| How to Use HousingWorks | |||
| Lessons for Housing Providers | |||
READ ME FIRST: |
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| CLICK: | each link. all videos are five minutes or less in length. | WAIT! | for some seconds - each video is a large download. | NOTE: | if  does not appear automatically,locate the Information Bar (where the top of the webpage meets the menus) and "unblock the content"; |
PLAY: | (the play button), which you'll see in the center of the screen. |
SOUND? | If you don't hear the trainer's voice, try another computer - or schedule live trainings with HousingWorks (call 617-504-0577) |
PAUSE? | If you need to stop the video for any reason, there is a  (the pause button) at the bottom left of each video.
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| OVERVIEW: | Why this is the best solution to housing search, and, unlike other services, doesn't harm others. If you're only interested in learning *how* to use the system, you may wish to skip this overview, but we believe it is important for you to understand how your actions in the housing world can help or hurt others. |
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| LESSON 1: | Essential Skills | ||
| LESSON 2: | Filing Strategies | ||
| LESSON 3-A: | Add applicants to waitlists | ||
| LESSON 3-B: | Update waitlists | ||
| LESSON 3-C: | Last Steps after an Update | ||
| LESSON 4-A: | Locate the next applicants for a vacancy | ||
| LESSON 4-B: | Determine applicant's position on the waitlist | ||
| LESSON 5-A: | Mass Mailings, or "Mail-Merge" pt 1 (How to print letters, envelopes, and labels) | ||
| LESSON 5-B: | Mass Mailings, or "Mail-Merge" pt 2 (How to print letters, envelopes, and labels.) | ||
| LESSON 6-A: | Run a Marketing / Fair Housing / Q.A. Report | ||
| LESSON 6-B: | Run a Waitlist Report for Auditors | ||
The trainers are John LaBella, Michael Prusak, and James Simpson. | |||