10 March 2026
As part of the National Training Fund (NTF) 2026 Programme, Carmichael is hosting a free webinar on “The importance of communicating your organisation’s impact in your annual report”.
We invite you to join us on 23rd April 2026, from 12PM to 1PM for a 1 hour webinar. Register here.
This webinar will feature three experienced governance specialists who are also members of the judges’ panel of the Carmichael Good Governance Awards (GGA). The webinar will explore the importance of impact management, communicating your impact and what the GGA judges look out for when selecting the winning entries.
Our three panellist are;
Geraldine O’Sullivan
Geraldine has over 18 years’ experience of supporting the organisational development, volunteer management and governance journey of small to medium sized not for profit groups in Kerry plus larger networks nationally. She has been working as the Manager of Kerry Volunteer Centre since 2004 where she has earned a reputation for empowering the capacity of not-for-profit groups. Geraldine is keenly aware of the challenges that volunteers encounter when ‘doing governance’.
Níall Fitzgerald
Níall brings together technical expertise and practical insight from his Institute role, spanning advocacy, member support and regulatory engagement. He is a non executive director and committee chair, a judge on the Irish Good Governance Awards, and a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland’s Sustainability Expert Working Group. He serves on global accountancy committees and the Irish Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Code Advisory Panel, and is a faculty member of the Institute of Banking and UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, lecturing on Corporate Governance programmes.
Sheena Horgan
Sheena is the COO and Principal for governance at 2into3, delivering Board reviews and training, as well as crises and change management supports for a broad range of nonprofit clients. A Good Governance Awards judge Sheena has held many Board and CEO roles across her career, has an MBA, a Corporate Governance Diploma, and was awarded Women in Business not-for-profit CEO of the Year 2023. Prior to entering the nonprofit sector Sheena founded an award-winning top 100 UK agency and has extensive journalist credits in both the UK and Ireland.
Facilitator: The webinar will be facilitated by Diarmaid Ó Corrbuí, CEO of Carmichael and Founder of the Good Governance Awards.
Register for this webinar through this link.
The funding for the provision of these services comes from the National Training Fund administered by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. Participants will be asked to provide further information regarding Age Range, Gender, Employment Status, Educational Background, Role in Organisation, Organisation Activity & Size post registration.
