If you're a fundraiser, someone new to the profession or if raising funds is part of your wider role then it's hard to ignore the potential of online tools and social media. For many charities their online giving strategy starts and stops with a donate-button on their website, often with little thought put in to how they'll encourage people to part with their hard earned cash. 

Our Third Sector Lab Online Fundraising workshop is here to help. Hosted by Sara Thomas, Fundraiser with MND Scotland and former Be Good Be Social speaker, the half-day workshop will give you everything you need to get started fundraising online.

Part of the GCVS Learning and Development programme, the training workshop is just £65 for members or £85 for non-members. The workshop runs twice on Thu 23rd February 2012, allowing you to choose between a morning or afternoon session.

What Sara will be covering:

· An introduction to online fundraising tools – how to get started & notes on best practice

· Incorporating online fundraising into your overall fundraising strategy

· Practical workshop – how do we make this work in your organisation?

What Sara wants participants to bring:

· Enthusiasm

· Curiosity

· Any questions that they have about online fundraising, especially ones specific to their organisation.

What Sara wants participants to take from the session:

· A clear idea of the range of online fundraising tools available

· To feel confident about getting started, or feel more secure in their existing knowledge

· To feel confident about integrating online/digital fundraising into their existing strategy

· Ideas for the use of online fundraising that’s specific to their organisation

· To come away with practical tips about digital fundraising that are drawn from case study and real life experience

Book online now.

£65 GCVS members, £85 non-members.

You can choose between a morning or afternoon session.

Thu 23rd February 2012 9.30am - 12.30pm

Thu 23rd February 2012 1.30pm - 4.30pm

You can contact Stacey on 0141 332 2444 or stacey.anderson@gcvs.org.uk if you'd prefer to be invoiced or to have a booking form sent to you.

This workshop is part of a range of social media training workshops available at GCVS in partnership with Third Sector Lab.

Well it seems a fair few of you got in to the Christmas spirit and read my blog post about Shelter Scotland's Blantyre project. Over 20 gifts were received just in time for Christmas, staff at the service had feared they would not be able to provide a gift for every child.

Linda Dickson, Service Manager at Shelter Scotland’s Support Service South Lanarkshire, said:

“We are overwhelmed by the level of support we have received and it just goes to show the positive impact social media can have. Homelessness can have a devastating effect on children’s lives and Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for them and their families.

On behalf of everyone at Shelter Scotland I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to those who donated a gift and made Christmas Day a very special time for the families and children we work with."

Click here to download:

The_GCVS_Training_Calendar_January_to_August_2012.pdf (2 MB)

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Click here to download:

The_GCVS_Training_Calendar_January_to_August_2012.pdf (2 MB)

Have a butchers at pages 3 & 4. I've helped GCVS put together a digital media training programme for 2012, aided by various #BeGoodBeSocial regulars:

• 
  Writing for the web - Content strategistic, copywriter and keen cyclist Ann Cook will be hosting this workshop exploring blogs, newsletters, content strategy and more.

• Social media basics - I'll be hosting this one, you'll hear from some people making real headway with social media in the Scottish third sector throughout the day.

• Using Twitter and Facebook for your organisation - I'll be joined by Martin Keane, Social Media Strategist with Third Sector Lab and digital chap for SCIAF for this one.

• Measuring your online success - This workshop will be hosted by Conrad Rossouw of Shelter Scotland. He'll be giving solid practical advice on how you can measure your impact online.

• Online fundraising - This one will be hosted by Sara Thomas, fundraiser with MND Scotland. She'll be haring her experiences of using online fundraising tools  within MND Scotland.

• Video for the web - #BeGoodBeSocial video expert Erin Maguire will take workshop attendees through the process of planning, shooting, editing and uploading a video from scratch.

Booking details are included in the PDF above.

Whizz-Kidz has appointed JustGiving as its preferred partner for online fundraising as the charity looks to use new technology to increase its income from digital sources in 2012.

Whizz-Kidz Director of Fundraising Graham Kelly:

“JustGiving has developed a range of exciting products which we believe will help maximise net income for Whizz Kidz. Having analysed our data, we decided that, despite JustGiving’s fees remaining at their current level, we should promote the service to our supporters as our preferred supplier to deliver greater returns.”

Tools now available to Whizz-Kidz include the UK’s only free mobile giving service, JustTextGiving by Vodafone, and instant JustGiving page creation for entrants to the Neon Night Walk event using the JustGiving API. Fundraisers will have access to JustGiving’s range of iPhone and Android applications, and advanced integration with social media platforms to boost their fundraising efforts.

It will be interesting to see if more fundraising platforms start to build closer relationships will larger charities, offering products specific to individual clients.

For the lazy amongst you who haven't been following the Social Media Week Glasgow blog, this video beautifully illustrates what Social Media Week 2011 is all about.

Remember, as part of #SMWgla, Be Good Be Social – The Surgery will take place at Big Lottery Scotland, Glasgow, on Wed 21st Sept. Free to charities, social entrepreneurs and community groups you’ll get 30 minutes with one of our surgeons.

Tickets available on the Social Media Week site from 6th Sept onwards or sign up for our updates and we'll email you once they go live.

Presented by Alan Bissett www.alanbissett.com; illustrations by Lauren Currie We Are Snook www.wearesnook.com; production and concept by Inner Ear www.innerear.co.uk and twintangibles www.twintangibles.co.uk in collaboration with New Media Corp www.newmediacorp.co.uk
Video shot at SocietyM - CitizenM Hotel Glasgow www.citizenm.com
Music by S-Type beats https://www.facebook.com/stypebeats

UPDATE: Closing date to submit your name is 12pm 17th Aug 2011.