Past webinars

Every successful Website Project begins with a Discovery Phase. This webinar will take you through the key methodologies in the Discovery Phase, so you are armed with valuable insights about your organisation’s goals, challenges and help you write a clearer website brief to avoid misguided development, unnecessary loss in time & costs! At the end of the webinar, you can access a checklist to guide you through the key methodologies in the Discovery Phase to ensure a successful website project delivery. Course Outcomes: By the end of this webinar your organisation will: Be more aware of common pitfalls in website development. Define what ‘success’ looks like through a practical guide on how to complete the Discovery Phase A clearer understanding of how to write a proper website brief Audience This webinar is suitable for: Head of Digital/Marketing/IT who is responsible for the organisation’s website and looking at a website development project. 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. James Hornitzky (COO & Co-Founder of Leafcutter) I believe that we can create a better world through the way we live and work everyday, and that technology has a role to play in making things better, not worse. There are a range of non-profit and for-purpose organisations that strive to achieve this, and I am passionate and proud to work with many of these organisations to help them achieve their vision and impact on society. Whether the project is a website, web application, CRM/payment integration or ongoing digital support, we work with organisations to bring to life their voices of care through great online experiences to forge powerful connections with supporters and beneficiaries. We also love collaborating with internal teams to find digital solutions to help streamline the work they do so they can focus on achieving their organisation’s vision for a better world. Let’s make it happen!

Download slides here With the recent growth of cloud based and online systems, many community organisations are weighing up their options for moving to the cloud or continuing to rely on local infrastructure. Microsoft Azure is now offering cloud based infrastructure solutions to many community organisations and providing a US$3500 credit to eligible organisations. This webinar will help small and medium community organisations to assess the suitability of Microsoft Azure cloud based systems and consider how to choose and implement potential cloud technology solutions. In one hour, Marcus will cover the following:

This webinar will give you an introduction to a range of KPIs commonly used in Not-for-Profit organisations and tips on how to prepare them using a spreadsheet and a tool like Calxa. We will cover a range of KPIs covering operations, finance and cashflow. You'll learn some of the simple formulas you can use and how to maximise the investment you have in your accounting software to produce the necessary results with minimum effort. As well as standard ratios, the webinar will also introduce the concept of unit costing which is of interest to many Not-for-Profits. Course Outcomes: By the end of this webinar your organisation will have: A better understanding of the types of KPIs used by similar organisations A set of sample formulas to start your collection of KPIs An introduction to the benefits of creating and maintaining KPIs using Calxa Audience KPIs for NFPs is suitable for: NFP finance staff looking to improve their reporting to management Accountants and bookkeepers working with NFPs Managers and board members looking for ideas on improved reporting NDIS service providers who need to understand unit costing Mick Devine Mick is a CPA and CEO of Calxa Australia. He has been involved in accounting systems for Not-for-Profits since before the implementation of GST in Australia and has spent most of the past 20 years designing and developing tools to take time out of the budgeting and reporting process. His award-winning Calxa application is available as a donation through Connecting Up/TechSoup New Zealand

With the passing of Single Touch Payroll (STP) legislation to extend reporting to the ATO to be carried out by all employers at each pay run, this session presents critical information to ensure your organization is compliant by the due dates. This concise learning session is full of content to explain the legislated changes, show how this new reporting process will impact your workflows on pay day and at EOY, and provide you with the knowledge on how to get ready for STP along with stepping you through how your MYOB software can automate this new requirement. This session is full of content, and a must for all MYOB users that employ one or more staff. Course Outcomes: Understand when and how STP will affect my organisation Learn about the changes to your payroll workflows Check your MYOB version to ensure will be STP compliant How to set up MYOB to ensure the reported figures are correct Learn how to carry out the reporting process to the ATO from within MYOB Consider the impact on employees both during the year and at EOFY Learn how to have a smooth transition to ensure remain compliant Pam Chilman is a longstanding MYOB Certified Consultant, Trainer and systems integrator. Her aim is to streamline workflows to ensure organisations can get on with what they do best supporting the community. Whilst based in ACT supporting small to large NFP’s in the region, Pam and her team also assist organisations around Australia delivering online learning sessions and tailored one on one training and consulting services to help organisations to save time and money by making effective use of their software. Pam is a Fellow of Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and has been acknowledged for her commitment to the profession with a number of industry and product awards including MYOB Lifetime achievement and Life Member of Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB). With her wealth of MYOB product knowledge and hands on experience Pam is well placed to deliver this practical session having presented this topic both face to face and online to numerous organisations using MYOB, as well as bookkeepers and accountants.

The wave of hype surrounding big data and the information age has come and gone. Your organisation has started collecting data, perhaps lots of it. The problem you now face is how to make sense of that data and turn it into knowledge that can help you achieve your mission. What are the opportunities, the risks and the unseen patterns that could fundamentally change the way you work, and how effective that work is? Knowledge architecture is the key to using your data in a more connected way. It provides a framework for building systems that generate context for your data, allowing for better decision-making across your entire organisation. It reduces complexity, unlocks insight, shares experience and gives rise to innovation, in a way that supports your people to do better work. This will be a non-technical presentation, explaining the benefits that knowledge architecture can bring and offering practical ideas on how to get started Course Outcomes: The presentation will explore the following ideas: What is knowledge architecture and where did the idea originate? What are the benefits of implementing it? What are the costs associated with not implementing it? How does an organisation get started? What are some examples of implementation? Audience This webinar is suitable for any organisation looking to make better use of their data. The content is not specific to any product vendor, and no prior technical knowledge is required. 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. Terry Franklin I have been involved in building information management and knowledge systems for almost 15 years, both within the digital media company that I helped found and now as an independent consultant. I have a deep interest in systems that help better understand complex environments, especially those that can be applied to humanitarian and social justice causes.