10 minutes at 10.
'10 minutes at 10' is a series of bite-sized episodes, each offering 10 minutes of professional development. Across 10 weeks in both 2023 and 2024, we explored skills, frameworks, and systems to enrich your Community Development toolkit.
Season 3 is expected to return in 2025 – stay tuned for more bite-sized learning and inspiration!
Previous Sessions
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Make the Most of Google Sheets
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Social Media
In this session we go over how to use social media for your organisation.
Workshop Design
In this session we get clear about what you should consider with workshop design.
Proposal Writing
In this session we’ll delve into our top tips for successful proposal writing that leaves a lasting impression! We’ll cover key elements, structure and persuasive writing techniques needed to create winning proposals.
Mailchimp
Want to know how to craft newsletters that truly connect? In this session we will be diving into the art of impactful communication through Mailchimp!
Audience Management: Discover techniques to effectively organise and reach the right audience
Craft Compelling Campaigns: Get insights into creating attention-grabbing email campaigns from start to finish
Design Engaging Emails: Discover best practices for email design, including layout, fonts, and CTAs
Post-Send Glow Up: Find out what to do after hitting send to maximise your email's potential
Canva
In the previous 10 minutes at 10 session, we covered “Online Tools” and our audience told us they’d like us to go more in depth with Canva. In this session we shared some of our best tips for getting the most out of Canva Pro.
Online Tools
Do you keep hearing about the free software everyone’s accessing online that’s making their work easier and more professional? In ten minutes, we go over a few of the tools we use at Community Think, including Canva, Jot form, Doodle polls and Google forms.
Facilitation
Cissy has a simple framework lovingly called the 5 Ps of Facilitation. In this session she will take you through each “p” leaving you with a solid sense of what to consider when facilitating.
Project Management 101
Here are some ways to kicks off a project and tips and ideas to keep the project on track!
How to run an interesting Zoom session
Over the last few years, many of us have come to use Zoom a lot! Cissy will share five things she does to enliven a Zoom session to try to make it as engaging as possible.
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning—what it means, why it’s essential, where to start, and how to stay on track.