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Instructor: Tien Yuan

Course Description
Get your Website to Work for You

Make better decisions for your nonprofit's website and understand the resources you use. This broad overview covers things to consider when building a website from scratch and on a shoestring, managing an existing website or redesigning a website on your own or by managing others.

Other topics may be covered depending on the interests of the participants. Free or Do-It-Yourself options listed in the seminar will require some technical knowledge and further research. If available, please submit your current website along with a short description of its purpose and a goal for your attendance at this course to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Participants should have a firm grasp of how to do research online and be internet savvy. No knowledge of programming is required to take this seminar.

Take Aways:
Participants walk away with an general understanding of the following:

1. Parts of a Website
   
2. HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Flash
   
3. Usability & Web Design
   
4. Meaningful Website Content
   
5. Blogs & Content Management Systems
   
6. Email Newsletters
   
7. Secure Donations & eCommerce
   
8. Volunteers or Vendors
   
9. Budgeting & Contracts
   
10. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Instructor's Bio
Tien Yuan graduated from Claremont Mckenna College with a dual degree in Economics and Psychology. In her sophomore year of college, she formed a web development company and won the Henry R. Kravis Award for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition among undergraduates in 2001 held by the Peter Drucker Graduate School of Management. As a young entrepreneur, Tien has been the project manager for development projects for Chicago.com, Illinois.com, and other websites which incorporated many open source tools.

Tien Yuan currently manages the Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management's website, email campaigns, and print publications.