FREE webinars for rural and regional community groups - Alternative Ways to Fund Your Organisation

 

FRRR has teamed up with Our Community to host three webinars specifically designed to help rural, regional and remote community groups to access more funding.

The aim of these webinars is to demystify some of the funding options beyond grants, and to give you the knowledge and tools on how to go about it.

These sessions will build on the Seeking Funding - how to access the funding to turn your project into a reality webinar, run in 2014, as well as other resources like the tips from Ann Bichel on successfully seeking funding.

The webinars will cover three topics:

  1. Planned Giving, including Bequests - 1pm AEST, Thursday 14 July
  2. Sponsorships - 1pm, AEST, Wednesday 27 July
  3. Crowd-Funding - 1pm AEST, Wednesday, 10 August

Each webinar will last for one hour, with time for questions.

Best of all, they will feature practical examples about how other community groups in rural, regional or remote areas have used these tools to help strengthen their community and address pressing community needs.

1.   Planned giving and bequests 101 -what is planned giving, how do you organise it, and manage it?
Date and time: 1pm AEST, Thursday 14 July 2016
Panel speakers: Natalie Egleton, CEO FRRR, Patrick Moriarty, Director of Training and Development Our Community, and special guest Wendy Brooks, MD and Founder of Wendy Brooks Consulting. Wendy's career has spanned law, music, marketing, business development and fundraising for the tertiary education, environment and conservation, arts, health and medical research and social welfare sectors.
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2.   Sponsorship 101 - what are the different sponsorship options in rural and regional Australia and how do you prepare a business case to bring in funding, then manage these important relationships?
Date and time: 1pm, AEST, Wednesday 27 July
Panel speakers: Natalie Egleton, CEO FRRR, Patrick Moriarty, Director of Training and Development Our Community and special guest Wendy Brooks, MD and Founder of Wendy Brooks Consulting.
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3.   Crowd-funding 101 - what is crowd-funding, why would your organisation do it and how do you go about it?
Date and time: 1pm AEST, Wednesday, 10 August
Speakers: Natalie Egleton, CEO FRRR, Patrick Moriarty, Director of Training and Development Our Community, and special guest from Pozible. Pozible is an online crowdsourcing tool. It provides the platform for project creators to present their ideas to a connected audience, worldwide. Around 10,900 projects have raised more than $45m in crowdsourcing pledges on the Pozible site.
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FAQ

How does a Webinar work? What software will I need for me to attend these webinars?

Good question! A webinar is like a seminar on the web. You watch a presentation on a computer and simultaneously listen to audio - the presentation and conversation are in real time and allow for interaction from webinar attendees. Audio can be streamed online or via a telephone connection. All instructions will be provided via email prior to the start of the webinar. The only software that you need is an internet browser. If you have no internet connection, we can send you a hard copy of the presentation or a PDF document.

I was wondering if there were options if I am unable to listen in on these webinars. Are they being recorded?

The webinars are recorded and made available soon after the end of the webinar.

Can these be viewed online somewhere?

A link to the recording will be sent to you after the webinar.

Is there access to the handouts?

The handouts are available during the webinar and can be downloaded. If you aren't able to download the handouts, please contact Alan Matic: alanm@ourcommunity.com.au. Alan will send you copies after the webinar.

FRRR has managed the distribution of $60 million in grants since 2000 and provided substantial capacity building support to community organisations across Australia.

Our Community is Australia's Centre for Excellence for the nation's 600,000 not-for-profits and schools, providing advice, tools, resources and training.

Can your community really afford to miss these FREE information sessions?

For more information, email webinars@frrr.org.au.