Training Available in October

It’s almost October and at least here in Minnesota, the weather has been cooling down and the trees are becoming beautiful shades of red, yellow and orange. While I’m not looking forward to raking leaves, I am enjoying the view. It’s also got me thinking about the end of the year and what that means for our customers, like getting out the end of year appeal, soliciting the faithful to help you meet your yearly goals, wrapping up the reporting for the year, and preparing for the things we want to try differently next year.

As we move throughout the remainder of the year, you might notice a theme to the Masters Workshops that we're offering. Most of them focus on these end of year tasks. Here’s what’s on board for October.

Altru Masters Workshop: Leveraging Digital Communications – October 1st,  1-2pm ET – Register here.

Are you ready to take your constituent communications to the next level? This one-hour online instructor-led Masters Workshop will help you understand what your digital communications options are in Altru from Appeals to Renewals to Acknowledgements. The class covers the differences, best practices, and design of emails in Appeal and Transactional Communications.   This class is ideal for those who want to explore enhancing their use of email in Altru communications.

Altru Masters Workshop: A Look Back – New Features Review – October 14th – 1-2pm ET – Register here.

We will discuss all of the changes made to Altru in the past six months. With our current release schedule, we release six times a year, making changes both big and small in many different areas of Altru. This session will ensure that you are up-to-date on our new functionality and any workflow changes. We’ll cover Altru 3.14-3.18, reviewing all releases from February 2014-October 2014.

Altru Masters Workshop: Creating a Successful Moves Management Program – October 20th – 1-2pm ET – Register here.

In this Workshop, learn how to use the Interactions functionality in Altru for Moves Management.  The session will cover how to add new interactions and track due dates, notes, solicitors, and participants for the interaction.  We'll also look at some basic reporting tools you can use to review upcoming deadlines and analyze the success of your Moves Management program.

Altru Masters Workshop: Advanced Appeals and Segmentation – October 29th – 1-2pm ET– Register here.

In this session, we will discuss appeal mailing solicitations and segmentation, focusing on end of year solicitations like the annual fund drive, membership drive and donor thank you letters. At the end of the session, you should be able to create multiple selections for different groupings of constituents and attach to an appeal mailing. You should also understand the importance of segmentation and how it affects the responses to marketing efforts.

And as always, we have our regularly scheduled programs:

Appeals & Mailings 101 – Oct 23

Batch 101 – Oct 20

Daily Financial Reconciliation – Oct 2, 21

General Sales 101 – Oct 10, 20

Introduction to Altru – Oct 10, 23

Managing Group Sales Reservations – Oct 3, 13, 30

Membership Setup 101 – Oct 15, 31

Merchandise 101 – Oct 9, 24

Query 101 – Oct 6, 24

Revenue 101 – Oct 9, 21

Ticketing Setup 101 – Oct 3, 15, 31

Web Forms 101 – Oct 13, 27

I hope your October will be full of comfy sweaters, apple cider donuts, spooky Halloween fun and learning something new about Altru!