Past webinars

Join us for #GivingTuesday as we talk about how crowdfunding can be used to raise awareness, community engagement and funding for a worthy cause, with case studies from our community.

Infographics are a powerful tool that will allow you to share information in a simple and engaging format. Whether you are sharing your business purpose, presenting statistical data or marketing a product or service, Infographics will allow people to understand your business quickly and clearly. Key learning objectives: Overview - What infographics are  Identify the different types of infographics  How to simplify your services using Infographics Unspoken Pitch design hacks Q&A About the presenter - Scott Lee

If you are a growing charity struggling with the challenge of limited resources (Staff, time and money), this session is for you!

Everywhere you turn today it seems that everyone is talking about social media, online presence and digital fundraising. Sometimes it sounds like we can do the whole marketing and fundraising thing online. But without a strong brand, a clear strategy and consistent messaging to the right target markets you may be simply be filling screens and creating noise. Your clients, customers, donors, volunteers and partners need both an off-line and online experience of your brand and your mission in order to build a long-term relationship with your cause. In this webinar you will:

Volunteers are important partners of any not-for-profit organisation. They serve by contributing time, talent or treasure. A satisfied volunteer can become a significant donor. Volunteers can share their experiences and create positive word-of-mouth for your organisation. As they are such a valuable resource, you need to ensure that you recruit the right volunteers and have strategies to retain them.  Volunteer Recruitment and Management will provide an over-arching general guide to volunteer recruitment and management. It will equip you to identify actions in the development of a detailed volunteer management action plan for your not-for-profit organisation and to improve a start-up or existing program. Key learning outcomes: 

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 identifies factors that organisations should consider when planning the move to Office 365.

Learn how to best manage your responsibilities as the IT contact for your organisation.

Learn the in's and out's of the Connecting Up donation and discount program and our most popular products.

With YouTube for Nonprofits now available in Australia and New Zealand, register for this webinar to find out more about how it can help 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.

This highly interactive webinar will focus on demonstrating features of Office 365

Crowdfunding is about building your network, breaking away from gatekeepers, overcoming territorial barriers and getting that cash to help launch your passion project or great idea into reality.

Are you a new board member, or maybe you are considering becoming a board member, or maybe you are in a role required to implement and/or report to a Board in a not-for-profit environment? However, you want to get it right, and not cross any boundaries.  But what are these boundaries? ... You need to know.  Then consider participating in this webinar.  Key learning objectives

Grants are a very important source of funds for most not-for-profits. Billions of dollars are provided every year by local, state and federal governments, as well as philanthropic, community and corporate trusts and foundations. The trick is knowing how to set yourself up for success. As grants are such a valuable resource, you need to ensure that you use your time wisely and that the fit is right between the project for which you want funds and the grants program funding parameters.

Let's face it... the right corporate partners can make all the difference to the calibre of events you run, the programs your organisation delivers and the kind of talent you can attract on staff. The key words here are the ‘right' corporate partners. How is your corporate sponsorship strategy coming along?

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.

For many not-for-profit organisations the annual report represents a significant investment which too easily fails to “sell the cause” to potential supporters. This webinar will provide you with specific, practical steps to help you streamline the production of your next annual report and at the same time create an effective sales and marketing tool.  The webinar will include some great case studies and production templates. Importantly, it will provide a framework for you to build a professional document which sells your story and demonstrates the difference your organisation makes to the communities you serve. Key learning outcomes: 

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 webinar will cover the basics of how to set up your email marketing using MailChimp, and touch on some important considerations including Australian privacy laws and the management of contact data, and tips for managing and making the most of your ongoing email marketing.  Key learning outcomes:

This webinar is about how to implement SharePoint throughout your organisation.

Preparing financial reports to cater for the requirements of Board members, whose experience and financial knowledge is usually varied, can be quite daunting for many handed this task. This webinar is ideal for those with little or no bookkeeping or accounting knowledge who are keen to get a better handle on key financial reports including budgeting and cashflow options for their Board, delivered in an easy to understand presentation. We will go through the foundations of good reporting, through their key components, finishing with a short presentation on timesaving tools available through Connecting Up. If you want to ease what many consider a painful experience, register for this informative session on presenting financial reports for your Board. This webinar will help you understand the fundamentals of presenting financial reports: 

In this webinar learn more about Connecting Up's technology donations program.

