Whether it’s a morning tea, BBQ, or trivia night, hosting a digital skills event is a great opportunity for people to receive local support in a friendly way.
Here are some fun Get Online Week event ideas to get you started.
BONUS: We’ve even listed the types of digital skills each event will help you to teach!
Five fun and easy Get Online Week event ideas to help you close the digital divide.
Organise a coffee hour and challenge everyone to search online for the best coffee in your town.
Cook up a techie BBQ where everyone can get their tech questions answered over a sausage sizzle.
Plan your dream trip with AI. Challenge AI to find the cheapest way to Rome (and the best pasta).
Play online shopping bingo. Who can find the cheapest milk? Best reviewed fridge? Have prizes ready for the winner.
Invite a guest speaker. Ask them to present to your group on a topic like online safety then practice what you learnt.
Host a fun digital skills event in Get Online Week and help your community get online safely and confidently.
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Why spend time creating your own resources when we’ve got everything you need? We have put together ready-to-use event plans and resources so you have everything you need to host your digital skills event this Get Online Week! Select an event idea to learn more.
Host a scam detective game event and support your community with some basic skills to spot scams and learn not to trust everything they receive by text message or email. Here is a ready-to-use presentation for your event.
Host fuel price bingo! Support your learners with using fuel price apps and websites so they can compare prices online. Here is a ready-to-use presentation for your event.
Prompting AI is a bit like writing a recipe. It needs steps to follow and ingredients to work with. Host an AI prompt recipe event and show your community how to get the most out of AI using prompts! Here is a ready-to-use presentation for your event.
There are many apps and websites that can help make life easier. Host a morning tea and support your community in learning about these apps and how to use them! Here is a ready-to-use presentation for your event.
Host a karaoke event! Support your learners in looking for their favourite songs with lyrics on YouTube and encourage everyone to sing-along! Here is a ready-to-use presentation for your event.
We have upskilling webinars, planning guides, grant funding and marketing resources to help you to plan and run a great digital skills event.
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