Using Social Media for Collaboration and Networking

Webinar Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand how to identify and connect with potential collaborators, partners, and supporters through social media.
• Learn strategies for building meaningful, long-term relationships online that align with their charity’s mission.
• Gain confidence in using storytelling and shared causes to strengthen partnerships and broaden reach.
• Know how to track, measure, and refine networking efforts to maximise community impact and fundraising potential.

Course outline:

• The Power of Social Collaboration: Learn why partnerships on social media can amplify your charity’s message, extend reach, and create new opportunities for impact.
• Understanding the Platforms: Explore which channels, such as LinkedIn and Instagram, are best suited for different types of collaboration and networking.
• Finding the Right Connections: Discover practical ways to identify and approach organisations, influencers, and supporters who share your mission, and what platforms to collaborate with them on.
• Co-Creating Campaigns and Content: Explore how to design joint initiatives, share resources, and tell stories that benefit all collaborators.
• Evaluating and Evolving Partnerships: Understand how to measure results, gather feedback, and adapt strategies to keep collaborations fresh and effective.

This event is fully funded for VCSE groups & organisations in Gloucestershire.

Booking information

To enable as many groups & organisations to access this course, we limit bookings to two per organisation. If you would like to book more than two spaces, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk and we will aim to accomodate individual needs where possible.

Our courses are often oversubscribed and we therefore have a waiting list system in place for each course. If this course is fully booked, you can add yourself to the waiting list and we will let you know as soon as a place becomes available.

If you book a place and cannot attend for any reason, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk asap so that we can allocate your place to someone else.

If you have any enquiries about this course, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk and a member of our team will get back to you.

We look forward to welcoming you on 16 October.

Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance team