Free Webinars for Nonprofit Organizations!
Researching Education Funders with Foundation Directory Online
60 minutes
This session provides an introduction to one of the key online tools for finding funders, Foundation Directory Online Professional. Learn how to create customized searches to develop lists of prospective foundation and corporate donors that will match your nonprofit organization's funding needs for educational programs. With Foundation Directory Online Professional you can search for foundations that support programs and organizations like yours, fund in your geographic area, and many other criteria.
This webinar will include a demonstration of the database followed by hands-on searching time (you may want to allow for an extra 15-30 minutes past the hour to take full advantage of the practice time).
Audience: Representatives of nonprofit organizations looking for potential foundation or corporate supporters of educational programs. The webinar assumes no previous experience with Foundation Directory Online Professional.
How it works:
To attend the webinar you need a computer with speakers and an Internet connection of 56 Kbps (dial-up) or better. Event instructions will be e-mailed to all registrants and a quick link to the webinar will also be placed at this program registration page prior to the event.
We use Microsoft Office Live Meeting for our webinars. Click here now to download the software. Please be sure to select the option to “Install Microsoft Office Live Meeting Client.” The process should take no more than a few minutes, and you will not need to download it again once you have it installed on your computer.
NOTE: If you are a Mac user and/or unable to install Microsoft Office Live Meeting Client, you can still participate in our webinars by selecting the option to use the “Web Access/Web-based console.” For the audio portion of the webinar, you will need to call in (details will be provided in the confirmation e-mail).
Registration Form
Friday, June 12, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Note: If you can't take this webinar today, sign up for a session of Introduction to Finding Funders. Althought not specifically focused on education, that webinar does provide the same introduction to Foundation Directory Online.
We are no longer accepting online registrations for today's webinar. However, if you'd like to join us you can follow the quick link below to join the meeting (accessible starting at 12:30 PM--if this is your first webinar, please allow yourself 10-15 minutes for set up):
Quick link to webinar (or copy and paste into your browser address bar):
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/foundationcenter/join?id=9NGT4M&role=attend&pw=4%29%2FsHkB%22k
If you're having trouble, click here.
If You're Having Trouble
- I am unable to join the meeting using the link provided.
First of all, make sure you don't have pop-ups blocked in your browser. Also, if you're using Firefox try Internet Explorer, or vice versa. Sometimes the software will work in one browser (depending on how your computer is configured) but not the other.
Also, remember you can't access the meeting until 30 minutes before the start time.
If you're within the 30-minute window, then follow these steps:
- Copy this address and paste it into your web browser:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/foundationcenter/join
- Meeting ID: 9NGT4M
- Entry Code: 4)/sHkB"k
- Location:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/foundationcenter
- If you still cannot enter the meeting, contact support.
- I am unable to install Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
- Select the second option to use "Web Access/Web-only Console" when joining the meeting. Note that you need the latest free Java update and you must allow pop-ups.
- For the audio portion of the webinar, call in to the teleconference:
Toll free: 1-866-642-1665
Toll: 1-719-387-8317
Passcode: 8006435
- I am in the meeting but I can’t hear you.
- Make sure you downloaded/installed Microsoft Office Live Meeting Client (computer audio does not work with the Web-only console).
- Make sure your speakers are on and not muted.
- Click Voice & Video, and then click Join Audio.
- If all of the above fails, then call in to the teleconference for the audio:
Toll free: 1-866-642-1665
Toll: 1-719-387-8317
Passcode: 8006435
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