Past webinars

A key part of what it takes to be a leader is the capacity to solve problems and there are usually lots of those in a not-for-profit environment. Many of these are complex problems. There's an important distinction between a complex and a complicated problem. Typically a complicated problem can be solved with hard work and the application of a technical expertise. Like solving a maths problem, or writing a great press release. Often what makes a problem complex is the people factor – personalities, politics and power. Key learning outcomes: This session will give you tools and a framework to support you to ramp up your talent for solving complex problems. We’ll use case studies to ensure you get a webinar that is engaging, accessible and practical.  Who should attend:

This free webinar will provide insights on how sustainability is relevant to charitable organisations. It will also describe how social, environmental and economic performances are related, identify your organisational sustainability issues and a lot more.

Since the emergence of social media as a marketing method, it has been suggested that email marketing is no longer relevant or effective – this is not so! Used correctly, email marketing is an incredibly valuable component of your digital marketing toolkit to communicate with and encourage action from your database.

This is a webinar that will have you saying ‘Wow! I didn’t know that’ every few moments. If you want to learn easy, unforgettable clever tips and tricks to improve the way you set up, use and extract information out of your databases; then you must attend this webinar.  A bonus is that it doesn’t matter if you don’t keep your database in Excel. You can always extract it from elsewhere, pop it into Excel and do amazing things with it in moments. You’ll learn how to cleverly use standard Excel functions that could save you hours through to days of manual work. Think of how you could better use that time. And finally, with your new database Excel expertise, you can share the tips effortlessly around your company gaining genius status. Key learning outcomes:

Volunteers are important partners to any not-for-profit organisation. They serve by contributing time, talent or treasure. Volunteers can also share their experiences and create a positive word of mouth in the community for your organisation. As they are a valuable resource to the organisation, you need to make sure you recruit the right volunteers and have the right strategies to retain them.  This presentation will provide an introduction to volunteer recruitment and management. It will equip you to identify actions in the development of the detailed volunteer management action plan for your not-for-profit organisation and to improve an existing or start-up program. Key learning outcomes: 

Hear stories and ideas about how technology can be incorporated into programming or services targeting youth and how technology can further help not-for-profits achieve organisational goals.

Learn how to engage your supporters by telling the story behind your fundraising campaign with practical tips and advice from StartSomeGood.

Things might have changed since you last built a website. It is now cheaper and easier to build well-designed websites that will be effective for you, your organisation, search engines and your mobile users. Make sure you go in this time with your eyes open and be aware of what is happening so you can get a website that does what you need and looks terrific. In this webinar we will go through the top 10 tips for building a new website:

Whether you are a small or large not-for-profit organisation, the use of technology is essential in the running of your programs and organisation as a whole. With limited budget, time and resources, it is even more important to implement technology correctly and effectively.  This webinar will outline a framework for implementing technology that works whatever size of organisation you are. It will cover: How to select technology How to plan implementations The people factor you need to consider outside the technology The scale and size of project may vary depending on your organisation. About the presenter - Robert Samuel