Learning Opportunities for the Seniors Sector
June
How To Become A Better Virtual Speaker & Presenter: A Step-By-Step Guide
CharityHowTo
June 30 or July 2, 11 a.m. (Mountain)
Free
This webinar will talk you through everything you need to be a better speaker on video. You’ll learn:
- How to decide on format and content that will help you achieve your goals
- How to choose affordable equipment and platforms that will give your audience the experience they deserve
- How to use simple tricks to become a better presenter and engage your viewers
- How to use calls-to-action within your virtual speaking
July
Cash Flow Conversations in a Time of Crisis
Nonprofit Learning Lab
July 1, 12 p.m. (Eastern)
Free
Has figuring out your cash flow been on the to do list but constantly falling off because of other fires or more pressing concerns? Are you ready to put this conversation to the forefront and need help navigating how? This virtual webinar will explain cash flow statement and cash flow projection, walk through creating a cash flow projection, and highlight what you have control over and what you need your board/supporters to rally around.
How To Become A Better Virtual Speaker & Presenter: A Step-By-Step Guide
CharityHowTo
June 30 or July 2, 11 a.m. (Mountain)
Free
This webinar will talk you through everything you need to be a better speaker on video. You’ll learn:
- How to decide on format and content that will help you achieve your goals
- How to choose affordable equipment and platforms that will give your audience the experience they deserve
- How to use simple tricks to become a better presenter and engage your viewers
- How to use calls-to-action within your virtual speaking
Calling All Board Members: Governing with Excellence through Times of Crisis
Nonprofit Learning Lab
Multiple dates to choose from, including July 3, August 3 and August 12 – see link for more details
$50 USD
This training provides nonprofit boards with tools and strategies to strengthen their effectiveness during COVID-19. This webinar will offer guidance on navigating the challenges facing boards now, including conducting business remotely, providing effective support for the executive leadership, and fundraising.
Improving Employee Engagement: Using Creativity, Vocational Fulfillment and Your Team’s Collective Wisdom to Co-Create Community
CharityVillage
July 9, 1–2 p.m. (Eastern)
Free
There is a direct relationship between high levels of vocational fulfillment and enhanced quality of service. In this webinar, learn strategies to help you tap into the capacity and creativity of your team members to create space for their unique contributions. You will explore mind-sets, approaches, and tools that not only support the people in your organization but also become a source of self-discovery for you. Walking the talk is one of the most powerful ways to lead.
Treasurer/Finance Committee: Right People, Right Roles
Propel Nonprofits
July 15, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
$75 USD
Were you just elected board treasurer or to the finance committee? Not sure what to do next? This session is geared toward helping new treasurers and finance committee members (or current ones looking for a refresher) be successful in their role. This webinar will cover tools and practices that can help board treasurers develop finance skills, ask strategic financial questions, lead board development in finance, and keep the numbers connected to the mission.
It’s a New World: How to Cultivate Your Online Community
Firespring
July 15, 1–2 p.m. (Central)
Free
One of the biggest challenges facing organizations is changing the culture of giving and engagement, and our futures depend on it. Often we get so caught up in ‘the ask’ that we forget what motivates people to support us in the first place: relationships. In this webinar, you will learn:
- What donor stewardship means in an online world
- How to fire up board members, volunteers, donors and staff to fundraise every day
- 10 vital actions to cultivate a network eager to support you
- How to generate loyal support long past a specific campaign
- Why a consistent communications plan is essential
How to Virtually Train Volunteers
Nonprofit Learning Lab
3–4 p.m. (Eastern); July 22, August 4 or August 20 (various dates)
$25 USD members; $50 USD non-members
This webinar will give you the tools and understanding needed to train your volunteers remotely. Learn how to:
- Prepare for a virtual training
- Get your volunteers committed to the process
- Align your volunteer training with the goals of your volunteer program
- Analyze instructional design and weave these concepts into a volunteer training program
- Practice engaging training techniques
Leader as Coach for Nonprofits (Summer Session)
Online Fundraising Opportunities for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
July 8, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Free
Online donations make up an average of 8.5 per cent of a nonprofit’s annual budget but that number will grow rapidly in the coming years. This webinar will highlight current trends in online fundraising. In this webinar, learn how to:
- Select the right online fundraising tool
- Launch a monthly giving program
- Use social media to increase your online donations
- Launch a crowdfunding campaign
- Tap into the power of cause awareness and giving days
Board Boot Camp
Learn how to participate in board meetings and other engagements with more confidence and more knowledge. In this webinar, you will learn typical board responsibilities and explore the nuances of board authority and relationships. Participants will receive a PDF of Propel's Board Boot Camp workbook, which includes the Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Charitable Organizations. This training is designed for those new to serving on a board or those who are contemplating joining a board.
