Nonprofit-Fundraising (Fired Up for Nonprofit Fundraising)
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Duke University - Continuing Studies
June 9, 2016
John Curtis, Ph.D., jcurtis@iodinc.com
This event is part of a the Nonprofit Management Intensive Track Program series. Click to register for this series.
Most nonprofits know their board has a key role in fundraising -- but few know exactly what it is nor how to get them to do it. While nonprofit leaders may wish for a competent and committed fundraising board, unfortunately, they often lack the strategies needed to develop a “Culture of Philanthropy” within their Board.
In those special circumstances when it “clicks” when there is a “Culture of Philanthropy” in place, nothing is as productive or satisfying. The energy of the Board becomes contagious, permeating the entire organization, and when it does, everyone feels the effects -- the staff and volunteers, and most important, the donors who can make major gifts to the organization.
But a “Culture of Philanthropy” and a fundraising board that reflects it cannot be mandated, and it doesn’t happen by chance. Instead, a fundraising board must be developed over time within a specific plan that teaches the skills and confidence needed to raise major gifts. Great fundraising boards are not born, they’re built!
This workshop will teach the board’s role in raising major gifts, show how to elevate a board member’s competency in fundraising, and demystify how to find new donors and new dollars in your community. This will be a short-shot, fast-paced and intensive session appropriate for new or experienced nonprofit leaders and their board members.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the board’s role in capacity-building by doing proper strategic planning and major gifts fundraising.
- Identify the characteristics of a Culture of Philanthropy and how to close the gap between a traditional “hand-to-mouth” funding model and the foundation for a major gifts campaign.
- Identify why donors give and why they don’t, and how to elevate the credibility and visibility of their nonprofit to build lifelong investors with existing and new donors.
- Define the elements of a successful and diverse plan to raise funds through events, institutional, and donor-driven fundraising.
Bio: John Curtis, Ph.D., has 40 years’ experience as an organizational development consultant and researcher in the nonprofit sector. He has a proven track record bringing sound organizational development principles and evidence-based capacity building practices to hundreds of nonprofits nationwide. John regularly teaches strategic planning, board development, change management and fundraising.
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