Club Training

CLUB TRAINING

Training plays a huge role in introducing club office bearers to the mandatory processes for Guild-affiliated clubs in order to effectively run your club.

MANDATORY

Each year, all club committee members must complete the Guild's mandatory training modules.

Committee Induction Course

Committee Induction Course

Mandatory for all Club Committee Members.

This online induction course is designed to help you:

Understand your roles and responsibilities as a committee member
Follow mandatory Guild processes for Guild-affiliated clubs
Gain the tools, skills, confidence, and knowledge to successfully run your club and engage your members

The course consists of four (4) modules, covering essential topics in:

The Guild & Curtin's requirements
Club Governance
Finance & Strategic Planning
Decision-making through meetings
Financial Processes & Reporting
Events & Risk Management
Conflict Management

Why It Matters

The course is MANDATORY. Your duties as a committee member are critical to the effective governance and leadership of your student club.

By completing this course, you will:
✔ Gain confidence in your role
✔ Learn how to apply best practices in real-world scenarios
✔ Be prepared to actively participate in meetings and deliver on your leadership responsibilities

By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to lead effectively and leave a lasting legacy for future students.

We hope you find this course valuable and informative. Let’s get started!

Complete Online Induction

Financial Management

Financial Management

Mandatory for all committee members
Financial management is not just the job of the treasurer - the entire committee is accountable for the financial performance of your student association and every committee member should have a good understanding of how to read and interpret the club’s finance reports.

The Guild have the right to access to the financial records of the club via the provided financial management software and may audit or review club financial records at any time to ensure compliance and financial responsibility, and verify that transactions have been accurately reported. Accurately recording club's financials records on a regular basis is a very important for the club's financial health and success. When records are up-to-date, Treasurers can provide the club's financial status at Club Committee Meetings where decisions are made to spend club funds such as running events, purchasing merchandise etc.

Clubs and their officers must complete the Committee Induction Course which includes a module for Financial Management which covers:

Committee Responsibilities & Accountability
Record Keeping: Maintaining receipts and invoices for all expenses & how to record income and expenses.
Budgeting & Reporting
Reconciling Accounts and how to Balance Books. Finances must be recorded in the provided financial management software and account should be balanced monthly.
Financial Safeguards & Delegations
Handling cash
and more.....

Complete Online Induction

Sourcing Sponsors

How can managing your finances, grants and funding sources not be reactive, but proactive? This workshop will allow leaders to maximise the value delivered to their students, support innovative ideas coming to life while meeting financial requirements necessary for the long term success of the student group. You will learn how to:

Identify sources of funding available at your university
Describe what is required to meet the funding/grant requirements and where to access necessary application forms/processes
Build a budget for an event and the year ahead
Identify potential costs for their group over the calendar year
Diversify income sources to maximise value delivered to students

Delivered by Josh Farr - Campus Consultancy. Learn more about Josh and his history leading his own club in 2013 and delivering training to University clubs across Australia.

Sourcing Sponsors Workshop

TidyHQ Requirements

TidyHQ is a dynamic platform that will make it quick and easy for all Guild-registered clubs to:

Manage your memberships
Keep in touch with your contacts
Have visibility over the financial health of your organisation
Coordinate events
Run your meetings
Track the actions assigned to each committee member
Sell merchandise or fundraising items

Use of TidyHQ is compulsory for all Guild clubs to receive a confirmed registration status and retain access to club perks.

Getting Started
Each club’s previous committee should provide the newly elected committee with admin access upon election. You should receive an automated email via TidyHQ inviting you to activate your account. Simply click through the link in your activation email to get started! Please contact clubs@guild.curtin.edu.au if you require your activation email to be re-sent.