How to Successfully Manage and Engage Volunteers During a Crisis
This webinar will offer an overview of tools and best practices for managing one of a nonprofit's most precious resources: volunteers. In this webinar, you will learn about online platforms for effectively managing and training volunteers, how to analyze ways to recruit, interview and screen new volunteers, strategies for virtually engaging and retaining volunteers and how to effectively communicate and design virtual projects for volunteers.
Creating Webinars People Want to Attend
How to Avoid Fundraising's Quiet Killer: Donor Attrition
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How to establish a powerful and engaging web presence that retains donors
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What we can learn from the annual Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report from AFP
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Why donors leave and what to do about it
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6 key drivers that can double the lifetime value of your donors
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Methods for creating repeat donors
Telling Stories Through Blogs, Videos and Photos
10-Step Budgeting Process
How To Facilitate A Group Online: Fostering Meaningful Conversation and Building Community Online
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Analyze best practices for online adult facilitation
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Explain how to verbally and visually communicate engaging activities
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Understand how to create or re-design activities for an online platform
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Design new activities for the purpose of practice and instantaneous feedback and coaching
Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages
Fundamentals of Nonprofit Finance
CORE Food Security Group - Panel Presentation and Discussion
August
Webinar on Canada Pension Plan & Canada Pension Plan Disability
Early Onset Dementia Alberta Foundation and Service Canada are offering an opportunity for those who would like to learn more about eligibility requirements for the Canada Pension Plan. For more information check here, or contact rep@eodf.com.
October
National Institute on Aging Conference 2020: Can Canada Afford to Age?
National Institute on Aging
October 1, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. (Eastern)
Location: Sears Atrium–George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre (245 Church Street, Ryerson University)
$438 + HST
Join the conversation about the future of ageing in Canada. This conference brings together thought leaders from the health sector, financial industry, government, and Ryerson community for a full day focused on personal financial security, healthy ageing, and discussions on public system sustainability.
Hoarding Interventions Conference 2020
$325 full conference, $190 one-day workshop (regular admission)
Ongoing Training
Nonprofit Technology Learning Centre
The Technology Learning Center by Tech Impact is an expansive collection of nonprofit educational resources that can help your organization with all things tech! From infographics to fundraising campaigns, this resource collection has the information your organization needs to excel in the digital landscape.
Intercultural Competency Training Program (ICTP)
Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op (MCHB)
Various dates, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Edmonton Intercultural Centre (9538 107 Avenue)
$300 per workshop; cohort pricing available
Four workshops are offered multiple times throughout the year:
- Foundations for Intercultural Practice
- Pre-Migration Context: Role Changes and the Influence of Culture on Refugee Families
- PTSD, Trauma and Strategies to work with affected Newcomer Individuals and Families
- From Colonialism to Interculturalism: Shifting Dynamics of Power
The workshops are based on the Multicultural Health Brokers’ collective knowledge, practice, and experience gained by working as multicultural community health workers and cultural brokers for the past 25 years. The workshops build not just on awareness, but on deepening understanding, empathy and acceptance leading towards behavioural change. This is the perfect space to ask those hard questions and evolve your skills in an environment of mutual respect, safety, constructive and collaborative problem-solving, and reciprocity of learning.
Review the course descriptions, background and schedule. For more information or to register, email mchb.ictp@gmail.com or phone 780-756-5737.
Family Caregiver Wellness Workshops
- Assisting with Mobility-Safe Practices
- Assisting with Personal and Intimate Care
- Mealtime and Medication Assistance
To register, go to norquest.ca/family-caregiver or select the workshop you’d like to attend from the list above.
ARCHIVED or ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
Webinar Series on Combatting Ageism
In January, February, and March of 2019 the International Federation on Ageing hosted three webinars focusing on the topic of combatting ageism. The recordings and presentation slides are now available:
Webinar 1: Human Rights of Older Persons and Agenda 2030
Webinar 2: Combating ageism to improve access to employment
Webinar 3: Campaigning: The best way to address ageism?
Reframing the Conversation on Elder Abuse
FrameWorks Institute
This online course will help advocates working on the issue of elder abuse communicate more effectively. The course offers an extensive online learning experience and step-by-step guidance with video lectures, animations, quizzes, and downloadable resources--all designed to help advocates increase support for policies to address and prevent elder abuse. The course will give advocates tools to:
- Reframe elder abuse as a matter of social justice
- Explain how our current social structure fosters isolation, which allows elder abuse to go unnoticed and unchallenged
- Demonstrate how restructuring our communities, by providing access to transportation and other public services, can address and prevent elder abuse