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Teams 101 - Getting Started

Are you looking for a software that will help your employees working on the same projects better collaborate in real-time. In this course, you will learn the basics of Microsoft Teams and why it can be a key improvement in managing your team's workflow.

This course is the first of a three course track and contains instruction about basic and setup features of Microsoft Teams. To learn about the more advanced features, please visit our Teams 201 course and the special Ask the Expert Course.

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In this course, you will build on the foundational functions of Microsoft Teams that you practiced in Teams 101. This includes sending messages, starting chats and calls and managing your activity feed. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to start live event!

Teams for Nonprofits - Collaboration Tools

Do you need help managing your organization's data? In this course, you will build a foundation in the basics: What is Excel, how does it work, how it can reveal critical Information Hidden in your data, and how can it increase the efficiency of record-keeping in your non-profit organization.

This is the first of a six part track of Excel courses - Excel for Nonprofits - Data Management and Reporting

Introduction to Excel 102

You know the basics of Excel, but how can you make your workbooks really tell your organization's story? In this course, you will learn how to use editing and formatting tools to make your message pop.

This track includes the following courses:

Excel 101 – Learn the Basics

Excel 102 – Editing and Formatting text

Excel 103 – Designing Your Worksheets

Excel 104 – Using Formulas, Functions, and Calculations

Excel 105 – Using Functions to Format Text

Excel 106 – Formatting and Analyzing Charts

You know the basics of how to create worksheets and workbooks, but now you really want to increase the impact of the data collected by your non-profit or library. In this course, you will learn how to add and format tables, edit your data and delete duplicate values.

In this course, we’ll look at some more powerful Excel tools: functions and creating formulas, performing calculations and formatting text.

Join the whole track! Excel for Nonprofits – Data Management and Reporting 

Excel 105 - Using Functions to Format Text

Using functions can be a quick and easy way to format your text. In this course, we’ll look at functions that help you make your data your own.

Join the whole track! Excel for Nonprofits – Data Management and Reporting 

This track is a 6 course track that includes:

Excel 101 – Learn the Basics

Excel 102 – Editing and Formatting text

Excel 103 – Designing Your Worksheets

Excel 104 – Using Formulas, Functions, and Calculations

Excel 105 – Using Functions to Format Text

Excel 106 – Formatting and Analyzing Charts

Excel 105 - Format and Analyze Charts

In the final course of this track, you will learn how to format and analyze your charts.

Join the whole track! Excel for Nonprofits – Data Management and Reporting 

This track is a 6 course track that includes:

Excel 101 – Learn the Basics

Excel 102 – Editing and Formatting text

Excel 103 – Designing Your Worksheets

Excel 104 – Using Formulas, Functions, and Calculations

Excel 105 – Using Functions to Format Text

Excel 106 – Formatting and Analyzing Charts

Have questions about using pivot tables in Excel?

On March 24, 2020, we had a special "Ask the Expert" event. with Alex Ong, TechSoup's very own Financial Analyst. He shared his best practices for using PivotTables and answered questions submitted by nonprofits like yours!

This online seminar includes the recording of the live event, presentation deck, resources and the Q & A.

Do you need to make a presentation to your board, community or grantor? Need to learn tools and strategies so you can tell your story creatively and effectively? In this course, you build a foundation in the basics: how PowerPoint works, how it can impact presentations and improve the quality of presentations.

Join the whole track! PowerPoint for Nonprofits - Creating Powerful Presentations

PowerPoint 101 - Learn the Basics

PowerPoint 102 - Formatting Text and Images

PowerPoint 103 - Designing Professional Presentations

In this course, you move on from the basics of PowerPoint to practice formatting text, adding and formatting images, and arranging and grouping objects in a presentation.

Join the whole track! PowerPoint for Nonprofits - Creating Powerful Presentations

PowerPoint 101 - Learn the Basics

PowerPoint 102 - Formatting Text and Images

PowerPoint 103 - Designing Professional Presentations

In this final course of the track, you will learn how to add audio, video and animations, and other techniques, to create compelling presentations.

Join the whole track! PowerPoint for Nonprofits - Creating Powerful Presentations

PowerPoint 101 - Learn the Basics

PowerPoint 102 - Formatting Text and Images

PowerPoint 103 - Designing Professional Presentations

Need to maximize your message? In this course, you will learn how to use Word's powerful editing tools to make your documents stand out.

Join the whole track! Word for Nonprofits –Creating Compelling Documents

This track is a 4 course track that includes: 

• Word 101 – Learn the Basics
• Word 102 – Editing Tools
• Word 103 – Creating Tables Lists
• Word 104 – Using References

Need a strategy that's creative and impactful to communicate your organization's mission and work? Tables and lists are helpful in organizing data and adding emphasis to important points. In this course, you will learn how to use these powerful tools to tell your organization's stories.

Join the whole track! Word for Nonprofits –Creating Compelling Documents

This track is a 4 course track that includes: 

• Word 101 – Learn the Basics
• Word 102 – Editing Tools
• Word 103 – Creating Tables Lists
• Word 104 – Using References

Word 104 - Using References

In this course, we’ll look at creating and managing reference markers and simple references.

Join the whole track! Word for Nonprofits –Creating Compelling Documents

This track is a 4 course track that includes: 

• Word 101 – Learn the Basics
• Word 102 – Editing Tools
• Word 103 – Creating Tables Lists
• Word 104 – Using References