Newsletter Archives
We send out a monthly newsletter announcing what’s new, industry news and helpful information for your organisation.
Below is a list of previously published emails so you know what to expect in your inbox.
October 2021 Newsletter
Spring is in the air!
The weather is warming up, and you’re getting ready for the event and festival season. To help you get ready, we have a range of articles on events, with handy tips and tricks.
Upcoming Online Workshop
How To Win a Grant for Your Local Sports Organisation.
Would your sports organisation like a grant up to $15,000
This online workshop will take you step by step through the guidelines of the current Inland Local Sports Grants Round.
- Sport Development: up to $2,000
- Sport Event: up to $5,000
- Sport Access: up to $5,000
- Sport Facility: up to $15,000
This grant closes 19 November 2021, so this webinar is a must watch for those thinking of applying or who have already started their application.
Don’t miss this FREE online workshop.
Tuesday, 9 November, 1pm – 2pm AEST
Upcoming Online Workshop
Ask Me Anything
Are you a volunteer, committee member, or staff member of a not-for-profit? Then this is your chance to ask our not-for-profit and governance expert your burning questions.
Do you have a question about a grant or tender you’re applying for?
Conflict in your committee and not sure how to resolve them
Are you a new treasurer, secretary, or president and unsure of your role?
Unsure if your organisation needs insurance?
Do your volunteers need a Working With Children Check?
Bring all your questions to this webinar and let Natalie answer them for you.
Don’t miss this exclusive Premium Members online workshop.
Thursday, 9 December, 1pm – 2pm AEST
Awards
Western NSW Business Awards
iClick2Learn were humbled to be named as finalists in the recent western NSW Business Awards. These awards recognise growth, entrepreneurship and celebrate business success from across the Central West, Orana and Far West regions. iClick2Learn were finalists in two categories: Innovation, and Employer of Choice.
September 2021 Newsletter
Are online meetings the new face-to-face training?
Well, for those of us in lockdown, it appears to be the new norm. But whether staying home or working from home, we’re becoming used to Zoom meetings nowadays. And a bonus, at the end of the meeting, we can go back to the kitchen and stir the slow cooker! Of course we prefer to be seeing your smiling face, that’s why we’re only doing Zoom workshops so we can all get to see each other on the screen and be more interactive. At least we all know where the microphone and video settings are now 😉
Upcoming Online Workshop
How to run your Annual General Meeting (AGM)
AGM’s are a legal requirement of running your organisation. Join this exclusive webinar to make sure your AGM is effective and legally compliant. Watch our governance expert Natalie Bramble as she explains how to run a smooth and legally compliant AGM.
Topics included in this webinar will include:
- Scheduling your AGM
- Giving adequate notice of your AGM
- How to prepare for your AGM
- What reports need to presented
- Election of Officers
- What happens after your AGM
Don’t miss this exclusive Premium Members online workshop. A helpful handout will also be provided to participants.
Tuesday, 28 September, 6pm – 7pm AEST
Upcoming Online Workshop
How To Win an Inland Rail Community Grant [Online Workshop]
Would your community organisation like a $4000 grant?
This webinar will take you step by step through the guidelines of the current Inland Rail Community Grants Round.
Community organisations can apply for a grant between $1000 – $4000 for short-term or one-off initiatives.
This grant closes on 31 October 2021, so this webinar is a must watch for those thinking of applying or who have already started their application
Monday October 11, 1:00pm – 2:00pm AEST
New Library Resource
Event Risk Management for Charities and Not-For-Profits
Is your organisation planning an event? If so, it is essential to identify and manage the risks. Event risk management is a process your charity or not-for-profit can use to manage your exposure to liabilities. By identifying event risks beforehand, your charity can prevent or reduce them. Event risk management helps you prepare.
New Library Resource
Governance Risks for Service Based Organisations
Service-based organisations like childcare services and neighbourhood centres face unique governance risks. It is vital to manage governance risks for service-based organisations. Doing so will help you meet compliance, governance, organisational, and statutory requirements.
