Events

This workshop goes beyond the basics of Canva and explores how to boost your creativity and productivity with clever AI-powered features.

In this workshop, we’ll explore the powerful tools that Canva offers to help you save time and be more creative when marketing your business. We’ll look at Canva’s AI-powered “Magic” tools when you want to promote what you offer and dive into its advanced features.

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to:

• Make your designs even more creative and engaging using the Canva editor’s advanced features.
• Use Canva Magic to create custom-generated images and edit your photos with tools like background remover, magic eraser, magic edit and more.
• Understand how to expand what you can do with Canva using their huge range of apps.
• Use clever content strategies to boost your marketing effectiveness.
• Easily create, present and record engaging presentations.
• Create landing pages and basic websites with Canva Sites.
• Crete next-level digital reports and documents with Canva Docs and Charts.
• Save time in Canva with shortcuts, hack and integrations.

Please make sure you are already signed up or this free version of Canva before you book your place. To leverage Canva’s AI features, you will need a Canva Pro account.

To book a place, click here.

Building awareness is a crucial activity and this short session will give you lots to think about and implement. Take a couple of hours out to think about your business and let it grow.

When growing your business and looking for new customers, it is pretty important to tell people that you exist – not just once, but all the time! – easier said than done!

This short session will deliver practical ideas on how to get your message in front of your key target audiences time after time. It focusses on activities that are cost free or cost very little, other than your own time.

What is cored?

• Understanding your different target markets, – what they read, see, listen to;
• Assessing free to use communications options – to keep your name in front of customers;
• Creating the right content messages that encourages action;
• Building brand awareness;
• Bringing together the whole process together into a co-ordinated plan;
• Day to day management of your publicity and brand
• Assessing what works for the next round of success;

Outcome – Lots of ideas to try – to build your reputation and brand value over time.

Russell Ferguson will be the trainer for all the programmes. He has a long experience of helping businesses to improve their potential through marketing and sales activities.

He always tries to tailor information to delegates need so that they leave with valuable ‘take aways’ to implement in their business. Book up now for an enervating session!!

To book a place, click here.

This course introduces third sector organisations to key structures – trusts, CICs, cooperatives, and social enterprises – covering their benefits, challenges, and requirements.

This overview webinar is designed to get third sector organisations considering both what is the best structure for my third sector organisation and how once set up do you have the processes in place to be sustainable and well governed, including people, governance, board and meeting current regulations.

This training course is designed to help third sector organisations explore and understand the different structures available to them, from charitable trusts and community interest companies to cooperatives and social enterprises. Participants will gain an overview of the advantages and limitations of each model, including governance requirements, funding opportunities, and regulatory obligations. The course will also provide practical guidance on aligning structure with mission, values, and long-term sustainability, enabling organisations to make informed decisions that best support their goals and the communities they serve.

This webinar will provide an overview of:

• Types of structures.
• Third Sector Good Business Practice.
• The Responsibilities of the Trustee.
• Financial, Strategic Financial and Strategic Management Tasks.

A short and sharp webinar which will be practical and results-oriented. The aim will be to have each attendee to look at what they are planning and start off right and if already started re-examining their own organisation and start to consider the area where they have “pain points”, areas where they need to start to review and re-focus on.

To book a place, click here.