Social media training for the 3rd sector

Expert-led training courses

Our hands-on social media training for the 3rd sector is fantastic - small class sizes, highly interactive and taught by experts.

Book your place now on to our social media for the 3rd sector training course and learn how to use social platforms to engage with corporate donors and individual philanthropists.

Social media training for the 3rd sector dates in

Social media training for the 3rd sector is part of our online marketing training stream of 3 courses - get a 10% or 20% discount when you book on any 2 or 3+ different courses respectively.

Social media for the 3rd sector course duration & details

The course lasts for 1 day (10:00-17:00) and takes place at our purpose-built training centre at the Webcredible offices in London. You will:

Receive all training materials and an 80-page social media for the 3rd sector manual (containing all tutorials)
Get very well fed whilst you're here - we provide light breakfast snacks, a buffet-style lunch with hot & cold canapés and refreshments throughout the day.
Attend a relatively small (maximum 10 participants) social media for the 3rd sector course that's interactive, informal and fun

What you'll learn on the social media for the 3rd sector course

Our social media training is fully based around the principle of learning-by-doing. During the two-day interactive training course you will:

Learn how to use Twitter to promote your objectives, engage with your supporters and take action
Discover how to identify and follow influential Twitter users who will either refer you or who could help you
Learn how to manage and monitor your follows/followers and be alerted whenever people tweet something related to what you do
Know how to track relevant keywords and hashtags, write tweets that will attract attention from your target audience and understand how to engage with other Twitter users
Discover how to inform and educate your audience about your cause
Learn social media etiquette - how to encourage followers to engage with you and tell their followers about you
Understand how to use Twitter as a reputation management tool & integrate it with your overall marketing strategy
Learn how to create a LinkedIn profile that sells you and gets you introduced to donors, integrating add-ons such as skills, publications, blog posts, videos etc.
Understand how to post updates and share articles that will boost your credibility, increasing the number of connections you have
Be able to find LinkedIn groups that may include potential donors as well as supporters
Use LinkedIn to identify corporate and individual donors, and use your shared contacts to get referrals to them
Be shown how to integrate LinkedIn with your long term marketing strategy

The training will also cover other tools to use in conjunction with LinkedIn and Twitter: Google News and Google Reader, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Pinterest and blogs.

Who is the social media training for the 3rd sector course for?

This course is particularly suitable if you are:

Working as a fundraiser or marketing executive and you are looking for some more strategic ways to use social media for your organisation
Interested in learning how social media can be used to drive support and raise funds for your organisation
Already familiar with social media platforms

Support after your social media training

Our online Webcredible training community on LinkedIn provides on-going support after the course. We invite you to join the Alumni group in order to:

Interact directly with our e-learning community, expert trainers and fellow students
Get regular updates, tips and engage with us on our live chats and webinars
Join in with discussions or ask questions to help you progress your learning once you're back in your working environment

Our social media training for the 3rd sector trainers

The social media training course is usually run by:

Danny Bermant

Over the past 12 years Danny has focused on ways in which the Internet can be used to convert website visitors into customers. Danny's social media training is more than just practical, it uses real life case studies to illustrate ways in which your campaign can be used to engage with customers. His training includes social media strategy and how to write a social media plan that sets out realistic, attainable goals.

Our training facilities

Our social media for the 3rd sector courses are all run at our purpose-built training centre at the Webcredible offices in London.

All our training is run in a bright airy room with each person having access to a PC. You can also use our break-out area, with refreshments provided throughout the day.