When I first began developing websites 5 years ago, there was very little video on the web — no YouTube! — and not much audio. Facebook was a brand new website used exclusively by Harvard students, and do-it-yourself website maintenance was almost unheard-of.
I felt divinely blessed when I discovered the web hosting and development package I still use today to create and maintain websites. That package saved me thousands of dollars in development and maintenance fees, and it has saved Friends of Ministry’s clients many thousands of dollars, as well.
I am happy to have empowered many ministries to maintain their own websites, and I applaud them for their decisions.
I also have realized that it’s time to offer some refresher training sessions, so I have scheduled five website maintenance trainings for October. Each of the sessions will cover a different aspect of website maintenance or expansion.
In at least three sessions, we’ll focus on what’s changed — the widespread use of media (video and audio) and social networking. (See below for details.)
In addition to covering basics, we’ll learn how to post YouTube videos on websites and add or expand an audio library.
If you want to participate, please register now so I can be prepared for you — the first session starts in only one week.
Each of the five training sessions will last 90 minutes. About 45 minutes of each session will be set aside for participants to ask for and get specific, step-by-step instructions or guidance for any website maintenance issue.
Each session is only $20. You can sign up for just the session(s) you want to attend; when yousign up for all five you save $25.
Important note: While the Facebook training session is open to everyone on Oct. 23, the other sessions are open only to our clients who maintain their own websites.
Here are the session descriptions:
Web Maintenance Training: Adding YouTube Videos
Friday, Oct. 2, 10 – 11:30 am
Learn how to:
- Find appropriate videos on YouTube
- Add YouTube videos to almost any page of your website.
- Add movie trailers to increase attendance at movie nights
- Add Association of Unity Churches’ videos to your web pages
- Add music videos to generate interest in upcoming guest musicians and concerts
- Add speakers’ videos to generate interest in upcoming workshops.
Plus: Ask questions and get answers for any maintenance issue that challenges you.
Maintenance Training: Creating or Expanding an Audio Library
Friday, Oct. 9, 10 – 11:30 am
Learn:
- How to use the new Media Library feature to create podcasts on your website
- How to convert files from CD to mp3 for web broadcast
- Where to get easy-to-use, inexpensive software for audio file conversions
- What you should and should not post from Sunday service recordings
- Recommended audio editing software
Plus: Ask questions and get answers for any maintenance issue that challenges you.
Website Maintenance Training: Stunning Page Design
Friday, Oct. 16, 10 – 11:30 am
Learn how to:
- Make the most of your investment on the web, creating a home page (or any page) that shines as brilliantly as your ministry
- Use tables and images to maximize the impact of every web page
- Upload and resize photos for use on web pages and/or in photo albums
- Maintain consistency in design throughout your website
Plus: Ask questions and get answers for any maintenance issue that challenges you.
Website Maintenance Training: Facebook Primer
Friday, Oct. 23, 10 – 11:30 am
Learn:
- Why more than 300 million people and thousands of ministries are using Facebook and why you should be, too
- How to set up a Facebook page for your ministry
- How to reach out to current friends and members (and to all of THEIR friends) with Facebook
- How to post your events on Facebook and send invitations
- How to add a Facebook link to your website
Plus: Ask questions and get answers for any maintenance issue that challenges you.
Website Maintenance Training: Using Links for Fun & Profit
Friday, Oct. 30, 10 – 11:30 am
Learn:
- How to establish hyperlinks on any web page on your site to any other web page in the world
- How to keep visitors from leaving your website when they click on a hyperlink to another site (such as the website of an upcoming speaker)
- How to use links in emails to drive more traffic to your website and generate interest in upcoming events
- How to use links in emails to encourage online donations
Plus: Ask questions and get answers for any maintenance issue that challenges you.
Only $20 per webinar or $75 for all five.
Please note: This is a per-person rate, and registration fees are not refundable. However, if you sign up for an early webinar and cannot make it, you can use your credit to attend a later webinar.
Sign up for one or more webinars here. (Note that you can use any major credit card or PayPal upon checkout.)
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