Past webinars

As part of the Office 365 subscription, not-for-profits are able to use Microsoft’s SharePoint Online collaboration platform for free. Often synonymous with Intranets, SharePoint is a powerful and diverse tool that can provide many collaboration, communication and process improvements to 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.

IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning often gets put on the back burner for many organisations. In this webinar we discuss why Disaster Recovery Planning should be a top priority in 2016. Covering topics like: protecting your data; how the cloud can help; bringing back data in the event of a disaster; as well as the importance of testing and regularly reviewing your Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan.

For those with little experience of the enormous and varied grants environment, thinking about grants strategically can be a daunting process, causing many to wonder “Where do I start?!” This webinar delivers newbie-friendly 101 grants strategy, with an overview of the current Australian and New Zealand grants environments, types of grant-makers and funder expectations. You’ll learn how to determine which funder to apply to for which project, and the essentials of planning and writing a winning application. About the presenter – Jo Garner

This introductory webinar will showcase all the benefits of Connecting Up Membership, and offer a great opportunity to get your questions answered. This webinar is ideal for organisations who are looking at upgrading to Premium Membership, or have Premium Membership and want to ensure they get the most out of their membership.

Get an introduction to WordPress, the popular content management system (CMS) and blogging platform used for millions of websites around the world. Learn what is needed to get setup with WordPress, how to navigate and use the CMS and then how to take your site further, accessing new designs and functionality. Content covered:

Start email marketing for your organisation with the popular MailChimp service and learn about all the key basics to make sure you are doing it right. This webinar will cover:

New year, new website! In this webinar we will give you the run-down of what you need to take into consideration when redeveloping your website in 2016. This webinar will cover all the basics of a website development, including:

Are you struggling to reach your social media goals on a limited budget? Are you pouring money into Facebook advertising without seeing any success? Tap into Kirsty Wallett’s extenstive experience in the social media and not-for-profit sectors and take home practical skills to stretch your social media budget and resources further. Learn to target your resources towards the social platofrms and tactics that will deliver success and sustainability in your organsiation’s social media.     This webinar will cover: 1. Learn to develop a realistic social media strategy for your organisation  2. Learn to harness Facebook advertising and make the most of your limited budget  3. Take home sound strategies for managing your resources and staff for social media on a day-to-day basis. 

Good storytelling is crucial to creating change - whether it be to generate awareness, inspire action, fundraise or build community engagement. This session will provide you with simple tools to help you identify the most powerful stories about your cause or organisation that will engage your supporters and stakeholders and rally your community. We'll also show you tips and tricks on creating digital content using smartphone technology. Participants will gain: An understanding of the different elements needed to craft a powerful impact story Tools & tips on how to identify these elements within their own story An understanding of various story frameworks useful to impact storytelling The Story Canvas: A tool & process for identifying and testing story ideas. Smartphone shooting guide: Simple steps to create better video content using the power of your phone.