Mandatory Usage

The following apps within the platform are compulsory to use in order to maintain Guild affiliation. The apps must be kept up-to-date:

Contacts: Committee Contacts Lists. These must always include full name, student ID, phone, email, pronouns & preferred names at the minimum.
Committee Contact Lists: All committee members must be assigned a role within the platform and provided with admin access.
Meetings: This is only mandatory for AGM's, General Meetings and SGM's. Optional use for committee meetings but it is recommendedd for good house keeping in order to avoid lost data during handovers year-to-year.
Memberships: Memberships must only be taken via your TidyHQ only. No external sign-up forms are permitted. Cash and Guild Club voucher payment options can also be available via TidyHQ memberships and the Guild Club Support Team will provide instructions on how to set this up prior to Guild O-Day via a TidyHQ Project with task instructions. Please follow-up if you do not receive this.
Web Pages: Your Club objectives and description, membership information, a safe sapces agreement, the club's consitution and club contact details must be live at all times.
Guild Assigned Projects: Projects are assigned to clubs for mandatory administrative updates. For example, each year, clubs are required to renew their affiliation with the Guild to remain active as per the Guild Club Renewals Policy. A renewal project with accompanying task instructions will be sent to all club TidyHQ accounts by no later than the 15 October along with a deadline and without successful completion, the club's registration will expire. Other projects may be issued throughout the year if specific task instuctions and processes are are required to be followed. An example of this may be if a club contacted the Club Support Team to advise them that they wish to change club bank accounts or develop/amend Society Rules, a project with task instructions may be issued.

TidyHQ Resource Library

Event Management Workshop

Recommended for those involved in event planning, delivery and budgets.

This workshop covers event objectives, target markets, resources, budgets, venues, entertainment, stakeholder engagement, committee task delegations, risk management and how to plan an event.

This session was delivered in 2024 by the Guild's Club's Officer, Shelley. Shelley has a wealth of knowledge and experience in a planning and delivering a wide variety of events and will help you navigate the challenges of events at any scale.

For event assistance, please contact the Club Support Team any time via phone or email & should we require a meeting for high impact events, we can assist and provide guidence accourdingly as the rest of the team also have extensive event planning and delivery experience.

2024 Presentation & Resources

Responding to disclosures of sexual assault course
This course is developed by the Sexual Assault Resource Centre WA (SARC) and aims to increase knowledge and understanding about sexual assault issues and to improve your ability to effectively respond to disclosures of sexual assault from adolescents and adults. All club committee members are encouraged to complete this course if they feel safe to respond to disclosures of this nature.

The free online course can take 2 hours to complete and will issue a certificate upon completion. To access the course, Guests (outside WA Health), email SARCTraining@health.wa.gov.au and include your details alongside the email template provided below:

Subject line: Password Request - Curtin Student Guild Club

Email body:

Hi SARC Team,

We are a registered student club at Curtin University. As committee members, we are seeking training to better equip ourselves to appropriately and safely respond to disclosures of sexual assault from our members. To reduce risk and ensure that any disclosures are handled in a trauma‑informed and appropriate manner, we would like to complete the “Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Assault” online course.

We kindly request access to the course and have included the required details below.

Name: [list full name that you wish to see on your course completion certificate]
Role Title: Elected Committee Member - [list role title]
Course of study:
Club Name: [list club name]
Location of study: Western Australia, Curtin University
Email address for password:

Thank you for providing this important training and for supporting our efforts to create a safer community for our student members.

Kind regards,

A login password will be sent to the email address provided within several days.

The Guild will require a SARC-trained committee member to be working any event your club plans to run that involves alcohol, is off-campus, or involves overnight stays such as club retreats and camps. The Club Support team will advise your club if this is required when we are assessing your event application.

All club committee members are should still to complete this course if they feel safe to respond to disclosures of this nature. Disclosure can occur outside of events with alcohol and you should be prepared to respond appropriately.

All clubs are required to complete a Risk Assessment / Risk Management Plan for high-risk club events. Here's an example template covering risk measures relating to assault.

Volunteer & Team Management Workshop

Recommended for all committee members, not just the core four.

How do you stay motivated and where does motivation come from? This workshop will teach you about the six intrinsic drivers of motivation, self-assess where you are performing at your best and develop an action plan to feel better and stay on track over the year ahead.

