Online seminars, or webinars, are a dynamic, engaging way to convey information to a geographically dispersed audience on a budget. If your nonprofit faces an ongoing need to share information long-distance but has limited education and travel funds, webinars can help you save money --- and reduce your carbon footprint --- while providing a valuable service to your constituents.

Nonprofits use webinars for a variety of purposes, including software training, sharing information about a new product or service, or promoting a program. Moreover, new online tools are making it easy for any organization to host a webinar, even with limited technology expertise. Below, we'll outline some of the major steps you can take to plan quality, affordable webinars at your nonprofit.

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can be a critical tool for nonprofit organizing, because it is a great way to connect with other organizations and supporters which might not have known about your organization previously.

It makes sense to create a presence on one of the top five Web sites on the Internet where people are already regularly visiting rather than expecting users to find you.