Past webinars

Download slides here As part of the Office 365 subscription, not-for-profits are able to use Microsoft’s SharePoint Online collaboration platform for free. Often synonymous with Intranets, SharePoint is a powerful and diverse tool that can provide many collaboration, communication and process improvements to your organisation. This webinar is ideal for organisations who would like to learn more about what SharePoint is and does, and provides valuable insights and best-practice tips, crucial to a successful SharePoint implementation. In this webinar you will learn:

Download slides here Delivery & Length: This live webinar consists of 1 session running for 1 hour. Each webinar will include a comprehensive presentation and group discussion/Q&A. The slides, video recordings and any templates applicable will be available after each session. Not available on this date and time? Register anyway! All webinar registrants will receive a full recording and the slides after the webinar has been presented.   Course Information:

Delivery & Length: This live course consists of 1 webinar running for 1 hour, to be held on Wednesday, 23 January 2019 at 1:00PM NZDT. Pre course reading: No pre-course reading is required. Participants need to have access to their personal LinkedIn profile to actively participate in the session. Course Information: Leveraging LinkedIn to improve your own personal brand and position yourself and your business appropriately within the professional realm is a key to sustained business success and growth.

Download slides here Microsoft Office 365 in the Cloud offers many not-for-profits significant benefits. This presentation gives an overview of the features of Office 365, explores the benefits other organisations have gained from making the move to the Cloud and identify factors that organisations should consider when planning the move to Office 365. In this webinar, you will learn:

Delivery & Length: This live 45-minute webinar will be held at 1:00PM NZST on Thursday 13 December 2018.  The webinar will include a presentation and questions-and-answers. The video recording will be available after the session. Course Information: This webinar will showcase the commonly features in the OneNote application as relevant to TechSoup New Zealand’s staff usage. What is not included? How to instructions or user manuals that are already available on Microsoft’s Help site. Course Outcomes: By the end of the webinars your organisation will have:

Download slides here Course Information: Learn how a simple Business Intelligence tool can help you with making more informed decisions regarding transparency, planning, grant application and sustainability for managing your workforce. What topics are covered in the webinar? What is Business Intelligence?

Course Information: During the webinar we will cover? Why the need for a Digital Transformation – IT Strategy Options of how to create a Digital Transformation – IT Strategy What needs to be covered What doesn’t need to be covered in your IT Strategy How we go about the process The cost and scholarship process Get you started with first step in developing your Digital Transformation – IT Strategy What is not included in the program? Creating a full Digital Transformation – IT Strategy.  You may join our next cohort commencing in Feb 2019 to complete Digital Transformation – IT Strategy. Course Outcomes:

Course Information: Join us for this two part webinar series about Cyber Risk. When: Session 1 – Wednesday 3 October 2018 at 2:00pm - 2:30pm NZST Download slides here Session 2 – Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm NZST This course consist of two (2) webinars running for 30 minutes each, to be held weekly at 1:00PM NZST from Wednesday 3 October 2018.

Download slides here Course Information: The TechSoup New Zealand Donations and Discounts program is available to eligible not for profit organisations in New Zealand.  This webinar will provide organisations with an overview of the program including registration, eligibility, how to use your account, and donation and discount partners and products. Course Outcomes:

Download slides here Course Information: Your volunteers are important. And in most cases, most of your work would be impossible without them. That’s why it’s important to recruit the best volunteers – and once you have them, it’s important to retain them. Recruiting and retaining volunteers can be a difficult task, but nonprofit technology makes it easier. Phil from Keela will talk about a few use cases that will illustrate how a CRM can be used to get the best volunteers, and keep them engaged for years to come. Course Outcomes:

Download slides here Course Information: A convincing pitch is a powerful tool to unlock opportunities, form key relationships with investors or volunteers, attract funding, and inspire new audiences. In fact, for charities and social enterprises in particular, a single pitch could really be ‘make or break’. Over the past four years, TFN has run Pitch Coaching Workshops for hundreds of social entrepreneurs who have gone on to generate millions of dollars as a result. So, for this webinar we’ve distilled our half-day workshop into the fundamentals of a perfect pitch because no matter what type of programs you run, your future could depend on the quality of your spiel.

Download slides here Course Information: When the times get tough, the tough get creative. Establishing a more stable and consistent revenue stream is an important priority for NFPs and NGOs of all shapes and sizes, and sometimes donations just aren’t cutting it when it comes to getting your big ideas across the line.

Download slides here Course Information: This course is designed for leaders of purpose driven organisations that: have operating revenues of greater than $5M do not have a Chief Information Officer (CIO) are looking to drive outcomes beyond ‘last year and a little better’ In this course we’ll explore:

Download slides here Office 365 now the most common platform for communication in the NFP sector in Australia and New Zealand. However, most organisations aren’t leveraging the broad suite of applications that are available (mostly for free) for NFPS. This webinar will explore the various applications of Office 365 and considerations for what components are suitable for each purpose and their benefits based on the experience of other not for profit organisations. This webinar is designed for organisations that are currently using or in the process of implementing Office 365 and interested in improving collaboration and communication.

Print and email newsletters can be compelling communication tools to connect with your volunteers, partners, donors and emerging supporters. They can build reputation and drive change. However, they can also put readers to sleep or end up looking elsewhere for that connection. Copywriter Andrea Rowe opens her toolbox to share practical examples to evolve your newsletter or EDM so that it’s a positive experience your readers look forward to reading and acting on. What will you get out of this webinar? Tips on writing audience and donor focussed copy Insights into outcome-oriented headlines and powerful calls to actions Examples of newsletters with storytelling formats that cut through Take away exercises to identify content, and to keep supporters in the spotlight Attendees of this webinar will also receive a copy of Andrea’s “Essential elements of effective newsletter writing” mini-booklet.

Download slides here Choosing hardware for your organisation can be overwhelming for many NFPs, so we have created this webinar to help you find the right solution for your organisation. This webinar will help improve your understanding on what to think about when choosing devices by offering a broad range of considerations and recommendations when selecting your next PC. Topics covered during this webinar include:

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Download slides here There is gold in your contact list. There are several ways to raise money by using your CRM strategically. Philip Manzano, Head of Marketing and Communications at Keela, will explain how nonprofits can increase their annual donations, encourage recurring donations, and how the nonprofit CRM can be the most important tool in this process. Attendees will learn:

Download slides here Governance may not be the most be the most appealing task to focus on when we see the need that our organisations are filling in society. However, when we look at what governance really is, the processes of interaction and decision-making, we can see its vital importance to ensuring we continue to achieve the impact we desire of our organisations. In this webinar, Matthew will take you through:

Download slides here 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack statistics: Number of affected countries: 150 Infection rates(computer numbers): US Canada India Australia UK Other 336,856