Join us for the Virtuous User Summit

August 19-21, 2025

📣 Responsive Nonprofit Summit • Free + Virtual 🎉

June 4-5, 2025

Virtuous Training Webinars

Get the most out of Virtuous

Whether you’re new to Virtuous or looking to sharpen your skills, our training team is here to help. Our experts will walk you through key tools, best practices, and shortcuts to save time. Plus, you’ll have opportunities to ask questions and get answers on the spot.

Training Schedule

1st Week of Every Month

Monday

Virtuous Foundations

3 PM ET | Register

Tuesday

Virtuous Campaigns

1 PM ET | Register

Reporting Level 1

3 PM ET | Register

Wednesday

Virtuous Email Marketing

1 PM ET | Register

Automations

3 PM ET | Register

Thursday

Virtuous Admin Tools

1 PM ET | Register

2nd Week of Every Month

2nd Monday

Virtuous Grant Management

3 PM ET | Register

2nd Tuesday

Automations

3 PM ET | Register

2nd Wednesday

Event Management

3 PM ET | Register

2nd Thursday

Virtuous Major Gift
Management

1 PM ET | Register

3rd Week of Every Month

3rd Monday

Queries & Reports Level 1

3 PM ET | Register

3rd Tuesday

Reporting Level 2

1 PM ET | Register

3rd Wednesday

Virtuous Foundations

1 PM ET | Register

Virtuous Campaigns

3 PM ET | Register

3rd Thursday

Virtuous Receipting

1 PM ET | Register

Training Sessions Offered

Each session offered has specific content. Each session offering is described in detail so you know what to expect and which sessions match your needs.

Foundations

Not sure where to start using Virtuous CRM? This is the place!

This session provides a high-level overview of the key data structures in Virtuous, including Contacts, Individual, Campaigns, and Projects.

Campaigns

Campaigns are a key tool for tracking the success of your fundraising efforts. They can come in all shapes and sizes!

This session will go over some best practices you can use to set up and compile valuable insights about your Campaigns.

Reporting Level 1

In this session, the different ways you can access your data will be reviewed. The Filter feature will be briefly covered as a means of quickly accessing your data.

The bulk of this session is focused on how Queries work, the different query types, and best practices for saving and sharing queries among your team. In addition, exporting data from query results will also be covered as a means of accessing data.

Reporting Level 2

This session is a continuation of the “Reporting Level 1” session.

Level 2 will walk you through working with more complex queries, specifically Nested Queries. In addition, managing Standard Reports and Custom Reports will be discussed. 

Please note that this session does not cover the use of Metabase or Virtuous BI.

Automation Level 1

Not sure where to start with Automation, or where to go next?

In this session, the anatomy of an Automation and the various Actions available will be covered.

A few automation examples will be reviewed in detail to show the possibilities. 

Automation Level 2

This session is a continuation of the “Automation Level 1” session.

Take a deep dive into our Automation tool. This session will cover tips and tricks for using more complex and dynamic automations. A portion of the session will focus on how to get started building your own Automation Workflow from scratch, rather than starting with the Best Practice templates. 

Email Marketing

Learn the basic and advanced features of Email Marketing, including audience targeting, template building, managing subscriptions, analytics, and A/B testing.

Admin Tools

This session is geared toward Admin users to cover the details of managing users and permissions as well as data customization, configuration, and management.

Grant Management

This session provides a complete overview of the grant management tools in Virtuous, including linking Gifts with Grants and tips for reporting on grant funding.

Event Management

Review the functionality of our event management tools in Virtuous, including the management of free or ticketed events. The topics of managing RSVPs, attendance, and other metrics will be addressed.

Please note that the Ticketed Events feature is an additional feature beyond the standard Event module in Virtuous.

Major Gift Management

During this session, an overview of the key tools used for moves management and major gifts fundraising in Virtuous will be reviewed. This includes the Gift Ask Pipeline and My Portfolio features for managing solicitations and team goals.

Automation best practices for continuous management will also be presented.

Receipting

During this session, an overview of the key receipting tools of Virtuous will be presented. This includes template building, targeting, running, and tracking. Whether you’re sending one-time receipts or annual statements, this session has you covered!

Automation best practices for continuous management will also be presented.

Grow generosity with Virtuous

Virtuous is the responsive fundraising software platform proven to help nonprofit organizations increase generosity by serving all donors personally, no matter their gift size.

“Virtuous truly understands nonprofits and the importance of our mission. And their open access to data and built-in custom reports gave us access to the data we need.”
Todd Shinabarger
Chief Information Officer