by Heather Pubols

The webinar training for marketing and communications staff working for missions organizations continues in 2023 in summer and winter. These are free to anyone who is a Missio Nexus member or part of a Missio Nexus member organization. A small fee is all that is required for those not in Missio Nexus to attend.

• Harnessing the Power of Technology: Communications Strategies for Missions – Thursday | August 10, 2023 | 2:00pm EDT – Presented by Jason Rutel of Creative Nomads. Uncover the potential of technology in enhancing storytelling and consistent messaging for missions organizations. Learn how to navigate various platforms and implement straightforward frameworks to amplify your organization’s impact. Empower your team and stakeholders with cutting-edge strategies to strengthen donor relationships and drive engagement and retention.
• Writing for Social Change: How the Right Words at the Right Time and Place Transform Us – Thursday | October 5, 2023 | 3:00pm EDT – Presented by Tim Morgan of Gordon College. Do you have a deep hope that our broken world can change for the better? I do. And I believe that the words we use and sentences we write are crucial in moving individuals and societies forward. This webinar, Writing for Social Change, will enable you to understand how the language we use in our writing is critical to the process of positive social change. Writers are change leaders and must step up to that challenge..
• Branding from the Inside Out – Thursday | November 9, 2023 | 2:00pm EST – Presented by Mark Dreistadt of Infinity Concepts. Establishing a clear brand identity is critical to growing your non-profit or ministry organization. Branding is much more than your logo and graphics. It is the collection of experiences people have with your organization. It is the promise that you consistently deliver every time. It is what people think of when they think of you. This fast-paced workshop is for those who what to understand what branding really is and learn how to improve, change or repair their existing brand. You will discover the 7 steps to building a brand, the 5 components of a well-defined brand, and the top reason many brands are not successful.
• The Details Matter: How a Project Manager Can Help Reduce Your Workload – Thursday | December 14, 2023 | 2:00pm EST – Presented by Emma Lown of Hope International. Do you ever wonder how everything can get done, in a timely manner? Do you collaborate with visionary leaders, deeply passionate about the mission, yet sometimes lack the resources to accomplish the work? You can grow in project management skills, which will increase your productivity and the effectiveness of your organization. Join us in learning about project management, discussing the value of limits for creative teams, understanding how to create a smooth process, and learning how to shepherd a team in accomplishing tasks to complete projects. We will dive into the waterfall and agile workflows, how to manage multiplying to-do lists, and how to effectively execute strategy.

Click on the webinar titles for more information and to register. (I’ll be updating these links to point to webinar recordings after the webinars are complete).