Skills Development

Get your strategy set for FY25. 6 sessions over 2 weeks - Hear from Australia's leading NFP/charity sector consultants & advisors.

“What's the plan - Starting with strategy"

Many organisations have income diversification as a strategic priority, but often jump to setting up a fundraising plan, without having the strategy clearly articulated at a Board level.

In this session, you’ll hear from our governance and strategic planning specialists who will share practical guidance around the strategic process required to support income and revenue diversification.

 "Impact storytelling: How does evidence help you diversify & grow?"

New supporters and grantmakers will be encouraged to see evidence of your organisation's impact. In this session, you will learn about the impact management cycle, including planning impact from the start to collecting and analysing evidence, reporting and improving.

We'll help you understand a variety of indicators and how to select, create and refer to standard indicators, including Amplify plus other public frameworks. All participants will have access to a free 30-day trial of Seer Data's Impact Measurement platform for data collection, storage and storytelling.

“Fundraising options - what else could we add to the mix?"

You have a fundraising strategy in place and are looking to develop another fundraising stream. Hear from our bequests, major donors and corporate partnerships specialists about why you would, or wouldn’t, go down one of these avenues. You’ll also learn what needs to be in place before adding one of these new fundraising streams.

“Government funding and elections - getting on the front foot”

Some organisations are fully reliant on government funding and others are starting out on this journey, either applying for government grants and tenders for the first time, or building a strategy aligned to government policy and direction.

In this session, you’ll hear from our specialists who are helping organisations excel across all of these areas. We’ll also take a look at what’s coming down the line in FY25 in terms of change of governments, budget cycles and help you get on the front foot for these changes. 

“Feasibility - best practice tools to test your ideas"

You’re ready to test some new ideas, but what’s a lean way to test the viability of your ideas? In this session, we hear from three specialists across business planning, finance and fundraising around the tools and strategies they use to help with feasibility testing, prototyping and iterating.

What questions should you ask yourself, your stakeholders and donors? What blindspots do you need to consider? What are lean ways to test, learn and iterate before spending too much time in one area? What is the mindset of our organisation? How can we better use a case for support?

“Enterprise and trading activity - how to truly shine"

Set up a social enterprise or trading activity, they say. It will be easy and help provide income to support your mission. Many good intentioned organisations have been down that path, only to find that there is much more to establishing, enhancing or expanding paid services as a way to achieve your impact and raise income.

We bring together our business planning, enterprise development and marketing specialists to this session to look at the resourcing, skill set, capabilities, investment required to succeed, and how to amplify impact with trading activities aligned to your mission.

The key risks and opportunities that every organisation needs to know for 2025

Cyber breaches are now being recorded in Australia every six minutes, and the impact on not for profit organisations and charities is immeasurable.

WHO'S THE EVENT FOR?

Social sector organisations of any size,
CEO's and leadership teams keen to learn more about emerging threats, trends and solutions,
Company/community directors of organisations seeking to enhance cyber safety know-how.

The key risks and opportunities that every organisation needs to know for 2025

Cyber breaches are now being recorded in Australia every six minutes, and the impact on not for profit organisations and charities is immeasurable.

WHO'S THE EVENT FOR?

Social sector organisations of any size,
CEO's and leadership teams keen to learn more about emerging threats, trends and solutions,
Company/community directors of organisations seeking to enhance cyber safety know-how.

The key risks and opportunities that every organisation needs to know for 2025

Cyber breaches are now being recorded in Australia every six minutes, and the impact on not for profit organisations and charities is immeasurable.

WHO'S THE EVENT FOR?

Social sector organisations of any size,
CEO's and leadership teams keen to learn more about emerging threats, trends and solutions,
Company/community directors of organisations seeking to enhance cyber safety know-how.

As we step into 2025, many consultants find themselves at opposite ends of the spectrum: either feeling overwhelmed with client work or anxious about an empty pipeline. This session will equip you with practical strategies to navigate these challenges and set your consulting business up for sustainable success. 

• Creating a strategic business development plan that aligns with your capacity and goals - Practical techniques to manage and leverage high client demand without burning out. 
• Proven strategies to build and maintain a healthy pipeline of ideal clients and structure your business for sustainable growth while maintaining work - life balance and live demo for time blocking, attracting, connecting and nurturing relationships