Training

ifPeople knows that you have to constantly evolve your knowledge to stay on top of the technologies, trends, and skill sets that will make technology valuable to your organization. We provide monthly webinars as well as live trainings and can also deliver custom trainings for your specific topics both remotely or in person.

A current list of training modules, as well as training materials, includes the following:

Social Media 101

You've heard the hype, but do you know what exactly "Web 2.0" and "social media" refer to, and more importantly, how they can help your organization? This introductory workshop is designed to help you understand the implications of social media for your organization's communications strategy and gain confidence in navigating the language and tools of the modern online experience.

Creating a Social Media Plan

Social media can be an effective vehicle for sharing an organization's story and building community around it. This workshop introduces participants to how social media can be leveraged for the benefit of social enterprise organizations.

Techniques and Tools for Online Fundraising

A button is not a strategy, so how do you ensure successful online fundraising? This workshop will present best practices for increasing donations through your website and an introduction to raising money through other online channels.

Website Best Practices

How well does your website promote and support your mission? Is your website accomplishing all that it could be doing for you? Is it accomplishing anything at all for you? Do you even understand what your website can do for you? Whether you are planning your first web site or want to improve an existing site, this class will help you identify best practices for website design and apply them to your organization’s website.

Introduction to Online Collaboration

The Web is more than just a meeting place, it is an environment for getting people to work together effectively. This workshop introduces users to models of online collaboration and provides a framework for successfully planning an online collaboration project.

Social Sourcing: Open Source Collaboration Model

When many enterprises are committed to using a piece of software, the cost of initial investment and ongoing improvements is spread throughout the community. How can we create collaborative projects that involve sharing resources and putting a sustainable community infrastructure in place? This workshop provides case studies and information to inform your collaborative projects.

Open Source Content Management Systems

Does visiting your website give you flashbacks to the 90s? Keeping content fresh on your website is vital to getting people to spend time on it and visit again. If you aren't able to do this yourself in a couple of minutes, it's time to consider a Content Management System (CMS) for your site. This training introduces you to the world of quality, open source CMSs and provides demos of how they can work for you.

Why Plone?

Plone is the leading open source content management system. What is it? How can it benefit your organization? And what is it like to use it? This training will help you understand the strengths of Plone and give you a feel for using Plone to manage your website.

Managing Content with Plone

This training is standard for all our clients with a Plone website and introduces you to how to add, edit, and manage content in a Plone website. It will get your core website users up to speed quickly!

Managing a Plone Website

Beyond managing content on Plone, site administrators need specific training on managing the website. This training helps you understand how to manage users, permissions, and more in Plone.