August 2021 Newsletter
New England Grant Writing Face-to-FaceTraining
It’s been a busy month and we’re glad to be safely back home after delivering grant writing training in the New England NSW area. It was great to be helping the local volunteers in Tenterfield, Legume, Torrington and Drake that have been effected by the bushfires. Helping passionate local community members to build and grow sustainable organisations is what we live for, so this trip we were full of warm fuzzies rubbing shoulders with the locals (figuratively speaking while being covid safe). #016B90
Ask me anything with Natalie Bramble [Online workshop]
Are you a volunteer, committee member, or staff member of a not-for-profit?
Do you have a question about a grant or tender you’re applying for?
Conflict in your committee and not sure how to resolve them
Are you a new treasurer, secretary, or president and unsure of your role?
Unsure if your organisation needs insurance?
Do your volunteers need a Working With Children Check?
Bring all your questions to this online workshop and let Natalie answer them for you.
Tuesday, 31 August, 12pm -1pm AEST
Risk Management and Your Organisation [Online Workshop] |
Not all risks can be avoided. But a risk management strategy helps your organisation minimize risks to prevent or reduce damage. Topics discussed will include: What are the different types of risk? Don’t miss this exclusive premium members online workshop. Thursday, August 26, 12:00pm – 1:00pm AEST |
Volunteering During COVID-19 [Course]
Volunteers are vital to a healthy community, especially during a pandemic like COVID-19. This free course will give you practical tips to stay safe while volunteering in this challenging time.
This course combines the current advice from the Australian Government Department of Health with practical, everyday tips.
We’ll cover some common volunteer tasks like making deliveries and money handling.
And share some no-fuss ideas for things like making your own go-bag.
You’ll get a certificate and practical solutions for keeping you and our communities safe.
July 2021 Newsletter
Your Free Membership content is now easy to find in one place
Now you can find all free library content at once. We have added a link on your hub page to all of your resources. We hope this makes this easier for you and welcome your feedback or questions. You can go straight to your free conent by selecting the button link below. Just make you are signed in 🙂
ANZ Seeds of Renewal Grant Writing Workshop [Webinar]
Grant of the Month: ANZ Seeds of Renewal – a small grants program designed to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia. Apply for up to $15 000 for your not-for-profit organisation.
How to take meeting minutes [Webinar]
Included in Premium Memberships
There is so much more to taking minutes than just recording what is said. Join this exclusive webinar to make sure your meeting minutes are effective and legally compliant. Join our governance expert Natalie Bramble as she explains how to make your meeting minutes effective and legally compliant.
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Ask me anything with Dominic Cudmore [Webinar]
Included in Premium Memberships
Do you have a legal or compliance question about your committee, board, or organisation? Maybe you have a question about child safety requirements. Then this webinar is for you. Bring all your questions to ask our not-for-profit legal expert in this ask me anything webinar.
New Library Resource
Membership Application Form
Included in Premium Memberships
We take you through a fairly standard process that discusses the application stage of membership process and we’ve also got a handy membership application template you can use and adopt.
June 2021 Newsletter
Australia Post Community Grant How-To-Apply Webinar
There’s $10,000 available for eligible community-led projects that connect individuals and communities to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Australia post has supported thousands of grassroots not-for-profits with their community grants and this round of funding will close on 4th July.
There’s a strong need in the community to support programs that have well-being and mental health focus. Australia Post is supporting projects that genuinely focus on this as the primary purpose, enable meaningful connections, and are led and delivered in your local community.
Join Natalie on Wednesday at 12:30 AEST / 10:30 AWST in this live webinar.
You’ll be more confident, more knowledgeable, and better equipped to write a strong application. In previous webinars, we’ve heard from students who have successfully won a grant and believe that information they picked up from the webinar was a key to that success.
