Alberta Government offers free webinars for not-for-profits

By Brandie Majeau

The Alberta government is offering a series of webinars this fall to provide

support for funding, board governance and non-profit organizations. These webinars

are hosted on Zoom and are free to attend.

The Alberta Non-profit Learning Centre (NPLC) offers various learning

opportunities to assist non-profit organizations in making a positive impact. The center

provides live webinars, online courses and other resources to support governance,

operations, program delivery and services in the community.

The Community Development Unit also offers facilitation services provided by

trained and experienced facilitators. These facilitators can act as external and neutral

guides to support organizations with decision-making processes. Their services are tax-

supported and come with no fee or charge to organizations. They also offer online

webinars throughout the year, covering topics such as board governance basics, grant

writing, cybersecurity, and roles of the board executives. These webinars are open to

individual board members, volunteers, non-profit staff, and anyone interested in

governance and operation of non-profits.

The Board Development Program (BDP) focuses on enhancing the governance

and leadership of non-profit organizations through training on basic board governance

concepts and responsibilities.

The topics covered in the online Board Development Program include the non-

profit legal landscape, roles and responsibilities of a non-profit board, financial

responsibilities, risk management, and more.

Additionally, there are webinars available related to specific roles on non-profit

boards such as the board chair, board treasurer and board secretary. Other topics also

covered include cybersecurity for non-techie board members, strategic thinking, grant

writing and more.

The Non-profit Bistro Webinar Series focuses on specific governance topics and

practical applications. The series regularly develops new webinars with topics such as

basic facilitation tools, creating vision and mission statements, responding to

ransomware attacks and restructuring non-profit boards/organizations. A complete list

of topics and registration can be found on the Alberta website.