Grant Writing 101
Date: January 16, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
For many non-profit volunteers and staff, grant writing can seem like a time-consuming task in creative writing with the payoff being luck of the draw. The truth is, with steep competition for limited grant dollars, a well-written grant is only part of the success formula. This 2-hour webinar covers core proposal and grant writing skills, how to avoid common pitfalls, understanding what funders look for, and tips on how to maintain good relationships with your funders.
Basic Facilitation Skills (1 of4)
- January 17, 2025
- 10:00 am MDT
- Online
Basic Facilitation Skills (1 of 4)
Date: January 17, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Dive into the dynamic world of facilitation with GOA’s Basic Facilitation Skills webinar series! Learn how to guide discussions, manage diverse group dynamics, and drive meetings to meaningful conclusions. Whether you are a beginner or just seeking a refresher, these sessions are tailored to empower you with actionable skills in your non-profit organization. From the key responsibilities of a facilitator to delivering impactful sessions, they’ve got you covered!
Session 1: Role of the facilitator
You are the captain, not just the crew: Understanding the facilitator’s role
Chart your course in the vast ocean of group discussions and workshops. Grasp the essence of facilitation and understand how it’s distinct from presenting, training, and chairing. Get ready to steer discussions to productive shores!
Basic Facilitation Skills (2 of4)
- January 20, 2025
- 10:00 am MDT
- Online
Basic Facilitation Skills (2 of 4)
Date: January 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Dive into the dynamic world of facilitation with GOA’s Basic Facilitation Skills webinar series! Learn how to guide discussions, manage diverse group dynamics, and drive meetings to meaningful conclusions. Whether you are a beginner or just seeking a refresher, these sessions are tailored to empower you with actionable skills in your non-profit organization. From the key responsibilities of a facilitator to delivering impactful sessions, they’ve got you covered!
Session 2: Designing and preparing for facilitated sessions – Part 1 – the what
Blueprints of success: Designing for impactful outcomes
Lay the foundations for your session with precision. Understand the delicate balance between process and content, tailor your approach to your audience, and define clear outcomes. Because a well-prepared facilitator is a successful one!
Basic Facilitation Skills (3 of4)
- January 21, 2025
- 10:00 am MDT
- Online
Basic Facilitation Skills (3 of 4)
Date: January 21, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Dive into the dynamic world of facilitation with GOA’s Basic Facilitation Skills webinar series! Learn how to guide discussions, manage diverse group dynamics, and drive meetings to meaningful conclusions. Whether you are a beginner or just seeking a refresher, these sessions are tailored to empower you with actionable skills in your non-profit organization. From the key responsibilities of a facilitator to delivering impactful sessions, they’ve got you covered!
Session 3: Designing and preparing for facilitated sessions – Part 2 – the how
Tools of the trade: Crafting the session
Navigate the intricate dance of crafting questions and setting the right atmosphere. Whether online, hybrid, or in-person, you become better in ensuring your session’s logistical success. Discover how the right tools and setup can amplify your session’s efficacy.
Basic Facilitation Skills (4 of4)
- January 22, 2025
- 10:00 am MDT
- Online
Basic Facilitation Skills (4 of 4)
Date: January 22, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Dive into the dynamic world of facilitation with GOA’s Basic Facilitation Skills webinar series! Learn how to guide discussions, manage diverse group dynamics, and drive meetings to meaningful conclusions. Whether you are a beginner or just seeking a refresher, these sessions are tailored to empower you with actionable skills in your non-profit organization. From the key responsibilities of a facilitator to delivering impactful sessions, they’ve got you covered!
Session 4: Delivering facilitated sessions
From start to finish: Orchestrating seamless sessions
Every facilitation journey has a beginning, middle, and end. Learn how to kick things off with confidence, navigate the ebbs and flows of group dynamics, and wrap up with conclusion and clarity.
Role of the Board Chair
Date: January 28, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Why is the Board Secretary an important position on any board? What does the Secretary do for the board and the organization? Join this live and interactive webinar and you will find out the answers to these questions. You will go through the Secretary’s main responsibilities and provide you with some detailed actions that help the Secretary ensure that these responsibilities are met.
Understanding Your Legal Landscape
- January 29, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Understanding Your Legal Landscape
Date: January 29, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Understanding how laws and regulations affect your organization can be confusing. How do they determine what a board must do? What internal rules can an organization choose to create? This webinar will help you understand how these rules combine to create the legal landscape that all non-profit organizations in Alberta operate in. You will also have the chance to ask questions, see what other organizations are dealing with, test your knowledge and receive additional resources.
Role of the Board Treasurer
- February 4, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Role of the Board Treasurer
Date: February 4, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
The role of the board treasurer is one of the most important roles on the board of non-profit organizations. But what do treasurers do that is so important? Join for a session where we discuss the responsibilities of the Board Treasurers, the various ways that they help the boards, how they perform their duties in small and large non-profit organizations, and how they can best perform in their roles as treasurers.
Board Roles & Responsibilities
- February 5, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Board Roles & Responsibilities
Date: February 5, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
What is governance? What are the board’s roles? What are the board’s responsibilities? The truth is, there is no one answer to any of these questions. Join us as we help you understand governance from different perspectives. We will start with governance and what it means to the board. Then we will take you through how governance touches the entire organization, the structure of the organization, and the volunteers and staff that work in the organization. You will also have many opportunities to speak directly with others and share your experiences, test your knowledge, and ask your questions from the presenters.
Legal Responsibilities
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Where do the board’s duties and responsibilities come from? What do board members need to know in order to meet their legal responsibilities? What actions can board members take to help them meet their legal responsibilities? Join us for a live and interactive webinar to find out the answers to these questions, hear what other Not-for-Profit board members are experiencing and test your knowledge of the information that is shared.