In this workshop you will learn how to:

Describe the 4-stages of team formation: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing (Dr Bruce Tuckman);
Describe the 6-drivers of motivation;
Assess their personal motivation hierarchy across the 6-drivers of motivation;
Understand and empathize with the needs of volunteers and peers;
Motivate individuals and teams by applying actions from each of the 6-drivers.

Download resources from this workshop here!

Delivered by Josh Farr - Campus Consultancy. Learn more about Josh and his history leading his own club in 2013 and delivering training to University clubs across Australia.

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Succession Planning Workshop

Recommended for all committee members, not just the core four.

Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing new leaders who can replace old leaders when they leave or retire. Succession planning increases the availability of experienced and capable committee members that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available.

In this workshop you will learn:

The six intrinsic drivers of motivation;
Self-assess where you are performing at your best and develop an action plan to feel better and stay on year ahead;
Identify the 3-stages of succession planning;
Apply the desire-performance matrix to assess internal leadership potential within your student group;
Explore the 4-M's of leadership development;
Create a leadership value proposition for new leaders;
Complete a succession planning template for committee development and role passover.

Delivered by Josh Farr - Campus Consultancy. Learn more about Josh and his history leading his own club in 2013 and delivering training to University clubs across Australia.

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Film & Editing Workshop

This workshop will show you how to use film for digital engagement purposes using your mobile and apps.

Arun Raj from the Digital Student Engagement team at Curtin walks you through how to make an engaging video with real life examples. With over a decade of experience in both the corporate and creative space, Arun is well versed in best practice with content creation and will walk you through the steps and questions you should ask yourself before and while you’re creating content for your audience.

Resources referred to in the workshop:

Premier Pro tutorial video - For beginners
Motion graphicstemplates for Adobe Pro - Want to add some motion graphics to your videos — without After Effects?
YouTube audio library - Browse and download free music for your project
Bitly - Build and protect your brand using powerful, recognizable short links
Any issues, contact Curtin's Service desk on (08) 9266 9000
Lumen5 - Free video creator for content marketing
techradar. HitFilm Express - Create your own filmic masterpiece with this free video creation software
techradar. Lightworks - This powerful editing suite will help you create stunning videos, and it's free for home users

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'Skills for Success' Workshops 2025

Brought to you by Curtin's leadership team, the following sessions are highly recommended for club committee members.

Leadership 101,
Goals Toolkit,
Teamwork,
Constructive Conflict, Highly recommended for all club committee members who did not atttend the Guild Leadership Workshop in 2025.
Effective Networking,

These workshops are open to all students and would highly benefit club leaders. Students can attend one or as many of the workshops throughout the semester.

Find Out More and RSVP

Resources

If you have a great resource that's not on our list, email clubs@guild.curtin.edu.au so we can add it!

Team Management and Communication

Trello - Make checklists, tag team members and collaborate on projects.
Slack - Channel-based messaging platform to communication with your team.
Group Map - Online brainstorming and group decision-making tool.
Discord - Talk over voice, video, and text with your team.
Zoom - Free video conferencing.
Skype - Free online calls, messaging, affordable international calling to mobiles or landlines and instant online meetings on Skype.

Support

Reachout.com – Support site for under-25s, lots of good advice including psychological support.
EmployABILITY - Resources on managing stress, developing resilience, unpacking feedback and critical reflection. These are all very useful for students who are working from home.

Presentations

Canva - Easy to use graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content.
Flipsnack - Digital flipbook maker for stunning magazines. Create, share and embed online magazines, transforming your PDFs into online flipping books.
Easelly - A simple web tool that empowers anyone to create and share powerful infographics, posters with no design experience needed!
Piktochart - Create beautiful infographics, reports, posters, presentations and flyers easily with absolutely no design experience
Visme - infographics, charts, icons

If there is something you'd like to see offered, please email the Club Support Team on clubs@guild.curtin.edu.au or submit a feedback form.

Club Training

CLUB TRAINING

MANDATORY

Committee Induction Course

Why It Matters

Financial Management

Sourcing Sponsors

Mandatory Usage

RECOMMENDED

Team Management and Communication

Support

Presentations