To register for a Bayer Center class, call 412-397-6000, email bcnm@rmu.edu or register online at http://www.rmu.edu/bcnmregistration.

Presentation Visuals that Work (WEBINAR)

Bullets are not only dangerous in guns. Although your presence and preparation make a huge impact on the success of a presentation’s ability to inform and persuade, bad visuals can undermine your message. In fact, PowerPoint itself may have taught us bad habits. This class will help you create visuals that will make your facts, stories and ideas stick with your audience.

Instructor: Jeff Forster, Bayer Center
Fee: $40

This interactive workshop will lay out manageable steps for moving from database management to database marketing. We’ll cover what to put in and what to pull out of your database. We’ll map out action plans for real-life scenarios. Also, you’ll take away the nine questions that will start your database analysis. Get more out of your fundraising records through creative, insightful analysis.

Instructors: Janet Emery, CFRE, J. Emery Consulting; Jeff Forster, Bayer Center
Fee: $65 ($55 if paid online)

Are you a website novice who needs to know how to design a basic website that works? Wordpress is a website content management system that is great for building and managing websites. This session is for beginners. Nonprofit staff with no previous web design experience and web design staff who want to learn Wordpress are welcome.

Instructor: Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center
Fee: $125 ($115 if paid online)

Social media is a hot topic in nonprofits. It provides real-time communication among your staff, volunteers, consumers, clients, students, and constituents. Without social media policies, however, anyone might speak on your organization’s behalf, potentially opening up your nonprofit to liability. In this class, the key components of a social media HR policy will be explained. In addition, you’ll learn how risk management and insurance policies for nonprofits can help protect the organization as well as cover potential liabilities caused by social media. Various types of insurance options for nonprofits that address social media will be discussed and explained as well as discussion on common mistakes that can lead to a claim. Online resources and examples of social media policies and insurance policies will be shared.

Instructors: Todd Whiteman, Enscoe Long Insurance Group; Dave Tinker, CFRE, ACHIEVA
Fee: $40