This training introduces a practical methodology to develop actionable strategies for nonprofit organizations. The ViStA Strategic Management Framework that will be explained during the training can help nonprofit board members and executives systematically prioritize their resources and establish shared measurable objectives. This executive-level training can give nonprofit leaders strategic management tools and skills to navigate a challenging environment and ensure sustainability and growth.
This may not be relevant for all of you, but I need to take a moment to chat about how impressed I am with my ten and eleven year old girls and their ability to quickly grasp and adapt to new technology. The educational changes that came with this pandemic quickly forced them to become VERY tech savvy in order to succeed at online learning. Both agreed that they didn’t want to take the risk of being in a classroom during this time. While they deeply miss their friends, they have been adapting well to the changes.
I couldn’t even imagine the power of computing technology at their age. I’m impressed with their ability to pick up and quickly understand web based applications like Google Classroom. They both also completely self-taught themselves a few other apps so they could draw, animate and create You Tube videos. Then there are the games… both on the tablet and PS4.
Anyhow.. I’m getting carried away. The main reason for this post, is that when this all hit, and everyone had to move to online learning, I wanted to do my part to help parents in my community whose kids were younger and not so tech-savy. I put together the deck below to provide them with tips and tricks to help them navigate this brave new world of technology. If you find it useful, please let me know … and feel free to share it!
PRS Forever is a Chicago-based personal training company led by Jason Colley. Jason is a one-on-one competitor, strength & conditioning coach, certified nutritionist and personal trainer.
PRS Forever combines all your nutrition, personal training and sport performance needs into one service.
The Project:
Jason wanted to start offering online training to make his services available to clients not able to meet in person, or residing outside of the Chicago area.
In order to effectively communicate his individualized training program to each of his clients, he required a template that could be used repeatedly, but still allowed for flexibility to be customized to meet each client’s unique needs.
The Result:
All About Systems met with Jason to gather all the requirements for the template. We took the time to understand how the form would be used, how it would be shared, what sections were mandatory and what drop-down selections were needed.
A Google Sheet was created that allowed Jason to quickly define a customized training program for his online clients. We added special formulas to list exercises in a drop-down field to be narrowed down based on the selected muscle groups from another field. The template was designed to allow for flexibility when new exercises were added or removed.
Finally, we used field validation and protection to ensure that data entered was correct, as well as to ensure that none of the formatting, branding design, layout or formulas could be accidentally modified.
Google Sheet templates created for PRS Training programs.
Have you ever visited a website and noticed that the site was not secure. Did you give that site any personal information, sign up for their newsletter or purchase a product? Probably not. Most of us by now, know to check in the address bar of the browser to make sure that little padlock is locked up tight and secure before we engage with new websites.
How secure do your customers feel when they visit your website? If you are a DIYer when it comes to your website and marketing, chances are it isn’t running secure. One way to quickly check is to type in your website address with https:// at the beginning. If your site is secure, you will connect. If you can only access your website using http:// then you need an SSL Certificate.
But good news! You can get an SSL Certificate for FREE from Let’sEncrpyt and use WP Encrypt to make it easy to install and maintain. Of course, you can also pay for one through your domain provider if you prefer. I bet you’re wondering what the difference is? Generally speaking, (as I’m not a full out cybersecurity expert), it comes down to maintenance and additional validation.
Ready to get your own free SSL Certificate? Check out WP Encrypt! Download the plugin and install it on your WordPress website. Follow the instructions.
FREE SSL Certificates provide basically the same security as paid SSL Certificates. The paid ones bring additional value in being valid for longer periods of time, and additional business (real-life) validation to give visitors extra reassurance that the website is owned by a real business. Paid certificates are usually required for larger, high transactional businesses or government agencies. Most small businesses that have some basic tech abilities can install and manage their own SSL Certificates for free. Using WP Encrypt makes it easier to maintain your free SSL Certificate.
DOES THE PHRASE ‘INSTALL IT ON YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE’ CAUSE YOU ANXIETY? Then, I highly recommend paying the extra $40 for the lifetime PRO version. With the Free version, you need to be prepared to re-install the certificates every three months. With the PRO Version.. you just set it up once and you are done!
Disclosure, this is an Affiliate Link. I only endorse things I believe in and have seen provide value to my business or my clients. This is a great product and I do recommend it! I think the $40 it costs to save the time and hassle of remembering to update your certificate every three months pays for itself pretty quickly!
Are you still confused as to what an SSL Certificate is and why you need one? Check out this video that explains it better than I can!
I have finally found my new favourite calendar solution for managing multiple calendars.
I was struggling with finding a way to continue taking advantage of the FREE version of Calendly for booking appointments. Most of my clients aren’t quite ready to move up to a paid version… am I right? The problem is that with the FREE version, you can only sync to one calendar, and most people I know tend to have separate ones for business and personal and maybe another one for other reasons… like their social meetup groups.
So, what to do? No way was I going to manage my personal appointments manually by creating them in multiple calendars. I considered including my business account as an attendee to all my personal events, but found that wasn’t doing a good job of syncing them either since if I received an invite in my personal account, they didn’t know to add my business account.
I explored a Zapier solution, but found it too complicated for the average person to setup. I mean, I could have done it.. but I figure if it’s not easy enough for me to explain to a non-techy person, then it wouldn’t be the best solution for clients or potential clients (is that YOU?).
So, I dug through different solutions out there and came across Reclaim’s Lifework Calendar solution. Within a few minutes, following their cleverly thought out prompts, I was able to add my personal calendar events to my business calendar. So, I now have all my events synced in my business calendar. Including the event calendars that I imported from my Meetup.com groups to my personal Gmail account! Seriously… it took me longer to write this post than it did to sync my calendars!
As I mentioned, setup is SUPER easy! Watch my live demo and let me know if you have any questions!
