WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? We all want to be part of an epic story where we are the hero. We have wanted it since we were children reading bedtime stories with our parents or watching our first films on the Big Screen. We are the central figure in our life’s epic of breakups, successes, failures, and adventure. However, when your nonprofit ...
In 2018, the Animal Protective Association (APA) of Missouri, with the help of The Rome Group, launched a Planned Giving Advisory Council consisting of estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and wealth managers. This Council was tasked with helping formalize and support a planned giving program for the APA. Since the inception of this Council, the APA has launched a comprehensive ...
This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts to secure foundation and corporate ...
Major gifts provide one of the highest returns on investment of any development shop. Learn how the increasing wage gap in the U.S. is impacting major gifts, what you can do to capitalize on the trends, and why it's important to nurture gifts of all levels. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy Dyer, President of Wendy Dyer Fund Development Consultants, has ...
About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts to secure ...
About the Workshop: Ever wonder why it’s so hard to break out of the mostly grant-funded model and into more diverse funding streams? In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, explore the Stanford Social Innovation Review 10 Funding Models to see the public’s perception of your nonprofit. Then, discuss ways to start building an individual giving program from scratch. About the ...
About the Workshop: Nearly all nonprofits have fallen into this trap: we've built our homes on rented land, with social media as the main avenue to grow our influence and find new donors. But we don't control that space and who sees our content. And the algorithms change, older platforms fall out of favor as new ones emerge and it is hard ...
About the Workshop: Explore the myriad of challenges in fundraising - a potential Recession, relentless inflation, lingering Covid-19, and more - and learn ways to navigate the land mines to manage a successful year-end to 2022! At this virtual 2-hour session, openly discuss the greatest threats to your fundraising program given the current landscape, and also how to seize the ...
Fundraising 101 About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts ...
About the Workshop: Want to start 2023 with a powerful roadmap for raising money? Join us for this hands-on workshop on Creating a Development Plan. Participants will: Learn about the critical elements of a development plan Access templates to make your own Leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan This is a ...