Questions to Ask Your Board [New Course]
Included in Premium Memberships
If you’re new to a committee or board, or a long-time member this course will go over the foundational essentials you really should know to better understand the organisation and your role. There’s a BONUS checklist included, so you can take it to your next committee or board meeting to discuss these points.
Welcome Community Connect Southern Shoalhaven
We’re excited to welcome the Southern Shoalhaven members to our library. This month Southern Shoalhaven launched their library partnership. Community members wanting to access the Southern Shoalhaven Premium Library are encouraged to contact Matt Dell on 1300 459 319 for more details. This library will help so many more community members strengthen their not-for-profits.
Welcome Leeton Community Connect
We’re excited to welcome the Leeton community members to our library. This month Leeton Connect launched their library partnership. They’ve already provided over 67 organisations access to community training with iClick2Learn and this library will help so many more community members strengthen their not-for-profits.
We’re looking forward to seeing you on our upcoming live workshops!
On the road again…
Tenterfield we’re coming to you! We’re so excited to be heading into Tenterfield to run a series of grant writing workshops for community groups in the local government area. For our members who live in the area, if you haven’t heard about these, Tenterfield Shire Council is offering one day workshops from the 12th to the 16th July on 101 foundations and a second series from the 26th to the 30th July. If you’d like to attend contact Ally Murray 0417 278 730 a.murray@tenterfield.nsw.gov.au. Our CEO, Natalie is the one heading up that way so if you’d like to connect for a coffee chat, you can email her to arrange it: natalie@iclick2learn.com.au
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
May 2021 Newsletter
Volunteer Week 17 - 25 May
It’s volunteer week this week, a week focus on celebrating and connecting with our volunteers. The reality is, you’re actually doing this all the time, but this week is important as it offers a chance for others to reflect on the great work you’re doing. With the challenges of last year, some have had volunteer reductions and others have experienced an increase. Wherever you are at in your volunteer recruitment strategy, please know we’re doing what we can to support you. We have a few free courses that are specifically designed to support volunteer knowledge. Feel free to put the links on your websites and share with your existing volunteers.
Volunteer Induction [Course]
We have a useful Volunteering 101 course for those who want to understand how to volunteer and what volunteering work they should look for.
Volunteering 101 [Course]
There’s also a volunteer induction course. This helps volunteers understand the expectations and what questions they should ask (we also reinforce why their reliability meeting agreed rosters is important!)
How to create roles and responsibilities for your not-for-profit organisation [Webinar]
Learn how to create roles and responsibilities for your organisation and how this can help increase your organisational success.In this webinar, our expert Natalie Bramble, will show you how to develop roles and responsibilities. There will be plenty of time for you to ask questions specific to your organisation.
Date: Monday 24 May
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm AEST
Ask us anything
Natalie Bramble will be here to answer any of your questions! Well, anything that is related to the community development sector that is 🙂
Facing some challenges in your organisation or not sure how to approach a situation? Here’s your opportunity to ask an expert.
Date: Friday 21st May
Time: 12.30pm – 1.15pm
How to Create an Annual Communications Plan [New Course]
Learn how to create content that will engage and connect with your organisation’s community.This course taken from a 90-minute webinar is for those of you who have the communications and marketing role, either as a staff member or volunteer. The presenter Flavia Young will remove any stress you’re feeling from having to ‘go it alone’. You’ll find it less daunting and yes, even fun!
Welcome Leeton Community Connect
We’re excited to welcome the Leeton community members to our library. This month Leeton Connect launched their library partnership. They’ve already provided over 67 organisations access to community training with iClick2Learn and this library will help so many more community members strengthen their not-for-profits.
We’re looking forward to seeing you on our upcoming live workshops!
On the road again…
We’ve had a great few week, the back in the community, helping some wonderful organisations with customised training.
We’ve impacted 76 community groups this month across NSW and QLD, helping them govern, fund and strengthen their organisations.