With Microsoft now donating Office 365 for Nonprofits, find out more about what it can do, and get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

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:

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.

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.

With Microsoft now donating Office 365 for Nonprofits, find out more about what it can do, and get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

Participants will learn tips and tricks to ensure their website is easily found by search engines, such as Google, and rank high in the search.

Participants will be guided through components of a good website and how to measure performance using free and easy online analytics.

Participants will learn the basics of social media, channels, features and benefits, type of content and tips on social media best practices to increase engagement.

Register today for this free webinar and understand the online tools that are available to affect change and how they work, skills to utilise personal stories to inspire public support, how fundraising and advocacy efforts can be effectively combined online and more.

You've got the support of management, you've started social media accounts for your organisation and you're posting content. Now what? This presentation will help you take your organisation's social media to the next level, whether that means giving your stalled social media communities a kick-start or simply building on your recent social media successes. This presentation will include real examples and case studies, fresh social media content ideas and practical strategy templates. Tap into Kirsty's extensive social media strategy and content experience to improve your social media performance. Key learning objectives:

Understand how to get the most out of LinkedIn, the world’s biggest online professional network. In this 1 hour webinar you will understand the basics of LinkedIn, both personally and how to make the most it for your organisation. The webinar will be made up of two sections: Individuals Learn tips for completing your personal profile and standing out from the crowd. Get an overview of the settings and privacy for your account to make sure you share as much, or as little as you intend to. Discover extra sections you may not have used, such as groups and publishing and why you might want to use these. Learn about the Premium options available on LinkedIn, and whether they may be of use to you. Organisations

Fundraising, whether it be crowdfunding, pitching to investors, or applying to grants, is fundamentally about storytelling. This session will help you identify how you can use the power of storytelling to engage with supporters and rally your community to raise funds for your project. It will also help you identify how you can produce stories about your organisation without a big budget or expensive equipment.  Key learning objectives:  An overview of various types of fundraising where storytelling can be used (crowdfunding, online portals, grant applications etc)  Identifying the most powerful stories to tell which motivate donors and supporters  Understanding your audience  How to source and produce content for fundraising  Case studies Q&A  About the presenters – Mikey Leung and Natasha Akib

Volunteers are important partners of any not-for-profit organisation. They serve by contributing time, talent or treasure. Yes, a happy volunteer can become a significant donor. Volunteers can share their experiences and create positive word of mouth for your organisation. As they are such a valuable resource, you need to ensure that you recruit the right volunteers and have 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 a detailed volunteer management action plan for your not-for-profit organisation and to improve a start-up or existing program. Key learning outcomes: 

Whether you are an internal IT manager looking for a way to minimise capital investment on IT, or your are an external IT provider looking for a cost effective solution for your NFP clients, Connecting Up’s IaaS solution may be the answer you are looking for.

In this webinar Tony Nissen will highlight cloud computing technologies not-for-profit organisations of all sizes are currently leveraging to become more efficient as well as provide you with two real-world case studies of organisations who are already reaping the benefits of embracing a mobility driven strategy.

In this webinar learn the basics of crowdfunding for social cause organisations, apply crowdfuning principles to your campaign and more.

In this webinar learn how you can use the power of storytelling to engage with supporters and rally your community to raise funds for your project.

Join this free webinar and determine what services you are actually providing, how to structure your accounting system to get the information you need, how to report on the profitability of your activities and more. The webinar will highlight lessons from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rollout.

Did you know over 17% of Australians and 19% of New Zealanders move each year? What percentage of your database moves on an annual basis? Do even you know what condition the data in your database is in? Cleansing your data can have an immediate impact on your business and will immediately help you to increase retention and response rates, decrease the volume of mail returned from post, and ensure that your mail is reaching your supporters. Join us as we look at a best practice approach to database cleaning and continued maintenance. This webinar has the potential to save you time, resourcing and valuable funds. Key learning outcomes: