Not-For-Profit Organisation Executive RoundTable with Microsoft

Maximise Your Mission Impact Through Smart Technology Decisions

Join Kinetics, Microsoft NZ, and Dicker Data for an essential two hour event designed specifically for NFP leaders. Learn how to secure your platforms cost-effectively, manage volunteer devices safely, and optimise your Microsoft licensing to ensure every technology dollar advances your mission.

Date: 17 March 2026

tIMe: 9:00 to 11:00AM

Location: Microsoft NZ, Auckland

Secure Your Place

Why Attend the NFP/Charity Roundtable?

Your Technology Investment Should Drive Your Mission Forward

Not-for-profits face unique IT challenges: limited budgets, volunteer coordination, data privacy requirements, and the constant pressure to maximise every dollar for your mission. This event provides practical solutions from organisations who understand your world

Cost-Effective Solutions

Discover NFP-specific Microsoft licensing options, including heavily discounted and donated licenses for Business Premium, E3, E5, and Copilot.

Learn how to manage licenses for volunteers using BYOD approaches.

Introduce secure AI to extend service reach.

Security Without Breaking the Bank

How to protect sensitive donor and volunteer data with cost-effective security solutions built on the trusted Microsoft security stack.

Meet compliance standards like SMB1001 without enterprise budgets.

Learn From Your Peers

Hear directly from NFP organisations like Deaf Aotearoa who have successfully navigated these challenges.

Understand real-world solutions that work for organisations like yours.

Event Agenda

What You’ll Learn

Three focused sessions designed to address the specific IT challenges facing New Zealand’s not-for-profit sector.

IT Challenges Specific to Not-For-Profits

Presented by Rhys Kerrigan, Principal Business Consultant at Kinetics

Kinetics’ proven track record supporting NFP organisations
Hear how Kinetics fractional leadership model helps NFP organisations
Hear how Kinetics has helped build apps and deliver real benefits to NFPs using the Microsoft platform they already own
Protecting personal data with Microsoft 365, and the safe use of AI using Copilot
Training and enabling staff to make them more productive though better use of all the features of the available Microsoft tools
Meeting compliance standards including SMB1001, and being better prepared for incidents

NFP CEO Perspective

Presented by Lachlan Keating, CEO at Deaf Aotearoa

The data protection challenge: Responsibilitirs for protecting personal confidential data
The volunteers IT challenge: Working with eager voluneers on their terms, in their IT context
Stretching the budget: the need to be more efficient, using tools like automation and AI to do more with less funds

Microsoft’s Commitment to Not-For-Profits

Presented by Microsoft NZ

Understanding Microsoft’s local philanthropy programs and Tech for Social Impact initiative
How Microsoft supports NFPs to accelerate digital transformation globally
Available resources and support structures for New Zealand not-for-profits
Dicker Data’s complementary initiatives supporting the NFP sector

Licensing Optimisation & Q&A

Featuring Carol Pomare, Dicker Data Licensing Specialist

NFP licensing options for Business Premium 365, Enterprise E3 and E5 licenses
Understanding and optimising Copilot licensing for your organisation
Managing licenses for volunteers using BYOD: Exchange-only and frontline licenses
Strategies for efficient license management as your organisation scales
Open Q&A: bring your specific licensing and technology questions