We held sessions on governance and grant writing which were well received with 96% saying they recommend our governance training and 100% recommending the grant writing training.
*Happy Dance* We’re so pleased to have helped these groups. We had a lot of lovely comments and feedback (we won’t bore you with them 😉 ) but couldn’t resist sharing this one “Feedback and comments were incredibly positive.
Participants were blown away with the content, the quality of the presentation and the presenter herself, Natalie Bramble”
Sue Gavel, Chair, Leeton Connect.
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
April 2021 Newsletter
What's New
New Micro Video Series.
Life just gets busier and busier and you might feel overwhelmed with too much information and not enough time. That’s why we have started a new and fast way to find answers to your questions so you can get back to doing what you need to do. We have included a couple below.
What is Auspicing?
What is Auspicing? In simple terms, it’s where another organisation supports your organisation. One of the most common ways is where one organisation auspices another when applying for a grant program.
How to Create Content Without a budget
One of the common questions we get asked is “how can we create an annual comms plan or draft social media content without a budget. Flavia gives you a couple of quick tips to get you started.
Upcoming Course
Learn how to create a draft annual communication plan in under 2 hours. You’ll discover how to create content that will engage and connect with your organisation’s community. Coming next month and available to Premium Members.
On the road again..
It seems road trips are all the go lately especially face to face training on grant writing in Junee and Leeton.
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
March 2021 Newsletter
Your Premium Membership extras
Another month has gone by and don’t ask me where that went. I just don’t know. But what I do know is that we must soldier on. And part of soldiering on is learning new things that help our organisation become stronger and be more effective. That’s why we have come up some grass roots topics you’ll love.
What's New
Strategic Planning [Course]
This advanced webinar workshop on strategic planning is suitable to service based boards as we talk about methodology; research and how the theory of change helps build your strategy. Interested in those topics? Jump in! You’ll hear from our expert-in-residence, Natalie Bramble.
Governance 101 Workshop
Every organisation wants to make a difference, but internal issues distract us. If you’re wanting to start-up; review or refresh your organisation and think about how to instil good governance practices and culture, then this session is for you. Short, snappy webinars of 1/2 hour each, held over two sessions and yes, on a Saturday to help all those great volunteers outside working hours!5 Top tips on How to Run an Effective Meeting
Do your meetings start or finish late? Do people talk over one another? Are previous minutes, reports, and other relevant documents available to read. If your meetings aren’t well run, people may stop attending, not participate or add value during in meetings, or not feel valued.
Well run meetings can help with: board and committee retention, keep members and volunteers informed, stay on track of important financial and legal issues, and make meetings enjoyable instead of a chore.
We’ve Been Busy
It’s been a big month and the work we’re doing in the community is so exciting.
We’ve delivered fundraising; governance and grant writing training sessions for community groups and we were so chuffed to get this great feedback from the City of Sydney who hosted a few webinar sessions for their community.
We just love to hear the difference we’re making to community groups and this was one of the highlight responses the council team shared with us “I have written 100’s of grants. I have learned more in the last 2 hours, I cannot believe it. Thank you so much” Awww… this is the stuff that makes us continue our purpose to deliver you relevant, practical learning that makes a real difference!
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
February 2021 Newsletter
Your library has new content.
A bonus of having your Premium Membership is that you have access to all upcoming webinars and new library content. We’ve just added some new content including a series of great questions from members during the recent ‘Ask us Anything’ Q&A webinar. In coming weeks, you’ll also find two new courses on Strategic Planning and Creating Content that Engages and Connects with your Community. You’ll find these in the ‘WHATS NEW’ section of your dashboard
Upcoming Webinars
1. Strategic Planning
Strategic planning isn’t a swear word! A great plan will get your resources and activities focused on achieving your goals and your whole team aligned to your purpose. It’s time to take a deep breath and consider your future direction. What should you be doing and more importantly why do you think those things are the best approach to achieve your impact goals?
