Upcoming LIKECHARITY Training Workshops
Last week LIKECHARITY ran two very successful days of training for charities; covering fundraising and Data Protection.
On Tuesday the 11th of April, Hannah and Deirdre ran another text-to-donate fundraising workshop. They gave advice and training on how best to use the text-to-donate platform. They covered ComReg compliance, how to pick the best keyword, text-to-donate on social media, case studies and how to build a successful text-to-donate campaign. It was a relaxed but productive morning with plenty of discussion, we’re already looking forward our next workshop in May!
The following day, LIKECHARITY were joined by John Ghent of Sytorus to speak about charities and the GDPR. Sytorus is a recognised leader in pragmatic Data Protection deployment with their services and products, including assessments, implementation, training and support and are experts on the GDPR. Sytorus and LIKECHARITY are partnering together to help charities to be compliant with the GDPR. While The GPDR is receiving lots of coverage in the media, there still remains a lot of confusion around what it means for the charity sector in Ireland. It comes into effect next year and, will bring the most significant and far-reaching changes to how charities approach the protection of citizen’s data in recent history, with the burden of proof now on charities to show how they manage their data. John lead us through a practical charity centred presentation on what the GDPR is, how it will affect charities and what they need to do to prepare for it. He explained the rapid change in data in recent times, how much much different data charities have, from addresses of donors to medical records of service users. He brought us through the new role of Data Protection Officer that most charities will need to bring in and practical solutions to implement the GDPR. Many of the charities commented afterwards they had a much clearer idea of what the GDPR means to our sector and what they need to do get get ready for it. As charities found it so helpful we’re running another two sessions next week.
Here’s a link to our next Data Protection Session and if you’d like information on upcoming LIKECHARITY training events please contact deirdre.mullen@likecharity.com