Woohoo we're having a soiree!  Join the ToucanTech team for a few scintillating mini-talks, networking, drinks and festive goodies. View event flyer here Speaker biogs: Which fundraising approach? New innovations vs traditional methods Harvey Duthie, Senior Vice President, CCS Fundraising Harvey has 15 yrs experience orchestrating fundraising campaigns for schools, universities and international charities, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He'll share his thoughts on what works when you're raising money and when to try something new and quirky versus sticking with tried and tested fundraising.   The importance of story-telling in alumni relations, marketing & fundraising Seb Murray, Journalist & consulting editor (Forbes, The Times, The Guardian etc) Seb is a contributing writer for a range of major media outlets, focusing on the business, education and tech sectors. He also produces white papers and eBooks and advises organisations on their editorial strategy and and how to use content to build engagement. Seb will talk about the power of story-telling in your marketing campaigns - what are the magic elements of a good story, how to conjure up a catchy tagline and how to make your story spread-able.    What's in Santa's stocking for ToucanTech product development? Sian Morley-Smith, Co-Founder, ToucanTech Sian is a  co-founder of ToucanTech, a community software used by 100+ schools, institutes and companies to manage their database, website and communications. A science grad from Imperial College, but an artist at heart, Sian managed major IT projects for Accenture before launching an online media start-up and then founding ToucanTech 4 years ago. She's passionate about building a product that helps our customers and end-users and she’ll be show-casing the major releases in development!

Join us for some training and top tips for the new design hub!

  An efficient 1 hour online training session to re-cap how to use News Categories and create a News Article from scratch. Training will cover: How to set up a new News Category  How to use Meta descriptions  How to add images and videos to an article How to tag a News Article  How to schedule news articles   

Join us for some training and top tips for the new design hub!

An efficient 1 hour online training session to re-cap how to use Advanced Filters   Training will cover: What information is in the different filter options  How to use the filters to create simple searches  The difference between the blue and grey operators  How to order your searches  How to use the filters to create advanced searches  How to save your filters  How to edit saved filters  Tips and Tricks for making best use of filter searches