Date: Wednesday 3 February
Time: 11:30am AEDT / 8:30am AWST
2. New to the Board or Committee Role?
If you’re new to a committee or board, or a long-time member this webinar will go over the foundational essentials you really should know to do your job and prevent your reputational risk.
You’ll learn how to get a quick, solid overview of the organisation so you’re not drowning in information overload and take a review of the critical organisational elements and the key questions you should be asking.
You’ll also receive a toolkit of resources.
Date: Monday 15 February
Time: 11.00am AEDT / 8:00am AWST
3. Tender Writing Success
There’s a lot of money (government and private) that’s provided in a tender process and you deserve a piece of that!
In this information-packed webinar, Natalie reveals:
- How to strategically analyse tender questions
- Why doing a strengths, opportunities, weakness, and threat analysis should be one of the first things you do, before wasting time and money!
- How a service methodology helps communicate your value
You’ll uncover the top questions you should be answering to decide if the opportunity is right for you and why it’s so important to say ‘no’ if it’s not!
You’ll learn how to use the tender RFQ (Request for proposal) document as a strategic and compliance tool
This webinar is for anyone who is responsible for either writing or outsourcing their tender procurement.
Date: Thursday 11 March
Time: 10.30am AEDT / 8:30am AWS
iClick2Learn recognised globally in Business Worldwide Awards
iClick2Learn wins Best Digital eLearning Agency for Not-for-profit Organisations and Social Enterprise of the Year
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
January 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to the new year.
We hope you managed to recharge and reset after a challenging 2020.
We’re kicking off the year with these amazing webinars in February and March just for you! One of the benefits of being a Premium Member is that you have exclusive member-only access to new webinars and learning materials.
Remember these are all included in your membership at no additional charge to you as a premium member!
1. Strategic Planning
Strategic planning isn’t a swear word! A great plan will get your resources and activities focused on achieving your goals and your whole team aligned to your purpose. It’s time to take a deep breath and consider your future direction. What should you be doing and more importantly why do you think those things are the best approach to achieve your impact goals?
Date: Wednesday 3 February
Time: 11:30am AEDT / 8:30am AWST
2. Ask us anything
Your opportunity to ask our team of community development experts anything! Well, anything that is related to the community development sector that is 🙂
Facing some challenges in your organisation or not sure how to approach a situation? Here’s your opportunity to ask an expert.
Date: Thursday 4 February
Time: 1.30pm AEDT / 10:30am AWST
3. How to create content that engages and connects with your community
Effective communication is the driver to increase income through sales, donations, fundraising, and successful capacity building for your organisations.
You’ll discover how to create content that will engage and connect with your organisation’s community. You’ll create a draft annual communication plan in under 2 hours and also learn how to quickly brainstorm a whole year.
Date: Thursday 11 February
Time: 11.30am AEDT / 8:30am AWST
4. New to the Board or Committee Role?
If you’re new to a committee or board, or a long-time member this webinar will go over the foundational essentials you really should know to do your job and prevent your reputational risk.
You’ll learn how to get a quick, solid overview of the organisation so you’re not drowning in information overload and take a review of the critical organisational elements and the key questions you should be asking.
You’ll also receive a toolkit of resources.
Date: Monday 15 February
Time: 11.00am AEDT / 8:00am AWST
5. Ask us anything
Your opportunity to ask our team of community development experts anything! Well, anything that is related to the community development sector that is 🙂 Facing some challenges in your organisation or not sure how to approach a situation? Here’s your opportunity to ask an expert. Date: Wednesday 24 February Time: 11.30pm AEDT / 8:30am AWST6. Tender Writing Success
There’s a lot of money (government and private) that’s provided in a tender process and you deserve a piece of that!
In this information-packed webinar, Natalie reveals:
- How to strategically analyse tender questions
- Why doing a strengths, opportunities, weakness, and threat analysis should be one of the first things you do, before wasting time and money!
