The aim of this two-day course is to provide an introduction to training and learning. To learn how people learn, make the messages you want to get across stick through creating the right structure and environment for your participants. The course is designed to help participants design and deliver learning to small groups.
During this 2 day interactive course participants will:
- Identify strengths and areas to work on;
- Have a framework for managing and supervising people;
- Develop skills, techniques and strategies for managing people;
- Obtain support and encouragement;
- Tackle work related problems and issues.
Using group and individual tasks participants will learn about:
- being responsible for people and their work: hopes and fears;
- managing people, teams and group;
- managing change;
- identifying challenges and learning goals;
- supervision and appraisal;
- putting theory into practice: case study.
During this 2 day interactive course participants will:
- Identify strengths and areas to work on;
- Have a framework for managing and supervising people;
- Develop skills, techniques and strategies for managing people;
- Obtain support and encouragement;
- Tackle work related problems and issues.
Using group and individual tasks participants will learn about:
- being responsible for people and their work: hopes and fears;
- managing people, teams and group;
- managing change;
- identifying challenges and learning goals;
- supervision and appraisal;
- putting theory into practice: case study.
How does fundraising work … and why do donors give? You will discuss these questions, whilst examining the Pyramid,
the Onion and the Seven Steps fundraising models.
How much money is out there, who has it, who gets it and how much does it cost to raise? Pam will guide you through
an overview of Scottish fundraising, the landscape we live in and up-coming trends.
Does your organisation have what it takes? Discover the key organisational steps to becoming ‘fundraising ready’.
Knowing who are you and how you fit in is vital to success – you will examine your cause, your impact and internal
and external factors.
First things first: your case for support! Pam will guide you through putting this together and show you how to
modify it for a range of supporters: individuals, trusts and foundations, companies and events.
Strategy 101 for 2016 and beyond… You will discuss sustainability and review the various tools to get there and how
to put the plan together.
Avoid the Daily Mail front page – understanding ethical and legal codes of practice is a vital factor when
fundraising, so you will explore these and stewardship/donor relations.
Through group and individual exercises this one day course will cover:
- benefits of monitoring and evaluating;
- key stages of measuring impact and value;
- what is impact and what is value?;
- the current measurement of your project for funders;
- what data can you collect to demonstrate impact and value to funders?;
- top tips for putting together a basic impact and value evaluation report for your funders.
If organisations are to benefit from volunteers’ time, energy and talents, it is important that they invest
resources to make sure that their volunteers are well supported and that there is a good match between the
volunteer’s expectations and experience.
Organisations change and adapt over time. It is important therefore that volunteering within organisations is
reviewed from time to time, so that it matches the needs of the organisation and the expectations of current
and future volunteers.
This course will cover the following aspects of managing volunteers:
- identifying the need for volunteers
- defining the tasks for volunteers
- recruiting volunteers to fill these roles
- supporting volunteers within their roles
- reviewing volunteers
- valuing volunteers
The course covers all the main aspects of financial management, looking backwards at annual accounts and forwards at
planning tools, and how these are linked:
Financial management:
- role of financial management – purpose and responsibilities;
- financial management and the need for sound control systems.
Management reporting:
- management reporting to the Board;
- accountability and reporting to funders and stakeholders.
Statutory Financial Statements:
- principles underlying financial accounting statutory reporting requirements;
- content and format;
- working through a set of annual accounts to explain the terminology, what the figures mean and how the different parts link together;
- how the new SORP will affect annual accounts.
Budgeting:
- purpose;
- setting;
- monitoring and reporting;
- full cost recovery.
Cashflow projections:
- purpose and construction of simple cashflow
In today’s climate it is essential individuals can manage the demands on their time. The course explores what helps
and hinders achieving priorities and presents tips and techniques for how to improve the use of time
available.
This course will help you to learn:
- how time management can help with productivity;
- how and when to say “no” without offending;
- how to establish short and long term goals to achieve results;
- how to sustain these improvements.
What’s the big deal with minutes anyway? Minutes are a record of what takes place at a meeting and ensures nothing
is lost or forgotten – you will learn how to take, prepare, and present minutes.
No need to write like the wind and capture every word – minutes don’t have to be verbatim but they do have to record
certain facts. You will explore what must be recorded: participants, decisions, actions…
Time is precious, so make every second count – think like a Scout and be prepared! Teresa Dolan will discuss the
meeting cycle and what to prepare before your meeting takes place.
Minutes don’t have to be long, complicated or in fancy language but they do need to record clearly and simply…you
will examine the most difficult aspects of taking minutes and how best to address them.
Anyone can scribble a rough outline of a meeting, right? Yes, but to take good notes and create minutes that provide
an accurate reflection requires a particular set of skills – Teresa will show you!
The good, the bad and the ugly – get the pop-corn ready as you screen them all! You’ll examine good and bad minutes,
which will help you follow best practice and avoid common mistakes.
You’ll look at some of the why, where, when, how behind comms and marketing during class discussions and group work.
You’ll look at good (free or almost free) tools, which will help you build some imaginative marcomms
campaigns. Then you’ll plan and execute a campaign (and present it for fun!), maybe setting up a demo
Twitter account, Facebook page, media call, or stakeholder event.
You’ll take a real, live plan back to base after picking up new skills:
- why marketing & communications matters – particularly the need to sell internally
- know your comms options – looking at the “traditional” and “digital” ways we can communicate
- curate a list of ways to tell stories – and how to decide what to do
- learn about video and design