Calendar
You are welcome to attend training courses in a wide range of topics which can be found here
September 2024
Not-for-Profit Finance Week is a celebration of ideas, knowledge and financial capacity-building for the $100 billion Australian not-for-profit sector.
The aim of this event, held September 2024, is to increase the profile of the not-for-profit sector, bolster the financial capacity and sustainability of the sector, and provide support for the staff, board members and treasurers carrying out the important task of overseeing the finances.
Join us for a week of information-packed FREE webinars.
This workshop has been designed to help directors understand their roles and responsibilities as a board member, and how to review and apply the organisation’s constitution.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 5 September 2024
Time: 1–4pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $175 (normally $245)
Session 1: Regulatory and legislative compliance, decision-making and ethical obligations
Date: Thursday, 12 September 2024
Time: 3–5pm AEST
Location: Zoom
Session 2: Keeping the board on track with responsibilities and timelines
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2024
Time: 3–5pm AEST
Location: Via Zoom
Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to benefit community organisations. However, its use also brings risks. Boards are responsible for being aware of these risks and managing them, in relation to their own decision-making processes and in relation to the organisation’s use of AI generally.
Join ICDA and learn how your board can safeguard your organisation against the risks of artificial intelligence.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
The best leaders bring out the strengths in those around them. Getting the best out of your people is always important, but for time- and resource-poor organisations, even more so.
Join ICDA for this interactive workshop where will look at the role coaching plays in inspiring your team to harness their strengths and insights, achieving the largest possible impact.
We’ll cover:
- Understanding coaching and its benefits
- Exploring shared and unique strengths in teams
- Building a coaching culture
- Asking powerful questions, goal setting and other coaching techniques
- Common coaching challenges
- Action planning and what’s next
Key Details
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Time: 1–4pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $175 (normally $245)
As Peter Drucker famously said, "What gets measured gets managed."
Is your organisation’s CEO reviewing process as effective and aligned with your organisational values as it should be? Ensuring your CEO meets expectations and steers your organisation in the right direction is crucial for success. But how do you plan and conduct an impactful CEO performance review?
Over the course of the webinar, you will gain insights on:
- Building a strong partnership with your CEO
- Identifying the right participants for the review (and who to exclude)
- Key elements to include (and what to avoid)
- Establishing an effective timeframe for reviews
- Structuring the review process for maximum effectiveness
- Aligning the review with the CEO's job description and organisational objective
Key Details
Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
Session 3: Supporting inclusion and accessibility and ensuring effective induction and onboarding of new board members
Date: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Time: 3–5pm AEST
Location: Via Zoom
October 2024
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the community sector, whether they’re sizzling sausages at the local fair, coordinating vital fundraisers, or providing vision and leadership in the boardroom. Without them, many organisations would be unable to keep the doors open.
Despite this, many organisations aren’t aware of their legal responsibilities when it comes to volunteer management. That’s why we’re hosting this webinar on volunteer management with Maddocks, our preferred legal supplier. Join us as we take a deep dive into volunteer management.
Key Details
Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: FREE!
Fundraising is the lifeblood of most community organisations, yet it’s an often-neglected task. Most organisations draw the majority of their income from just one or two sources. That’s a dangerous strategy. If one of those sources dries up, you could quickly face a budget black hole.
This course is designed for grassroots community groups that want to find out where to find funding, and how to win it.
Key Details
Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Time: 1–4pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $175 (normally $245)
Artificial intelligence. It’s the talk of the town. Promising unprecedented efficiency, innovation and profitability, AI has arrived, and it’s only going to get stronger.
Yet as we embrace the wonders of technology, it’s crucial to recognise the profound wisdom embedded in ancestral knowledge – timeless insights passed down through generations from our ancestors, our traditional holders of wisdom.
While AI excels in crunching numbers and detecting patterns, collective human wisdom is far more nuanced than that.
How do we ensure AI systems respect diverse perspectives and uphold Indigenous values of respect, reciprocity and interconnectedness?
Join Community Directors Council member Jahna Cedar as we explore this topic.
Key Details
Date: Monday, 7 October 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
In this webinar, Dr Amantha Imber will take you through the latest scientific findings in relation to what really drives highly inventive and disruptive thinking – and how participants can apply these findings to their role.
You will walk away with a set of practical tools that you can use in your own role and also with others across the organisation to innovate what you do and disrupt the competition.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Time: Noon–1pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
During a glittering AFL football career filled with individual and team success, fame and a $7 million fortune, Tom went through the most difficult time of his life at 22 years old, suffering severe insomnia, depression and anxiety that forced him to the sidelines.
