Past webinars

Download slides here Date: Tuesday 29th September 2020   Course Information A facilitator can get a group to discuss, debate, and, above all, decide a lot of stuff in not-a-lot of time. Some people are better business-process facilitators, like facilitating a strategic planning process, or team decision making session, whereas others are better at facilitating more experiential processes such as community circles. Active listening is a core component to good facilitation and this webinar will introduce you to the different aspects of listening required when facilitating a virtual event.

Download slides here Date: Wednesday 23rd September 2020   Course Information Email continues to be one of the best ways to stay in touch with your supporters but one size doesn't fit all. In this webinar you'll learn how to reach your supporters where they are and get them opening, reading and taking action from your email. Learn about the importance of audience segmentation and targeting, formatting and design when it comes to not just getting your emails opened, but encouraging your audience to take action.

Download slides here Date: Thursday 17th September 2020 Course Information This webinar will introduce you to the fundamentals of digital organising. Key concepts we’ll be covering include how and where to store your data, organising your data, and using a ladder of engagement to move people from one action to another.

Download slides here Date: Wednesday 3rd September 2020   Course Information Nobody wants to be 'ghosted' by Google! But not many people know how to be found online and gain traction to their non-profit website. It's not just about getting any traffic, but getting the RIGHT traffic. Attract keen volunteers, donors, and people within your area who will benefit from your non-profit's purpose. Help your community find you! In this webinar you'll learn 4 simple strategies to ensure you can be found online.   Course Outcomes

  Download slides here Date: Tuesday 7th July 2020 This webinar is suitable for: Not for profit organisation leaders and managers, university student experience professionals, CSR leaders   Course Outline: Online volunteering is the future. To find skilled volunteers can be challenging. To facilitate online volunteering can be harder.

Click here to view slides Date: Thursday 2nd July 2020 This is a high level overview of how you can use Canva to achieve whatever goals you have as an individual or an organisation to communicate your ask, your impact and achieve your goals in the social impact world. Learn how you can use the suite of tools available to you in Canva to manage your organisation's branding, marketing, pitching and storytelling and see examples of how other not-for-profit's are doing the same.

Download slides here Course Outline: Live demos and Q&A on how to make Zoom work for you and your organisation. Take advantage of important features, understand the different Zoom plans and importantly ensure your use of Zoom is secure! If you are a newbie, beginner or regular user, but are not confident on all the features available to you then this Zoom webinar is for you. We will be covering the following areas: 

Download slides here Date: Tuesday 2nd June, 2020 One way to get started with budgets is to take last year’s numbers, apply some uplift factor to them and that’s the first draft. The alternative approach is to start at the bottom and work upwards. Mick Devine will discuss the pros and cons of each approach and why it’s often best to use a combination of the two.

Download slides here Date: Wednesday 27th May 2020 Course Information: Key trends for charities to understand relating to sector saturation, fluctuating levels of public giving, giving behaviour of younger donors and mobile giving Key challenges facing domestic charities including board recruitment, engaging millennials, increased transparency and being agile in an ever-changing sector Biggest risks facing charities including funding, brand equity, governance and data protection

Download slides here Date: Wednesday 20th May 2020 Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker Course Information:

Download slides Date: Thursday May 7 2020 Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker Course Information: In this webinar, we highlight key areas of operation where Power Automate, and other automation tools, can assist with the change to a paperless environment required by our current remote working operations. Additional benefits such as improved efficiency, accuracy, and time savings will also be covered.

Download slides here Date: April 21st 2020 Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM NZST Price: Free Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker This course is suitable for: Beginner/Intermediate Course Information:

Download slides here Date: Friday 17 April 2020 Time: 11:00AM – 12:00PM AEST Price: Free Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker Course Information:

Download slides here Download examples here Numbers help to keep us all focussed and distilling information to a few important KPIs can help to communicate vital information to boards, management and stakeholders. This session will use Calxa to present the examples, but the principles will be applicable to any tool. 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. 

Download slides here Join us for this webinar to see how this one tool can help you plan and manage your social media strategy AND your social media content calendars AND also your organisation!  In this webinar we will dig deep into all the functionality available in this free tool. Kate will show you how it is used inside many different types of organisations and businesses. Everything from planning courses and services, through to content calendars as well as managing day to day tasks and workflow. Kate's social media company uses this tool to plan and manage social media from solopreneurs, through to large multinational companies. It's that versatile! 

Download slides here Details:  Hosted by Connecting Up Australia, available to non-profits throughout Asia Pacific through TechSoup and TechSoup partners Date: Thursday 9 April 2020 Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM NZST Price: Free Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker This course is suitable for: Beginners Course Information:

Download slides here Details: Date: Wednesday 8 April 2020 Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM NZST Price: Free Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker Course Information:

Download slides here Date: Tuesday 7 April 2020 Time: 4:00PM – 5:00PM NZST Price: Free Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker This course is suitable for: All Connecting Up/TechSoup NZ members Course Information:

Download slides here This course is suitable for: Small/Medium organisations Course Information: The webinar will cover: What long term remote working means for your organisation and your technology mix Tools that will assist you to improve your ability to work remotely How to get started quickly – quick wins Other elements that you may not have taken into consideration that will assist you with your readiness. What is not included in the program?

Download slides here Details: Date: March 18th 2020 Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM NZDT Price: FREE Includes: Live access to webinar, participation in live Q&A session at the end of the webinar, access to post webinar recording and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the speaker This course is suitable for: Intermediate Course Information: