Digital journeys allow charities to engage more effectively with donors, volunteers, staff, service users, or anyone who finds you in the digital space. Smooth and simple digital journeys often prove the difference between onboarding potential donors or driving people away.
Are you a small charity looking to amplify your message and connect with your community more effectively? Media Trust and award-winning global PR and communications agency Edelman are here to help. Media Trust have teamed up with Edelman to provide a series of free, interactive drop-in sessions for charities.
Each session is an hour long and covers a different topic, as listed below. You'll be joined by 2-3 expert volunteers from Edelman, ready to answer your most pressing questions on the topic at hand and provide tailored advice.
This course will take you through the essentials of lawful data processing for charities and help improve your compliance with the law
By the end of the training, you'll:
Email marketing is one of the best ways to attract donors, raise funds, raise awareness, and highlight the impact of your charity. It is, in the simplest terms, an indispensable part of your marketing toolkit. There are 4.5 billion email users worldwide and research suggest two-thirds of marketers believe email provides the best ROI.
Microsoft 365 offers huge possibilities. But most charities simply use the most popular programmes – Word and Excel, mostly – and not particularly well. 365 has so many applications, so many hidden features, that every charity can benefit from learning its secrets.
CAST’s Coffee Connections service matches up peers across the charity sector every two months for a virtual chat about all things digital. What you talk about will be entirely up to you and your match: it could be a challenge you need help with, advice you'd like to share, or just a general chat about digital, data or design. The service is open to anyone who works within a social or voluntary organisation and has an interest in digital.
The next round of matches will take place on 12 September 2024
This summer, Manchester Adult Education have lots of Digital Skills for Beginners courses happening at centres across Manchester. Courses are free to adults 19+ and take place in June-July.
Come and learn:
A new resource has been launched to help disabled people in Greater Manchester get online. The guide has been developed with input from partners and organisations of Greater Manchester’s Disabled People Panel. They advised that many disabled people and care professionals are unaware of where to access digital support, such as assistive technology, digital skills and getting online, and that more guidance was needed to help disabled people understand and utilise the range of technology available.
With an estimated 526,000 people in Greater Manchester living with disabilities, and research suggesting 45% face forms of digital exclusion, a new resource has been launched to help disabled people in Greater Manchester get online and access opportunities in the digital world.
Much has been said about the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the charity sector, the ability to automate tasks, forecast the future, and generate content can revolutionise how we operate, allowing us to dedicate more time to delivering impact to the communities we serve.