Customized for nonprofits with limited time and financial resources, the 2025 Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising program covers the fundamentals of social media marketing and fundraising for your nonprofit.
With a focus on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads for nonprofits, participants will learn how to create a social media strategy, craft a content marketing plan, and current best practices for using social media for community engagement and fundraising. To earn the certificate, you can attend the webinars live or watch the recordings—or a combination of both:
1) Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Time: 1 pm ET / 10 am PT • 2 hours
- A 5-step template to write a social media strategy for your nonprofit
- How to track and report the success of your social media strategy
- How to create a consistent brand across social media platforms
- How to grow your social media following
2) Social Media Content Marketing for Nonprofits
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 1 pm ET / 10 am PT • 2 hours
- How to create a social media content marketing plan for your nonprofit
- The eight types of top-performing content for social media
- Best practices for sharing website, photo, and video content on social media
- How to create an editorial calendar for your content marketing plan
3) Social Media Fundraising for Nonprofits
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 1 pm ET / 10 am PT • 2 hours
- How to effectively promote fundraising campaigns on social media
- How to use social media to grow your email and text subscribers
- An introduction to social advertising for fundraising and capturing leads
- How to effectively use Facebook and Instagram Fundraising Tools
The webinars are presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good and the total cost for the certificate program is $159 USD. There are no refunds.
You can attend the webinars live or watch the recordings—or a combination of both. A link to the recording and a comprehensive set of notes are sent within 24 hours after each live webinar is over. Please visit GoToWebinar’s Attendee System Check for information on how to join and attend this webinar.
If you prefer to earn the 2024 Certificate in Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising rather than wait until 2025, you can buy the recordings from the webinar series presented in July and August 2024 for $100 USD.
To earn and claim your certificate:
- View all three webinars (6 hours of training).
- Request your certificate via email from Heather Mansfield. Please include the passphrase presented in each webinar and how you would like your name featured on the certificate.
- Within 3-4 business days, you will be sent a PDF of your certificate for printing and a link to your certificate in image format for easy sharing on LinkedIn and other social media.
