Past webinars

  Your website is the body of your online presence, and the words in it are the beating heart and soul of your non-profit. Words are powerful. They drive action, inspire generations, and create change. That is, of course, when used with clarity and purpose. This webinar will walk you through the fundamentals of content creation, how to find the phrases that will tick ‘Google's boxes’ -aka SEO-, and create a content plan around them. You’ll also learn the Top 3 Content Mistakes, plus easy steps to avoid them.   Course Outcomes: By the end of this webinar your organisation will have: ● Learnt about an accessible and powerful keyword planning tool -KeySearch ● Know how to review and fix the mistakes in your current content ● Learn the importance of using keywords and maintaining your voice   This course is suitable for:  ● CEOs/Managers in not-for-profit sector ● Accidental I.T person within an organisation ● Anyone responsible for adding copy or content to the website.   Includes:  Live access to the workshop, participation in live Q&A session and ability to submit questions and problems for discussion prior, access to post workshop recordings and slides as well as any additional templates provided by the trainer.   What is not included in the program? This is not a writing or SEO tutorial, although participants will learn to review and improve their website content.

During this session we will cover: A brief overview of the service design team at Mission Australia and how we work The process taken to support service delivery teams to adapt during COVID 19 Sharing some example templates and resources A discussion of challenges and how they were overcome Surprising positives that came out of transitioning some services online Q&A with the audience – guided by Connecting Up Course Outcomes By the end of this webinar your organisation will have an understanding of the following topics: How a human centered design framework can be applied to define challenges and prioritize areas of focus High level learnings about service adaptation during Covid-19 Common challenges and opportunities experienced by community services during Covid19 An opportunity to discuss these topics with other organisations This course is suitable for: Human services or service based community organizations, in particular people who are in service delivery, supporting project or operational management roles. 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. What is not included in the program?: Detailed information about specific program models and how these have been re-designed.  

Many nonprofits struggle with collaboration and coordination. Paired with the recent shift to remote work, it's making already stressful situations feel dire. Tight collaboration is more critical now than ever before as nonprofits try to achieve their missions, provide relief, and support their communities while grappling with an abnormal situation on top of it all. Luckily, nonprofits can harness technology to unlock the power of their teams in pursuit of advancing their missions—no matter where those teams may carry out their work. From coordinating content creation for digital marketing channels to generating more development pipeline, and increasing engagement with donors, Asana can help nonprofits get more mission critical work done. How? We'll show you. Learning Goals Learn the 3 C’s of collaboration: content, communications, and coordination. Get practical tips to improve coordination and collaboration today. See an overview of how nonprofits use Asana.   Course Outcomes By the end of this webinar you will have an understanding of how to: Work management and why your teams will perform better with it; How Asana empowers organizations to work remotely, and how to more effectively manage your teams with clarity and transparency; How to coordinate your mission critical projects through rapidly shifting priorities, with clarity around who is doing what by when. Hear stories of nonprofit success with Asana! This course is suitable for: Project Managers;  Executive Leadership;  IT Managers;  Campaign Managers. Anyone responsible for coordinating a team!

Learn how to set-up a budget for 20/21FY, and then easily create multiple budget versions to take possible COVID-19 outcomes into account. Also future proof your organisation to emerge from uncertainty with a practical guide to cash flow forecasting and strategies for keeping the cash balance positive.

How can you emerge from COVID-19 as a high performing social organisation that can measure its impact, grow proven programs, and manage limited resources in the most efficient way to deliver mission? This webinar will provide frameworks and case studies for helping you focus on what’s important - how to gather and use data to inform strategy and improve performance.

Join our series of four 60-minute webinars in June to gain confidence in delivering a strategy and financial plan that will secure your organisation's future in 2021 and beyond. Each webinar can be purchased seperately, or sign up here to attend all four webinars for a discounted price of $100 (exc GST).

Date: Wednesday 15th July 2020 'Pivot'. 'Innovate'. 'Digital transformation.' All of the above are becoming much more prevalent in the fundraising community venacular these days. As we are being encouraged to explore new ways to fundraise online to cater to a socially distanced society, the question begs, 'to digital or not to digital?' If you have dabbled in online fundraising activities, or are keen to start, then this webcon will help you get the right head start. The Online Fundraising Webcon 2020 is a full day online series of webinars that will take you through a journey and process to identify whether online fundraising is right for your organisation, and if so, how and where to get started, find the right CRM system and plan to capture and retain your online donors as regular givers.

Engage, support and inspire your internal and external audiences for a sustainable future beyond COVID-19. Look at the role leadership communications play in creating extraordinary workplaces where personal fulfillment and flexible work practices are the new benchmarks for success and longevity of your organisation.

Date: Thursday 18th June 2020 Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM (AEST) Price: $30 (exc GST) This webinar is suitable for: Not for profit organisation leaders and managers, bookkeepers and accountants. 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 Outline: Budgets and cashflow forecasts are more important than ever in the COVID-19 world. Learn how to create a budget and cash flow forecast whilst carefully considering the long term impacts of COVID-19 on your organisational strategy and budget forecasts.

During this session we will cover: A brief overview of the service design team at Mission Australia and how we work The process taken to support service delivery teams to adapt during COVID 19 Sharing some example templates and resources A discussion of challenges and how they were overcome Surprising positives that came out of transitioning some services online Q&A with the audience – guided by Connecting Up Course Outcomes By the end of this webinar your organisation will have an understanding of the following topics: How a human centered design framework can be applied to define challenges and prioritize areas of focus High level learnings about service adaptation during Covid-19 Common challenges and opportunities experienced by community services during Covid19 An opportunity to discuss these topics with other organisations This course is suitable for: Human services or service based community organizations, in particular people who are in service delivery, supporting project or operational management roles. 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. What is not included in the program?: Detailed information about specific program models and how these have been re-designed.   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. IMPORTANT: If you do not receive the link to join the webinar 24 hours before the commencement date/time, please contact events@connectingup.org to request this information.