Resource Center: Nonprofit Fundraising Webcast and
Video Library

As part of the Resource Center, we provide recorded webcasts, training videos and how-to support videos to help learn more about nonprofit fund accounting products and services.

Learn about fundraising trends, best practices or discover ways to accomplish difficult tasks by using your fundraising software solution to its maximum functionality. Bookmark this page and check back often for NEW nonprofit fundraising webcasts and videos.

Recorded Educational Webcasts

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General

• 13 Things Your Nonprofit Website Needs in 2013 New Webcast!
• 50 Asks in 50 Weeks: How to Jumpstart Your Development Office, Even in This Economy!
• Debunking Online Fundraising Myths
• Demystifying Remote Access
• Enhancing Donor Loyalty in an Online Age
• The Future of Nonprofits
• Getting Connected in the Sage Nonprofit Solutions Online Community
•  How to Maximize Grant Funding
• Improving Donor Engagement Online
• Nonprofit Web Advice
• Online Fundraising 101
• Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
• Ten Tips For Social Media Action
• Tips & Tools for Effective Year End Fundraising
• Web Wise: Creating a Donor-Centric Site
• Web Wise: Intro to Search Engine Optimization & Marketing
• Web Wise: Leveraging Social Media to Raise Funds
• Year End Fundraising 101 - The Basics
• Year End Fundraising 201 – Advanced

Sage Millennium

• Ignite Your Campaigns with Mobile New Webcast!
• What’s New in Sage Millennium 2013
• Sage Millennium System Rejuvenation

Sage Fundraising 50

• What's New in Sage Fundraising 50 v9.0
• Achieve Success With Sage Fundraising 50
• Learn How to Implement Donate Now Functionality With Integration From Sage Fundraising 50 and Sage Payment Solutions!

Sage Fundraising Online

• Sage Fundraising Online: What's New Quarterly Roundup with Product Management - July 2012
• Building Successful Fundraising Events With Sage Fundraising Online
• Sage Fundraising Online: Five Tips for Race Fundraising Success
• Sage Fundraising Online: Make Stronger Connections With Supporters on the Web
• Sage Fundraising Online: Stay in Control from Start to Finish with Sage Race Pack

Training Videos

Sage Fundraising 50

• Constituent Management in Sage Fundraising 50
  You will learn how to:
  
  • Log on, search, enter, and maintain constituent information.
  • Create individual and organizational records using the Basic card.
  • Set up Name and Address cards in each respective file.
  • Use the Desk Caddy feature.
• Gift Management in Sage Fundraising 50
  You will examine:
  
  • The proper procedures for entering and maintaining gift information.
  • The gift code structure that is used for entering gifts.
  • How to add basic gifts such as cash, gift-in-kind, honor/memorial,
    and split gifts.
• Query Management in Sage Fundraising 50
  You will review:
  
  • Data entry concepts and methods used when querying for information from within the system.
  • Methods used to create simple Basic queries along with more complex Full queries.
  • How to maintain queries using the Query module tools.
• Report Management in Sage Fundraising 50
  You will explore:
  
  • Snapshot Reports, Campaign Overview Report, and a few samples of Standard Reports.
  • How to properly use the Setup design tabs and various other optional tools used in customizing
    your reporting needs.
  • How to properly maintain the reports that you use on a regular basis.
• Activate Tickler Feature – this is a great tool to easily help you keep track of upcoming deadlines in Sage Fundraising 50.
• Creating a Defined Field for Total Amount – creating a Defined Field for Total Amount – you can create defined fields to easily help you retrieve information in Sage Fundraising 50.
• Entering a Contact – you can use the contact file to keep track of communications between your organization and a constituent in Sage Fundraising 50.
• How to Change a Constituent's Record Type – this feature allows you to easily change a constituent’s record type in Sage Fundraising 50.
• How to Display Defined Fields in a Report – displaying defined fields as column selections is another way to customize a report to fit your needs in Sage Fundraising 50.
• How to Use the Show Me Helps – the Show Me Help files are a great way to assist with common tasks in Sage Fundraising 50.
• Import Wizard – can be used to easily import data into Sage Fundraising 50.
• Quick Print – this feature allows you to easily produce labels, emails or letters for your constituents in Sage Fundraising 50.
• Seedling – you can use the Full Query screen to quickly find constituents who have never given to your organization in Sage Fundraising 50.
• User Defaults – by assigning user defaults, you can make entering data faster and easier in Sage Fundraising 50.
• Wildcards – you can use wildcards with certain operators to perform advanced query searches in Sage Fundraising 50.

Sage Fundraising Online

• Sage Fundraising Online Demo: Race Pack (Part 1 of 3) – this video shows how nonprofits can bring race fundraising in house, maintaining control of donor data and fees, communicating with participants and making it easy for advocates to raise money from family and friends.
• Sage Fundraising Online Demo: Race Pack (Part 2 of 3) – this video shows how simple it is to create a registration form as well as enable advocates to raise money for your organization.
• Sage Fundraising Online Demo: Race Pack (Part 3 of 3) – this video is of additional race pack features including the advocacy center, progress meter, and email resend widget
• Sage Fundraising Online: Mobile Giving – use your smartphone to access and complete a Sage Fundraising Online form. This video features accessing a pledge form created using Sage Fundraising Online and quickly filling out the fields and submitting using a smartphone.
• Sage Fundraising Online: Launch a Rapid Response Campaign – learn tips on how to quickly develop a rapid response donation form that includes graphics. Learn more at www.sagefundraisingonline.com
• Sage Fundraising Online: Social Network & Forms – learn how to add a form to your facebook page.
• Sage Fundraising Online: How to Setup Memorial & Tribute Donation Forms
• Sage Fundraising Online: Form Quick Configuration

Top 5 How-To Support Videos

1. How the Save, Save As, and OK buttons function in merge fields selections screen in Sage Fundraising 50
2. How to properly use the Additional name column selection in Name Types table and how this translates to what name type value appears on a Basic card in Sage Fundraising 50 (Knowledgebase article #183551)
3. Table Maintenance Utility is a helpful tool available to run Integrity checks on various tables as well as identify any Constituent record which may have Address in Sage Fundraising 50
4. How the Help On Product Module Feature accesses help files for selected modules in Sage Fundraising 50 (a quick launch to the help document for the indicated module
5. Donor Card features: fiscal year, cash total options (soft credits/match amounts), and setting of fiscal year in Sage Fundraising 50 (Knowledgebase article #185693)