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Although organizations have mostly failed to tap its potential, the Internet is one of the greatest community organizing tools of all time. Unfortunately, most nonprofit online community efforts seem to follow the anemic suggestion that stakeholders "talk amongst themselves". We can do much better than that. Indeed, the power of old school community organizing combined with new media has the potential to utterly revolutionize our work and our impact. In this ninety minute session, we will help you:

• leverage common purpose and collective action for high energy community building
• identify community organizing resources and opportunities in your organization
• learn the key traits and skills of the online community organizer
• renew and deepen your existing online community efforts
• develop techniques for leadership development within your communities

The term "community" is overused, particularly online, and has lost a lot of its most powerful meaning. If you're interested in leveraging that power and if you're looking for proven techniques that will both give you strategic direction and that can be applied immediately, then this workshop is right for you.
 

These seminars will be taught by Michael C. Gilbert, who has been consulting with nonprofits about internet strategies since the early nineties, and communication in general since 1984. He is the author of Communication Centered Technology Planning, 2nd Edition and Twenty First Century Fundraising Resources, 2nd Edition, the Editor of Nonprofit Online News, and the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network. For more information about Mr. Gilbert, please see his bio.
 

Our pre-packaged online seminar here consists of a 90 minute session.

Live Online Seminars: These are presented at a scheduled date & time, broadcast live, and include live Q&A time with the instructor. Live online seminars presented by The Gilbert Center are open registration seminars, which means that anyone can attend. Please see our calendar for upcoming events. You can also read technical requirements and other basic facts for this seminar delivery option. (Please note that our calendar of live seminars only goes out a couple of months and not all topics will show up there.)

On-Demand Online Seminars: On-demand means you can attend at a time that is most convenient for your schedule. It consists of the recordings of the most recent live presentation, and comes packaged with a 30 minute phone consultation with the instructor so you can ask questions about the seminar materials and how they can best be put to use in your particular situation. You can also read technical requirements and other basic facts for this seminar delivery option. The catalog of seminars available on-demand is listed down the right-hand side of that same page, and also the calendar page. (Please note that not all topics are available yet for on-demand viewing. See the On-Demand Info page for a complete list of current options.)

Private In-House Sessions: If you have a group of people to whom you would like to offer training, please consider our private, in-house seminars. Which means you can hire us to present this and any of the seminars listed on this site, as well as custom sessions, for your group privately; online or in person at your location. Please contact us for more information if you're interested.

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