Instructions for Presenters

We are excited to have you as a new member of a great group of people dedicated to providing top-notch training and education to nonprofit professionals and trustees. Here you’ll find the information you need to take you through each step of the process of being part of the team and making your presentation. If at any time you have a question, contact April for support.

Scheduling

Once your topic has been accepted and a date assigned, please submit your webinar and presenter information online using one of these forms:

Promotion

Participation in Nonprofit Webinars comes with a commitment to promote all of the offered webinars, as well as your own. You are expected to promote Nonprofit Webinars as a whole within your network of contacts, as you will become one of the faculty. Most presenters post our listings widget on their websites or blogs, send e-mail blasts about the webinars, and/or include a link in their newsletters, but alternative approaches are welcome too.

  • Embed the Nonprofit Webinars widget on your website or blog. This is your highest leverage activity – it only takes a few minutes, but delivers ongoing automatic updates of upcoming and archive webinars. If impressions are high, but click-throughs are not, consider adjusting page placement and page selection. For example: check out the placement of the widget on Dalya Massachi’s http://writingtomakeadifference.com/. Customize and embed the widget on your website and blog by clicking the “Get Widget” button below.
  • Promote the webinars to your mailing list as often as you feel appropriate.
  • Promote on Twitter, follow and mention @npwebinars and use hashtag #npweb. Drive traffic to the webpage where your NPW widget lives. Use this example tweet or let your creativity shine:
    - “Proud to be invited to present with @NPWebinars this fall. Check out topics of 3 free #nonprofit webinars a week {link to your webpage with NPW widget}”
  • Like our page on Facebook and invite people to join and attend events.
  • Promote your own webinar registration using other social media to drive traffic to your NPW registration page. Just a tweet a week and a post to a LinkedIn group can make a big difference.
    - “Sign up for {short title of your webinar} free on DD/MM at Xp EST {link to your registration page on NPW}
    - or “Check out the 3 free #nonprofit webinars every week {link to your webpage with NPW widget}”
  • Post notices of upcoming webinars to any webinar lists, nonprofit event calendars, and nonprofit groups/listserves you connect to (LinkedIn groups, alumni nonprofit lists).
  • Upload some documents or links on IdeaEncore Network to help nonprofit professionals everywhere save time and money. You can share any non-promotional resource for free or set a price to create some passive income.

Please contact Tara at Tara@NonprofitWebinars.com or 206-963-2125 should you have any questions or need more information regarding these presentation requirements.

Preparation

We adhere to a strictly educational format, with no pitching of services allowed. The principle is that the more value you give away the more you’ll be valued by any attendees who might be prospective clients.

You will be presenting from your own computer by sharing your desktop, but we need to add some slides to the beginning and end of your deck for our standard intro and closing. The Friday before your webinar you will receive your webinar link and a reminder to return to this page to submit your slide deck (in PowerPoint or PDF format) at least 48 hours prior to webinar using Slides Form. We will update your slide deck with our branded introduction slides (we won’t change your template, only add the slides) then send it back to you to use for your presentation.

If you would like to use any polls during your presentation, we will need them to be submitted, using the Polls Form at least 48 hours prior to webinar as well.

We find that a landline with a headset (as cheap as $20 at Radio Shack) produces the best sound quality.

Presentation

Please log on 30 minutes prior to the webinar to make sure everything is set. We will go over how all of the controls work and what we will be doing to support you throughout your presentation. This is a good opportunity to practice and find any technical glitches well in advance of attendees arriving.

Post Presentation

  • We will email you a list of attendees and a full report of in webinar user behavior.
  • Please follow up with attendees regarding questions and add them to your mailing list.
  • We will email all registrants a thank you note and a link to the slides and archives.
  • We will create a page for your session in our archives showcasing your presentation, providing slides and video content for viewing.



Benefits to Presenters

Presenting on Nonprofit Webinars give you a broad exposure for your expertise. You’ll have even more than if you were presenting at a physical conference, because your presentations remain online at our website for self paced learning at any time.

After your presentation, you’ll be able to follow up with attendees.

There is no cost to you to present. No airfare, no hotels, nothing but your time.

Creating results can really payoff:

Presenters who generate the most (we also consider significant improvement) registrations and click-throughs are more likely to be invited to:

  • Present again next season
  • See resources you’ve uploaded to IdeaEncore shared throughout our network of up to 1 million nonprofit professionals a month.
  • Request a free IdeaEncore powered online resource library
  • Raise your visibility with other presenters and other nonprofit professionals
  • Increase traffic to your website by directing people to the NPW widget