Past events
NPC runs around 50 events a year from our annual conference, NPC Ignites, to training events, and from practical seminars to topical discussions. View our upcoming events or find out more about our programme of events below.
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NPC Ignites is our annual conference. Every October, we bring together the boldest thinkers with the brightest ideas in the charity sector, and beyond, to inspire new ways of working. The conference is designed to help charities keep pace with change and anticipate new trends and innovations, to ensure their organisations are always maximising their social impact.
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We hold topical discussions on subjects ranging from the environment and youth crime to how the charity sector can rethink and rebuild post Covid-19. Watch videos from previous events on YouTube and read coverage @NPCthinks.
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Our Leading Impact seminar series is designed to provide practical tips and resources to help charities improve their impact. We achieve this through sharing NPC’s wealth of experience and through charity case study presentations. To find out more about previous events visit the hashtag on twitter #LeadingImpact.
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Since 2010 we have held seminars for trustees in partnership with the Clothworkers’ Company, exploring the key issues affecting charity governance. Following the events; blogs and short reports are produced to share the learning more widely.
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What could realistically be achieved through shared measurement?
This event is part of our Leading Impact series of seminars and will discuss what can be achieved through shared evaluation even if the perfect conditions do not exist.
Theory of change in ten steps
A theory of change process encourages us to reflect on our aims and plans, to discuss them with others and to make them explicit. We see this process as the foundation of charity strategy, evaluation and communication.
How to achieve the most out of co-production
This event is part of our Leading Impact series of seminars and will discuss the benefits of co-production, explore good practice principles and share examples from organisations on a co-production journey.
Maximising user involvement opportunities and social distancing
Co-design happens when a charity and its stakeholders work together to design or rethink a service. But how can we encourage user participation at a time of lockdowns and social distancing?
What’s holding back digital innovation in the charity sector?
Insights and recommendations from Media Trust and NPC’s virtual roundtable.
Identify, prevent and predict: Using data to stop global trafficking
In anticipation of our upcoming seminar on data, this guest blog by STOP THE TRAFFIK emphasises the importance of data in identifying, preventing and predicting global trafficking hotspots.
Developing a learning organisation
This is a write up from NPC's Leading Impact seminar on how tips to develop a learning organisation.
Data visualisation: What’s it all about?
This short paper looks at what data visualisation is, how charities can get started using it, and provides handy tips and resources.
Reporting when things don’t go to plan
NPC’s briefing paper following our seminar on reporting negative results.
Keeping it in proportion: Impact measurement for small charities
NPC’s briefing paper following our event for small charities about how they can measure their impact.
Stories and numbers: Collecting the right impact data
NPC’s briefing paper following our event on how charities can decide what types of impact data to collect.
Measuring your campaigning impact: An introduction
NPC’s briefing paper following our event on how charities can measure the impact of their campaigning work.
