Inspire, Inform, Educate
NPower Seattle's Community Education Program inspires, informs and educates nonprofits to use technology more efficiently, effectively and creatively in pursuit of their missions. Our rates are subsidized by our funders, and in some cases further reduced by scholarships.
Individual Training & Coaching
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NPower Seattle offers an open calendar of technology training, geared to the needs of nonprofit staff. Or, the personalized guidance of one-on-one coaching can happen at your desk, using your own technology, focused on tasks or projects you need to complete.
Questions? Please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, or email us at training@npowerseattle.org.
Educational Consulting & Private Training
If you are a training coordinator, human resource professional, or team leader, we can help you build your staff's technology know-how -- through training plans, customized curriculum, private training classes, and more. Learn more about how we can help.
Community Education Events & Partnerships
Community Education Events
NPower Seattle's community education events provide expert knowledge as well as an opportunity to learn from other nonprofits. Check out our events page to see what's coming up.
Community Partnerships
-- Building Capacity & Inspiring Relevant Innovation In Bellingham & Wenatchee
Thanks to generous funding from the Greater Everett Community Foundation (GECF), NPower Seattle aims to help improve life opportunities for hard to reach populations in the Bellingham & Wenatchee communities by providing technology know-how to selected local nonprofits that serve them.
More information, the training needs survey, and class information/registration can be found at www.npowerseattle.org/GECF
-- Communities Connect Network
NPower Seattle joins 5 partner organizations in supporting the work of Community Technology providers throughout Washington State. Communities Connect Network (CCN) offers
- a menu of free capacity-building trainings
- opportunities to connect on the CCN community site
- a statewide network directory of Community Technlogy providers
--Earned Income Tax Credit Project, 2005-2007
Thanks to support from the Medina Foundation, NPower Seattle's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Project strengthened the technology competency of nonprofit staff in teaching clients about online tax preparation tools. Our immediate goal was to inspire more widespread use of technology tools that can help to address the problem of millions of dollars in unclaimed Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) credits. Longer term, this was a demonstration project on the effective use of online tools to better serve low income families and individuals in our community.
As part of this project we assembled a toolkit on Using Online Tools .
In 2007 our direct work on the EITC Project transitioned to supporting the Asset Building and Financial Self-Sufficiency efforts of Community Technology providers in Washington State through our partnership with Communities Connect Network (CCN).
-- Tech-Savvy Communications Project, 2006
In partnership with Seattle-area nonprofits, NPower Seattle developed a methodology for key message development and communications planning, and created the Tech-Savvy Communications toolkit to walk nonprofits through the process.
- Download the Tech-Savvy Communication toolkit
-- Donor Management Software Selection Project, 2006
With the generous support of Verizon Wireless and in partnership with the Kellog Foundation, NPower Seattle offered workshops and created a toolkit to help nonprofits select and implement donor management software.
- Download the Donor Management Toolkit
