Management & leadership, Fundraising, Governance, Marketing & communications, Strategy and planning

Building a Successful Organisation - Online Course

A collection of 6 half day courses covering governance, marketing, strategy, income diversification and leadership.

Duration: 6 half days: 6 x 3 hour Zoom workshops with breaks

Sessions and dates – all sessions take place at 10.00-13:30

You can book to attend the entire series at the bottom of this page. Alternatively, you can book one or more of the six individual courses separately via these links:

Tuesday 22 October – Characteristics of a successful and sustainable organisation
Thursday 24 October – Legal, governance and risk management
Wednesday 30 October – Creating an organisational strategy: practical, engaging and inspiring
Thursday 31 October – Income diversification
Thursday 5 November – Dynamic Leadership Approaches
Thursday 7 November – Communications and Branding

Aims

The series of workshops act as a comprehensive guide to building, improving, or scaling a charitable, or other not for profit, organisations. This is pertinent in an era where change is continuous, and uncertainty abounds. Each workshop will give insight, practical guidance and examples to improve a particular area of the organisation. Each module is a standalone workshop however you will maximise your knowledge and skills by attending all six which will assist you in improving your organisation’s resilience.

Who should sign up?

The workshops are for anyone working in the not for profit sector or else wants to understand it more. It is of relevance to those moving into more senior roles or for new trustees or those seeking to refresh their knowledge.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Have a clearer understanding of the various functions and skills required to improve organisation
Implement and invigorate their management and leadership skills
Have better appreciation of governance and managing risk
Have a practical approach to improve strategy, modelling, and to improve organisational effectiveness and efficiency
Understand better different ways of diversifying income to improve sustainability and reduce dependency
Have better insight the use of communications to motivate, engage and entail support both internally and externally with funders, donors and stakeholders.