leverage the interactive platform of the web to make personalized and compelling requests for support.
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fundraising, website
Fundraising Campaign Materials: Creating Tools to Inspire Major Gifts
July 15, 2008, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Resources, ideas, and information for launching a capital, endowment, or other major fundraising campaign.
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fundraising, marketing campaigns
Writing for the Web
July 15, 2008, 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
It's not enough to get people to visit your website — you’ve got to get them to stay. One major strategy to engage site visitors is to provide them with the information they are looking for in a way that is easy for them to use and understand.
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copywriting, website
Past Workshops
2008
- [05.28.08] "If You Optimize It, They Will Come: SEO best practices for fundraisers," FundRaising Success
- [05.06.08] "Branding, Communicating, and Facilities Planning: Putting Your Best Face Forward," Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies 2008 Annual Conference
- [04.22.08] "Trends, Tools, Tips, and Tricks: An Introduction to Raising Money Online," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [04.04.08] "Smart Brand Refinement: How to Update Your Brand Wisely," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [04.01.08] "Using E-mail to Raise Money and Build Relationships- Advanced," GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training)
- [03.31.08] "Firing Up Your Online List," Women Who Tech: A TeleSummit for Women in Technology
- [03.26.08] "Consulting Day for New York City's Nonprofit Community," Baruch College School of Public Affairs
- [03.26.08] "Using E-mail to Raise Money and Build Relationships- Beginner," GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training)
- [03.25.08] "Writing for the Web," Greenwich Village— Chelsea Chamber of Commerce
- [03.24.08] "Web 2.0 Your Business," Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Business Committee
- [03.21.08] "E-Advocacy: Mission over Membership," NTEN— Nonprofit Technology Conference
- [03.20.08] Lunch roundtable: "Interactive Annual Reports," NTEN— Nonprofit Technology Conference
- [03.20.08] Breakfast roundtable: "Integrated Story-Telling— Combining Online and Offline Approaches," NTEN— Nonprofit Technology Conference
- [03.14.08] "Annual Reports with Big Impact," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [01.29.08] "Executive Leadership Fellows Branding Training," United Way of New York City
2007
- [12.11.07] "Smart Brand Refinement: How to Update Your Brand Wisely," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [11.27.07] "Making Websites Work for You - Ways You Can Tell Your Story Online," AFP Massachusetts
- [11.01.07] "Annual Reports 2.0 - A Fresh Approach to an Old Communications Standby," The Communications Network
- [10.24.07] "Writing for the Web," Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
- [10.23.07] "Branding as a Competitive Advantage," Caregivers and Professional Partnership (CAPP) at Mount Sinai
- [10.12.07] "Trends, Tools, Tips and Tricks to Raise Money Online," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [10.04.07] "Branding for Bigger Gifts," AFP Eastern Oklahoma
- [10.04.07] "Annual Reports with Big Impact," AFP Eastern Oklahoma
- 10.02.07] "Creative Alternatives to Traditional Direct Mail," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [09.18.07] "Strategies, Tools, and Tactics for Building Online Relationships," Council on Foundations Fall Conference for Community Foundations
- [06.27.07] "Annual Reports with Big Impact," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [06.14.07] "Brand Building in a Competitive Marketplace," AFP's Fundraising Day, New York 2007
- [05.23.07] "Using E-mail to Raise Money and Build Relationships-Intermediate," GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training)
- [05.16.07] "Using E-mail to Raise Money and Build Relationships-Beginner," GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training)
- [03.29.07] "Branding for Bigger Gifts," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [02.08.07] "Annual Reports with Big Impact," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [01.25.07] "The Communications Toolkit," Association of Fundraising Professionals, New York
2006
- [11.09.06] "Branding for Bigger Gifts," AFP Connecticut Philanthropy Day
- [10.12.06] "Creative Alternatives to Traditional Direct Mail," Support Center for Nonprofit Management
- [09.20.06] SmartComm: First Ever Series for Nonprofits Devoted Solely to Communications and Marketing. The series kicks off with "Annual Reports with Big Impact", a lunchtime lecture/panel discussion on creating innovative annual reports that build credibility, differentiate, and raise money on limited budgets. Hosted by Big Duck. Register here.
- [07.14.06] "Creating Awareness through Press: Media training know-how," Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy 2006 Annual Conference
- [06.23.06] "Branding for Bigger Gifts" at AFP's Fundraising Day New York 2006.
- [06.13.06] "Design As A Competitive Advantage," 2006 Cause Marketing Forum Conference. More conference info.
- [05.11.06] "Communicating More with Less," Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. Workshop details and registration info.
- [05.09.06] "Communicating More With Less," New York Junior League Conference on Volunteerism.
2005
- [11.05] "Taming Your Wild and Wooly Website: a Critique," APF MA 2005 Conference on Philanthropy.
- [11.17.05] "Direct mail that breaks the mold and raises more money," AFP Connecticut Philanthropy Day 2005.
- [10.26.05] "Communicating More with Less," AFP Washington DC Philanthropy Day 2005.
- [07.05] "Website Planning," Federation of Welfare Protestant Agencies
2004
- [11.04] "Communicating More with Less," Fundraising Day Connecticut
- [11.04] "Integrating the web with your brand, programs, and fundraising," Echoing Green
- [10.26.04] "Can you send me more information? A primer on how to get your image and messages together despite limited resources," Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
- [10.04] "Direct Mail Primer," Robin Hood Foundation
- [06.04] "Communicating More with Less," Fundraising Day New York