10 Tips to Fundraising Success - Leaving No Stone Unturned Complimentary Research Sessions Concluded Stay turned for more information
Fundraising is a very complicated issue. It is not only about the business of raising money. It includes an integrated approach connecting the donor to your need. How and where do they find you and what is the message that you are sending them?
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Professional staff, executive directors, board members, committee members, community leaders or students who are interested in expanding the concept of marrying their fundraising efforts with their marketing efforts.
Those individuals who may be considering a concentration or a change in their careers from business to the world of nonprofits or staff who are interested in "moving up" in their existing organization but need to get a handle on this critical component.
OBJECTIVES:
1. A fundraising glossary: Key terms and commitments.
2. Where do you start? Dream big, but get practical.
3. What is the role of the board of directors in raising funds?
4. How to begin prospecting?
5. Assessing your assets. What is your collateral? What are your branding strategies?
6. Do you know where the stones are? Do you think this is pie in the sky or do you believe that you can engage yourself or your board in a comprehensive fundraising effort?
7. Why artists "won't perform for free ? What should your realistic goals be if you are going to commit to a special event?
8. How needy do you appear? Donors want to give to an organization who will spend their money wisely. Do you portray that image?
9. Are you using technology to your best advantage? How do YOU spell e-philanthropy and are you ready to get into the spelling bee?
10. Where do you find best practices?
Take an assessment to determine how your philanthropic engagement goals may best be realized before we begin.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SESSION:
Raising More Money is as diametrically opposite and only as complicated as you make it. It is engaging. It is systematic.
It takes time; it takes commitment; it takes people, money and effort.
We used to have a saying "you have to spend money, to lose money, to make money." If you don't have systems, and personality, and you don't know the color of their eyes, you may not be to get your job done.
Your key challenges are limiting beliefs, scarcity, boundaries, boundaries, boundaries, acknowledgement, and transforming future self. Money, money, money and the ability to find the funds necessary for program delivery is sometimes all consuming.
It seems like a lucrative market. Your biggest challenge is the other nonprofits joining you. This introduction will give you tips on how to rightfully gain your perspective and your launching pad to move your fundraising efforts to the next level and Raise More Money.
Commit to change. Commit to being the best you can be. Commit to yourself.
