Operational Skills

Our Operational Skills Courses

These courses offer a range of practical operational skills for budget-conscious organisations to increase productivity and profile, and enhance day-to-day performance. Each course focuses on a key skillset, especially applicable to community organisations.

Who are these courses for?

These topics are of special interest to not-for-profit organisations, charities, clubs and community groups, while also being relevant to a wide range of professions and industries.

Getting more from your most precious resource

We all get 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, but some of us seem to use that time more effectively. This course looks at a range of proven and effective tools to help participants to organise their lives and make the most of their limited time.

How to influence decision-makers and change the world

Advocacy means speaking out on behalf of someone’s rights or best interests and systemic advocacy is about how we improve the system to make things better for everyone, rather than just an individual. This course provides foundation knowledge for effective systemic advocacy.

Preparing for change

Succession planning is the ongoing process of preparing an organisation for the transition of key roles and the handover of information, relationships and systems. This course teaches a well-planned approach to succession and provides processes for smooth implementation.

Strategies and secrets

Developed by a national award-winning event manager with decades of event experience, this course explores the practical, real-world skills you need to deliver a wide range of events.

Getting to where you want to go

Strategic planning is about taking a structured ‘big picture’ approach to achieving an organisation’s mission and objectives. This practical course provides a flexible template for creating a strategic plan and the skills and resources to create a tailored plan.

Manage, mitigate, minimise

Risk management is the process of identifying and assessing the specific risks affecting a situation and developing a plan to deal with them. This course is a guide to developing a risk management plan for a specific project or area, or for a whole organisation.

Skills for organisational stewardship

Many people find themselves on a board or management committee without the fundamental skills essential for basic legal compliance. This course is an essential introduction for any new or prospective board members, along with anyone wanting to brush up on the basics.

Enhance your profile

This course provides foundational knowledge in how media works and emerging trends in the media sector. It explores the process of engaging with the media, attracting positive news coverage and managing media relations.

Pitching, profile, promotions

Regardless of your product or service, marketing plays such a huge role in attracting customers and promoting messages, that it can be the difference between success and failure. Learn practical skills for promoting anything, including non-tangibles such as services, events and messages.

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