Coming home to Colorado and introducing Digital PTO to our own community was an absolutely fantastic experience this week. We were overwhelmed with the excitement and the entire Digital PTO team was busy talking with schools all day. We are proud to announce that we now have 75 PTAs and PTOs using Digital PTO in just 11 days!
We were awarded the “Silver Sponsor” Award at the Colorado PTA awards lunch and look forward to many more years of support of the Colorado PTA.
One of the primary topics that came up over and over in Colorado was the concept that many of the PTAs are using the “free district” website space and have little to no control over their data, the timing of publication and the overall experience.
PTA after PTA discovered that Digital PTO can allow them to break the chain between them and the disctict run website and take their communication to a whole new level. PTA Presidents and board members were amazed at the “30 seconds to publish News” demonstration. Especially the PTAs that do not have direct control over their current websites.
We received quite a few questions about whether Digital PTO can work with the “Connecting Friends” program that the Colorado PTA suggests for member management. While we do not have a concrete answer at this point, we do know that it is possible, we’re just not sure the exact steps yet. We will of course keep everyone posted as we learn more.
The Digital PTO staff would like to extend our most sincere thank you to the Colorado PTA and all of the attendees. We had a blast speaking with you all and can not wait to see you all online with your new PTA websites! Thank you so much for the incredible outpouring of support and excitement. We are so excited to help the nations PTAs and PTOs grow and serve their communities and schools even better.
Off to San Francisco on Monday for the next Expo. Anyone headed to the “PTO Today” Expo in Pleasanton? Stop by and see us!
And don’t forget to enter your PTA or PTO to win a Free Annual Premium Membership! Simply “Like” us on Facebook to enter for your chance to win!
Thanks again Colorado!
Matt, Brent, Josh, Kara and the Entire Digital PTO Team
 

PTA’s and PTO’s across Jefferson County Colorado are fighting to save the long time tradition for thousand of 6th Grade Students called Outdoor Lab School. Colorado Budget Cuts have forced the Outdoor Lab School’s to shut down for the 2011/2012 school year. The community has stepped up and is organizing a campaign to raise the $900,000 required to keep this half century old right of passage open and running. PTA’s around the county have been asked to help as well.

Digital PTO is proud to announce that we are going to be donating $25 to the Outdoor Lab Foundation for every Colorado based PTA or PTO that signs up for Digital PTO’s Annual Premium Plus plan before May 30, 2011. No coupon or code required, we’ll take care of everything. All Colorado Schools have to do is sign up and pay for a Premium Plus Annual Plan before May 30, 2011 and another $25 is on the way to help save Outdoor Lab.

Stay tuned for more information about our Digital PTO Giving Program and additional ways you can help with your memberships.

Welcome to DigitalPTO.com | Powering PTA’s & PTO’s online. We are excited to have you as a part of our team. As you can see, we have laid out some of the ground work for you to get your site started quickly.

We have added some of the most common menu navigation options across the top of your website and added some filler content to each of the Pages. You are welcome to edit and delete any and all of the pre-created pages as you see fit.

We Suggest our 30 Minute Quick Start Guide

If you would like to learn the Digital PTO system in an easy to follow guided flow, we have set up a Quick Start Guide for you located at http://quickstart.digitalpto.com.

This guide will walk you through every critical step in setting up your PTO’s website and train you at the same time. We highly suggest you complete this Quick Start Guide.

If you would prefer to jump right in and learn how to use specific parts of our system, below we have highlighted a few of the key functionalities that you will want to know how to operate. Don’t worry, it’s VERY SIMPLE!

The Quick Start Guide will cover the following:

• Step One: Learn How to Access your Website
• Step Two: Update your “Calendar” Page
• Step Three: Update your “PTO Info” Page
• Step Four: Update your “Volunteer!” Page
• Step Five: Update your “Contact Us” Page
• Step Six: Update your “Join the PTO” Page
• Step Seven: Learn About Widgets & How to Use Them
• Step Eight: Update Sidebar Welcome Message & Image
• Step Nine: Update the “Links” on your website
• Step Ten: Set Up your basic “Contact Us” Form
• Step Eleven: Add a News Post
• Step Twelve: Hide the News Posts we added for you
• Zen and the Art of PTO Website Maintenance

If you would prefer to see ALL of our help documents, please click HERE to access our Main Learning Center.

Watch a Quick 2 Minute Introduction of Digital PTO

We have also created a quick introductory video to show you around your site in just two minutes.

You can watch the Introduction Video Here.

Welcome again to Digital PTO!

We would all like to take this moment to officially thank you for signing up for Digital PTO and we hope you will love our service as much as we love providing it for you.

See you soon ~

The Digital PTO Staff