Marc Osten Consulting - Profitable Powerful Sustainable Human Networks

Nonprofit, foundation and business clients I serve capitalize on powerful and holistic Web 3.0 strategies to raise money and engage people. I design concete ways to mine riches that lie dormant in their networks and new networks they can take advantage of. Results are powerful to say the least. For example, you will find yourselves...

~ with new ways to target market & raise money
~ communicating sharper messages to the right audiences
~ more skilled at influencing decision-makers
~ delivering programs more efficiently
~ better able to advocate for policy objectives
~ perfectly positioned to engage members, grantees, volunteers & customers
~ sharing knowledge between staff, board members & other stakeholders
~ finding and developing valuable new partnerships and strengthening your existing collaborations

Email me or call 413.588.4922 any time.

Twitter and Facebook PowerPoint Slides

A couple weeks ago I presented a webinar for a group of people in the health field on nonprofit use of Twitter and Facebook. You can download a PDF version of the slides by clicking here.

Alternatively you can view the slides below.

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Free FaceBook Webinar

On September 9th I'm presenting a free webinar for my colleagues over at CharityHowTo.com. The title is:

Facebook: Successful Strategies to Boost Donations and Engage Constituents

I'm told that over 1,000 people have already registered! Wow.

Click here to register or to simple learn more about what I'll cover during the webinar.

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Also there is a 40 minute training tutorial that CharityHotTo also has about Facebook. Please note that though the webinar is free, this video tutorial does have a cost associated with it. Just so there is no confusion, revenue for this video tutorial goes directly to CharityHowTo.com.

Webinar Questions Answered

On July 15th, 2009 I presented a webinar for my colleagues over at CharityHowTo about nonprofit use of video, particularly YouTube. There were many questions that I did not have a chance to reply to due to limited time. Below are 3 short videos that contain my responses to those questions.

FREE webinar about use of video & YouTube

On July 15th I'm doing a webinar that I think you'll find very helpful. You will learn how to use both freely available video as well as your own video to tell your story, inspire existing and new donors, better serve clients, improve staff performance, support your Board of Directors and activate your volunteers and members. Click here to learn more and/or register.

'How-To' Screencast on YouTube live!

I'm very proud of this 26 minute 'how-to' screencast about YouTube. I  produced it for the fine folks over Charity How-To. It focuses in on YouTube. You'll learn, step-by-step, the following:

• Setting up a YouTube account
• Setting up a nonprofit account
• Set up and edit your nonprofit YouTube channel
• Modify the look and feel of your YouTube channel
• Adding your own nonprofit videos
• Adding other videos of similar content even if you don't have any videos for your nonprofit
• Adding tags to help people find your nonprofit channel
• Modifying background information for your videos such as location, description, categories and tags
• Creating a custom playlists
• How to customize your nonprofit channel with additional nonprofit channel
• Features
• How to set up Google checkout
• How to add a donate button to your nonprofit channel to receive donations
• How to use advance nonprofit channel features free for nonprofits
• How to embed YouTube videos into your nonprofit website or blog

Super simple 'how-to' tutorials to set up your own blog, audiocast and more.

Over the past few months I've produced a series of online tutorials that walk you step-by-step through web 2.0 tools. I think you'll find them very useful as they will make it possible for you to easily start your own blog, produce audiocasts (podcasts), create and embed super cool maps on your website and more. I'm now working on three more tutorials. They cover Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. I'll make sure to let you know when they are ready.

Check 'em out by clicking on the banner below or in the menu to your left!

Social media swarming fish attack!

Well not really! A few weeks ago I facilitated a 'fishbowl' structured discussion. Below you will find a video/narrated slideshow that takes you through both the way I structured the fishbowl and the actual discussion. Be in touch to learn more how it was organized so you can consider using this format for your next conference or event. It is lots of fun!

As far as the discussion, the fish debated several provocative statements related to use of Web 2.0 and social media. It is a very stimulating and enlightening discussion between a group of folks who aren't 'talking heads.'