- How a service methodology helps communicate your value
You’ll uncover the top questions you should be answering to decide if the opportunity is right for you and why it’s so important to say ‘no’ if it’s not!
You’ll learn how to use the tender RFQ (Request for proposal) document as a strategic and compliance tool
This webinar is for anyone who is responsible for either writing or outsourcing their tender procurement.
Date: Thursday 11 March
Time: 10.30am AEDT / 8:30am AWS
Keep up to date on what’s happening.
Don’t forget to check your learning library dashboard for upcoming webinars and new content added anytime
December 2020 Newsletter
Thank you for all the work you’ve done for your community this year.
You’re amazing. It’s been a tough year and you’ve had to make so many rapid decisions and changes and you’ve done it!
We’re so pleased that we’ve been able to help you this year. But we know there’s so much more to do! We’re planning on sharing a big 2021 with you full of learning opportunities to support your development and we’d love your feedback, ideas and suggestions.
What do you want to learn in 2021 and how can we help?
Just send us a quick email to hello@iclick2learn.com.au with your suggestion to help us help you.
November 2020 Newsletter
Strategic Planning Webinar
This session will take you through a few different approaches to developing a strategic plan.
At the end of this session you’ll have:
– A clear direction on your approach to planning
– An understanding of how important environmental scans and trend analysis are
– Why it’s so important to take the time to consider ‘who’s in the room’
– A review of some of the processes, methods and tools you can include in the development of your plan
– A new way to use the good old SWOT tool to really make this information valuable.
Certified Social Enterprise
iClick2Learn has been approved with flying colours for Social Enterprise Certification. Under this definition, iClick2Learn is an organisation designed to improve communities by tackling the problems of access and affordability of sector specific training. We’re helping Not-For-Profits, volunteers, and other community groups provide training to their people.
New Volunteering During COVID
Volunteers are vital to a healthy community, especially during a pandemic like COVID-19. This free course will give you practical tips to stay safe while volunteering in this challenging time. This is for Free and Premium Members. Just log into your dashboard to access
Welcome Albany CCI Members
Welcome to our new members from Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It’s great to have them onboard. We look forward to providing new members with great content and learning solutions.
Upcoming Premium Membership Webinars
Ask Us Anything Webinar Series
- Saturday 21 November @ 12:30 pm AEDT
- Tuesday 24 November @ 2:00 pm AEDT
- Monday 7 December @ 2:30 pm AEDT\
- Thursday 17 December @ 12:30 pm AED
October 2020 Newsletter
AGM Committee Roles Explained
It’s that time of year! AGMs have wrapped up and as a result, boards are saying goodbye to some members while they also welcome new ones. This is a good time to refresh and remind ourselves what each role in the General Management Committee does.
FREE Grant Writing Webinar
You’re invited to join us on Tuesday 10 November 2020 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm for our Guide to FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Grants webinar. In this webinar, Natalie will focus on this grant to provide you with tips and advice about how to write a winning SRC grants submission.
FREE Volunteering During COVID Course
This year has been a difficult one. Community outreach and volunteering has been essential in delivering services and resources to so many people, but how do we keep safe the very people that are providing those essential services? Check your user dashboard or inbox for new published courses like this one.
Upcoming Premium Membership Webinars
Deep Dive Webinar Series: Strategic Planning
- Friday 30 October @ 12:30pm AEDT
Deep Dive Webinar Series: How to Create an Annual Communications Plan
- Tuesday 3 November @ 12:30 AEDT
Ask Us Anything Webinar Series
- Tuesday 27 October @ 12:00 pm AEDT
Tuesday 10 November @ 8:30 pm AEDT
Saturday 21 November @ 12:30 pm AEDT
Tuesday 24 November @ 2:00 pm AEDT
Monday 7 December @ 2:30 pm AEDT
Thursday 17 December @ 12:30 pm AED
