Your donors and funders are some of your organization’s most important stakeholders. When properly cultivated, engaged, and stewarded, they can help you raise the dollars you need to support your mission. From acquisition to recognition, these training sessions help your organization enhance its development efforts, be more efficient, and increase resources.
5 Sessions scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Tuesdays, March 1, 15, 29, and April 12, 26, 2022; 1:00 PM Eastern
The Grant Doctor, Dr. Beverly Browning (Dr. Bev), will guide you in writing highly competitive grant requests to public and private sector funders. You will learn how to collect the research and other information needed to churn out award-winning grant application narratives.
What You'll Learn
End your exhaustion and disappointment from spending hours writing grant applications only to receive rejections
Show a high return on your employer’s or client’s investment in you
Justify a promotion and raise during your annual performance review
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Tuesday, April 12, 2022; 12:30 PM Eastern
Nonprofit and fundraising expert Susan Kahan will help you understand the basics of planned gifts, learn the verbal cues that indicate when to bring up the subject, and make internal plans to win this lucrative type of funding. You will discover how to increase your revenue for years to come.
What You'll Learn
What are planned gifts? Why do you need to know about them?
What are the most common planned giving vehicles?
How can you overcome your fears about bringing up planned giving with donors?
What are the best practices for marketing and stewarding planned gifts?
What verbal cues should you listen for in supporter conversations?
How should you broach the topic of planned gifts with donors?
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Tuesday, March 15, 2022; 2:00 PM Eastern
Nonprofit and fundraising expert Susan Kahan will help you understand the importance of donor stewardship for your organization. You will learn innovative and inexpensive ways to retain your donors throughout 2022 and beyond!
What You'll Learn
What is donor stewardship? Why does it matter?
How can you ensure your stewardship efforts are effective?
How should you segment your donors?
What are the best practices for donor stewardship?
How can you accomplish a lot with a limited budget?
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Wednesday, February 9, 2022; 2:00 PM Eastern
Nonprofit and fundraising expert Susan Kahan will help you plan, prepare, and structure your next donor meeting. You will learn how to use these opportunities strengthen your relationships with donors.
What You'll Learn
Why is it critical to prepare for a donor meeting?
What are the different types of donor meetings you should have?
How can you research a donor?
When should you meet with a donor?
Who should participate in donor meetings?
What emails should you send to request and confirm meetings?
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Monday, February 7, 2022; 12:30 PM Eastern
Nationally recognized nonprofit impact expert Derik Timmerman will share the practical, step-by-step tips that hundreds of nonprofit professionals have used to turn grant-less years into plentiful years of five- or six-digit grant revenue.
What You'll Learn
How has grant funding grown? What does this growth mean for your nonprofit?
What mistakes do most nonprofit leaders make when seeking grants?
Where can you find easy grant applications that most nonprofits are overlooking?
What are the best strategies for researching, drafting, and sending applications?
What should you include and exclude include?
How should you personalize the applications for grant decision-makers?
How can you transform facts and figures into a message straight to the heart?
Where can you find local, low-competition grants in your area?
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.Tuesday, February 1, 2022; 2:00 PM Eastern
Nonprofit leadership expert Chris Martinez will help you identify capital campaign opportunities and anticipate challenges. You will learn how to build systems and organizational resilience.
What You'll Learn:
Are you ready for a capital campaign?
How can you engage donors in the planning process?
How will your capital campaign affect other fundraising initiatives?
How should you recognize opportunities?
What are the best practices for planning and implementation?
What resources can you provide to staff?
Who should participate in your team?
How can you tactically sustain your effort and measure results?
Nonprofit leadership expert Chris Martinez will share proven strategies for approaching corporate relationships in 2022. You will learn how to construct a corporate development plan, build a case for partnership, propose a pilot, measure what matters, and prove performance.
What You'll Learn:
How can you connect without burdening everyone with a video call?
How can you ensure your prospect feels safe and respected?
What are the best strategies to articulate your mission?
What value does your nonprofit provide to a corporate partner?
How can you help partners achieve corporate social responsibility goals?
What are the next steps to preparing and mobilizing a team?
Nonprofit volunteer expert Stephanie Cory will reveal secrets that will enable you to build a productive, cost-free team to help your organization achieve its mission. You will learn how to power your nonprofit while advancing your career with a meaningful certification.
Topics Covered
Preparing Your Organization For Working With Volunteers
Fundraising expert Linda Lysakowski will provide practical guidance for creating a development plan. Linda will guide you to get on a better path before the year gets underway and improve results.
What You'll Learn
Where/how do we get started?
Who should be involved in developing the plan?
Action steps
Monitoring the plan
What happens when things go wrong—getting back on track
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.
Internationally recognized author and fundraiser Jack Silverstein help you get in the mindset of gratitude for 2022. You will learn how to use thanks to spur future donations.
You will receive a powerful worksheet to simplify this analysis.
What You'll Learn
How do fundraising and friendraising differ?
What are the hidden costs of fundraising events?
How can you examine previous events to predict future returns?
What new perspective should you have when considering future events?
Nationally recognized nonprofit impact expert Derik Timmerman will share the major gifts officer essentials you need. You will learn how to research, cultivate, convert, and retain major donors to fund your world-changing mission.
What You'll Learn
Understanding mindsets about money
Developing your philosophy about leading the way in generosity
Definition and role of a case for support
Outline and document template for an ask discussion
How to personalize interactions with prospects to key dates, traits, and affinities
Identifying individuals who will help you generate your first prospects
Internationally recognized author and fundraiser Jack Silverstein help you get in the mindset of gratitude for 2022. You will learn how to use thanks to spur future donations.
As an added bonus, Jack will be giving away a copy of his new book: Tales From the Trenches: What I Learned From 25 Years in Fundraising