Organizational Purpose & Planning
- February 19, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Organizational Purpose & Planning
Date: February 19, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
How is planning connected to the board’s roles and responsibilities? How are an organization’s vision, mission, and values connected to organizational plans? What is included in the plan? This webinar will introduce to you why planning is needed, what it includes, and give you some ideas on how to get started.
Financial Responsibilities
- February 26, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Financial Responsibilities
Date: February 26, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
What are the board’s financial responsibilities? How can the board fulfill these responsibilities? What is Financial Management and what does it include? To put it simply, the board has to know what is going on, and ask questions if they don’t! Join for more details and a few activities that will introduce your financial responsibilities.
Strategic Thinking Strategic Planning
- March 4, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
In this webinar, you will explore the importance of strategic thinking and what it means to be truly “strategic” before you begin the typical planning process. You will also have the opportunity to learn some theory around organizational planning. And best of all – you will come away with tips on how to build ownership and commitment, resulting in a plan that is closely followed, versus one that collects dust!
Risk Management
Date: March 5, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
What is risk? What types are there? How can it be assessed and managed? Risk is everywhere, but that just means that you have to spend some time to understand it and deal with the ones that are most relevant to your organization.
Committees & Meetings
Date: March 12, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Non-profits have a lot to think about and a lot of work to do. Meetings are where the board gets together to figure out to make its decisions about what work to do and how to do it. This session will take you through the different components of the structure of a meeting and some suggestions on how to think about leadership before, during and after the meeting.
Building Strong Teams & Effective Relationships
- March 19, 2025
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Building Strong Teams & Effective Relationships
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Join this highly interactive webinar where you and your fellow participants will deal with a specific board situation, address the root causes, and create solutions. It will provide additional, relevant information that will help you understand why these situations arise, how to deal with them, and ideas for addressing the root causes before they happen.
BodySense
Location: Online
Cost: Varies
Navigating body image, relationships with food, and disordered eating with young athletes can be intimidating for coaches and caregivers. The stakes are high, and athletes aren’t always open to having honest conversations about these sensitive topics.
To support learning about a holistic approach to athlete well-being, the CCES developed BodySense – an interactive e-learning course that includes self-reflection and self-assessment activities as well as tools, resources, and useful links for athletes to explore. The course will:
educate and enhance athletes’ awareness and knowledge on how to navigate body image,
bring balance to both their physical and mental health, and
work towards greater respect and compassion for their body within and outside of sport.
BodySense is designed for athletes of all genders, and the primary audience is adolescents in the Train to Train and Train to Compete stages of the Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity framework. BodySense also aligns with True Sport – an initiative designed to give Canadians a platform to express their commitment to good sport and foster positive sport experiences. The True Sport Principles are integrated into the course and are presented as actions that athletes can take to live the values of fairness, excellence, inclusion, and fun.
The course was developed with researchers and sport leaders to leverage their subject matter expertise. It takes a preventative approach to body image and disordered eating and aims to foster sport environments that provide positive, healthy, safe, and fulfilling sport experiences.
Role of the Board Secretary
Date: TBA
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Why is the Board Secretary an important position on any board? What does the Secretary do for the board and the organization? Join this live and interactive webinar and you will find out the answers to these questions. You will go through the Secretary’s main responsibilities and provide you with some detailed actions that help the Secretary ensure that these responsibilities are met.
Cybersecurity for Non-Techy Board Members
- TBA
- 1:30 pm MDT
- Online
Cybersecurity for Non-Techy Board Members
Date: TBA
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
News headlines remind us almost daily of cybersecurity threats facing business and government organizations that are operating online. Nonprofits are not immune, and they face risks as well if they engage in activities, such as processing donations, event registrations, and store information digitally about their donors, members, clients, and employees. Nonprofit Boards need to be able to recognize the risks associated with operating in a digital environment and how to take steps to protect their organization’s data. This webinar will explain the role of the board in cyber-risk oversight.
Building Consensus
Date: TBA
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Unlock the power of collaboration and discover the art of Building Consensus in the Governments of Alberta’s engaging webinar! In a world where diverse perspectives converge, the ability to make a decision with different voices is a critical skill. Building Consensus is your key to creating synergy, enhancing teamwork, and achieving remarkable results. Join for this interactive webinar where you’ll gain a deep understanding of what consensus means, and how you can navigate the best approach for making group decisions. They’ll guide you through the process of preparing for and leading a consensus-building conversations, providing you with insights, practical tips and tools that empower you to navigate the complexities of group dynamics and succeed. Whether you’re a leader in the non-profit sector, manager, or simply someone who wants to enhance their collaboration skills, this webinar helps you take the first step towards unlocking the potential of your team and your projects.
Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large
- TBA
- 10:00 am MDT
- Online
Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large
Date: TBA
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
The Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large guidelines have been updated and the application process has changed. This webinar will be covering the new Expression Of Interest (EOI), program criteria, answers to frequently asked questions and tips on submitting your CFEP Large application for the July 15, 2024 intake.
Please note that attendance in the webinars is on a first-come, first-served basis, and you are more likely to secure a seat by arriving a few minutes before the 10 a.m. start time.
Crowdfunding Campaign Lab
Date: TBD
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
The Crowdfunding Alberta Campaign Lab is designed to help build organizations’ online fundraising capacity. Over the course of 3, 3-hour online sessions non-profits will receive hands-on training and coaching, curated resources to reference for ongoing guidance as they develop their own crowdfunding campaign, demonstrations to help find and optimize the platform’s marketing tools, and customized feedback from a panel of fundraising experts to ensure their campaign is market-ready when it goes live.