This was the start of a new perspective, one that meant the traditional measures of success no longer motivated him.
In this keynote, Tom shares the tools and strategies he used to overcome the biggest challenges of his life. Learn how to proactively manage your mental health, and how to turn your struggles into strengths.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 17 October 2024
Time: 1pm–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
In today’s activist age, leaders must navigate a complex environment in which employee emotions, public misinformation and customer pressure combine to influence decision making in powerful ways.
Many organisations exist in an ecosystem where not saying anything constitutes saying something, and fear that the work environment may be affected by events happening outside the workplace.
Hosted by ICDA's General Manager, Adele Stowe-Lindner, this webinar explores:
- the different forms workplace activism can take
- the effects of workplace activism on boards and organisational strategy
- ways in which effective communication and relationship management can transform potential conflicts into opportunities for growth.
Key Details
Date: Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Time: Noon–1pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
If embracing diversity is important to your organisation, working out ways to accommodate neurodiversity should be on your agenda.
Join ICDA trainer and neurodiversity advocate Annabel Rattigan which will look at how to support neurodiversity on your board.
Key Details
Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
The Institute of Community Directors Australia (ICDA) is offering a Diploma of Governance designed for the board members of Australian not-for-profit boards and committees, and the CEOs and other senior staff who work alongside them.
The training materials and assessments for this qualification have been developed by the Institute of Community Directors Australia, which also completes all training and assessments. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be issued with a certificate of completion from ICDA.
Both prospective and current members of boards are eligible for enrolment. Deep knowledge of a not-for-profit organisation is highly desirable.
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Start Date: 29 October 2024
Introduction: 6 Nov 2024 - 9:30am - 10:15am
Tutorial 1: 12 Nov 2024 - 9.30am - 11.30am
Tutorial 2: 10 Dec 2024 - 9.30am - 11.30am
Tutorial 3: 4 Feb 2025 - 9.30am - 11.30am
Tutorial 4: 4 Mar 2025 - 9.30am - 11.30am
Tutorial 5: 1 Apr 2025 - 9.30am - 11.30am
Tutorial 6: 29 Apr 2025 - 9.30am - 11.30am
November 2024
We all dream of living in a perfect world where everyone is on the same page and everything runs swimmingly. That’s not realistic. The unfortunate truth is that conflict can arise at any situation (and it’s not always a bad thing). Having a plan in place to help guide your board or organisation through the conflict will help you minimise the impacts. Join us for a interactive session that outlines the steps you need to take to prevent and deal with conflict.
Key Details
Date: Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Time: 1–4pm AEST (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $175 (normally $245)
You may not know it yet, but you could be the perfect mentor for an aspiring leader.
Becoming a mentor could futureproof your organisation, equipping aspiring leaders with the skills and knowledge required to make a difference going forward. Mentoring someone outside your organisation could also help support the sector, helping you make an impact on societal change long into the future.
But being a great mentor takes work. In this session we’ll discuss how to provide mentoring that is effective and drives impact.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 7 November 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
Cash-strapped community organisations may be sitting on a gold mine without even realising it. There’s lots of money to be made in the leasing and subleasing of office spaces, community halls and gardens. You may even be able to rent out just a small part of your venue.
The rules can be confusing, and so many organisations turn down enquiries, placing it in the “too hard right now” basket, and then never having the time or space to come back, seek help, and find a solution.
That’s why we’re hosting this webinar with Maddocks, to give you the time and space to explore what’s possible, and have your questions answered.
Key Details
Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
We know secretaries play a vital role on the modern board, particularly in relation to board transparency. As a result, secretaries may find themselves in a difficult position, caught between board members fighting over what should be shared with the wider public, and what should not. What should the relationship between the secretary and the rest of the board look like?
Key Details
Date: Wednesday, 17 November 2024
Time: 1–2pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $88 (normally $110)
December 2024
Overseeing the finances is probably one of the most important tasks you have as a board member. Financial literacy will put your organisation in the best position to promote and fulfil your organisation’s mission. If you don’t understand how the finances work, you’ll be at risk of getting caught up if anything goes wrong. This session will help you to understand the finances at your organisation.
Key Details
Date: Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Time: 1–4pm AEDT (check the webpage for your local time).
Price: ICDA members can attend this webinar for just $175 (normally $245)