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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  • Co-design in a nutshell
  • How to Take Effective Meeting Minutes
  • Make the Most of Google Sheets

    Make the Most of Google Sheets

    Formulas used:

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  • Going out on your own
  • How to make a budget with a template
  • How to create a comms plan
  • Funding Calendar
  • Let's Get Vlogging
  • Using branding to engage your community
  • Effective Workflow-managing your time
  • Social Media

    Social Media

    In this session we go over how to use social media for your organisation.

  • Workshop Design

    Workshop Design

    In this session we get clear about what you should consider with workshop design.

  • Proposal Writing

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Strategic Planning—what it means, why it’s essential, where to start, and how to stay on track.