Te Pūaha Talks has an exciting range of online capability workshops and webinars scheduled for the coming year. This programme of free events, supported by Foundation North, has been designed and curated based on what people working in social impact have told us they want.
Each event is an opportunity to learn from people who are leaders, innovators, and influencers in their areas of expertise. The aim is to help participants build their knowledge and confidence to apply what they learn to their own community organisation or area of practice.
Recordings of the webinars will be available online through Te Pūaha o te Ako, alongside additional resources such as templates and links to related sources of information.
Explore past Te Pūaha Talks recordings and resources on the knowledge hub here.
Finding the fun in facilitation
9am - 10.30am Thursday 1 May
This free 90 minute online workshop with Centre for Social Impact associate Miranda Cassidy-O’Connell will draw on Miranda’s experience with making facilitation fun and effective.
Miranda Cassidy-O’Connell is an experienced facilitator, trainer and coach, with a particular interest in collaborative facilitation for systems change.
Miranda has designed this webinar for anyone who facilitates, whether that be for work meetings, community sessions, workshops or any gathering where people and process need holding. Miranda believes that when people get together with a shared kaupapa, things go better when there is some fun involved. This doesn’t mean a facilitator needs to be a comedian. It means knowing yourself as the facilitator and setting up conditions for people to find their best selves.
This is an opportunity to learn from Miranda’s experience facilitating across diverse fields and tap into what makes facilitation enjoyable. The webinar is an opportunity to join your peers and hear why it helps to find the fun in facilitation, and learn some ideas and practices to add to your facilitation basket. The webinar will include a breakout session for participants to discover their fears and hopes for facilitation. Register here.
Whai Wāhitanga
(1) Engaging rangatahi
14th May 11-11.45am
Creating mana-enhancing collaboration with young people. Register now.
(2) Working collaboratively with hapū and whānau
28th May 11-11.45am
Creating mana-enhancing collaboration with iwi and hapori Māori. Register now.
Over two webinars, Climate Action Aotearoa co-lead Arohanui West (Te Arawa whānui, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa) will look at how we can create positive, mana-enhancing collaboration with young people and Māori to fulfil shared aspirations for the future.
Whai wāhitanga is about encouraging authentic participation to answer some important questions. What do we want tomorrow to look like? What do we want life to look like 20 years from now? How do we find pathways together to create the future we want to see? What do we want to do differently to move us forward?
Arohanui will draw on her experience in journalism and communications, and building collaboration around waste minimisation and wetland restoration,. Her formal involvement in climate issues began with a role as an environmental intern with Te Arawa Lakes Trust. As Climate Action co-lead, Arohanui is supporting funders who are committed to responsibly investing in a tika (just) transition to a green, low-carbon society. She also consults to Para Kore, a Māori not-for-profit which educates and advocates from a Māori worldview for zero carbon, zero waste whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori Māori with a vision of oranga taiao, oranga whānau, oranga marae.
Note: You are welcome to attend one or both webinars.
Hauora by the seasons
Ngahuru, Takurua, Kōanga, Raumati
Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer
This programme of quarterly wellbeing webinars has been created by Tuihana Ohia to support community hauora. Each workshop draws on mataraunga Māori to acknowledge the changing seasons and how each season brings new opportunities to nurture our wellbeing. Time is included in the workshops for reflection and learning from our shared hauora experiences.
Tuihana (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Te Arawa, Ngāi Pākehā) has created a number of hauora webinars and resources for the Centre for Social Impact. In creating her webinars, Tuihana draws on her experience in designing and implementing a number of significant wellbeing initiatives including Vodafone’s Manaaki Support Network and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s wellbeing programme Tau Ora.
Note: You are welcome to attend as many of these sessions with Tuihana as you like.
(1) Ngahuru to Takurua - autumn to winter
Thursday 22nd May 9-10.30am
As we move through Ngahuru we look towards Matariki. This is a time to start to reflect on the year past, and set intentions for Takurua and the year to come.
As temperatures start to drop, this is a time we often want to reach for comfort kai and hibernate in our whare. This is a time to build our layer of protection as we enter a challenging time for our wellbeing – Takurua. This session will set us up with a hauora plan for the winter months. Register now.
(2) Takurua to Kōanga - winter to spring
Tuesday 26th Aug 10-11.30am
Temperatures start to rise, and the days become longer as the Takurua moves into Kōanga. As we come out of the darker months and the world awakens, it is time to nourish ourselves see what is asking to grow within you, and nurture this. Register now.
(3) Kōanga to Raumati - spring to summer
Tuesday 25th Nov 10-11.30am
The mahi of Kōanga leads into the plenty of Raumati, a time of celebration and joy. Crops are ripening, kai is plentiful, and everyone is working to stock up food stores. This is a time to acknowledge the gifts of connection to whānau and taiao, to create memories that will sustain us in the year ahead. Register now.
(4) Raumati to Ngahuru - summer to autumn
Thursday 19th Feb 10-11.30am
This is a time to refresh our wellbeing practices, to give ourselves the gift of starting the year grounded, connected, and energised. What have you learnt about nurturing your hauora over the past year? What do you want to take into the year ahead? What are your goals? Register now.
The Funders Commitment to Climate Action
Tuesday 10th June 12-12.40pm
Join Climate Action Aotearoa co-lead Esther Whitehead for a kōrero on how funders and changemakers across Aotearoa are stepping up to take climate action through the Funders Commitment on Climate Action. This session will explore how the Climate Action Aotearoa network is supporting the sector with practical tools, shared learning, and collective impact reporting - including a new system for tracking climate-related funding, and a move toward greater transparency on emissions and net-zero targets.
Whether you’re a funder or a not-for-profit (big or small), this session will be packed with insights, resources, and ways to connect with others on the same journey.
Esther brings to Climate Action Aotearoa her experience in climate strategy, emissions reduction planning, and sustainability initiatives for medium to large organisations. She was the founder of Sustainable Queenstown Community Trust, Dishrupt(TM) and KiwiHarvest Queenstown, and is an associate with The Centre for Social Impact.
Exploring the Core Skills Toolkit
Dates to be confirmed
The Core Skills Toolkit is a collection of practical, easy-to-use resources and insights curated by CSI to help new and small community groups or not-for-profit organisations thrive.
Later this year we will offer several webinars, hosted by our associate Kathryn Nemec, which will explore each element of the toolkit in more detail. These sessions will provide more in-depth information on each topic in the toolkit, look at how skills are applied, and share examples of core skills in action. The webinars will also provide a platform for community groups to share information about their experiences in using the toolkit and applying the core skills to their mahi.
We will notify our Te Pūaha Talks community when these sessions have been finalised, scheduled, and open for registration.