French Cocktail Hour and Opera Salon
Center City Opera Theater (CCOT) has partnered with Luxe Home Philadelphia (1308 Chestnut Street) to host a fabulous PIFA-themed celebration, featuring delectable aperitifs & hors d’oeuvres, “pop-up” aria performances, and premium Luxe Home raffle prizes. Additionally, guests who purchase items from Luxe Home between April 13th and 17th will become automatic opera supporters, as the owners of Luxe Home have generously offered to donate 10% of sales proceeds to CCOT.
The highlight of the evening will be a “sneak peak” performance of Paul Moravec & Terry Teachout’s new vaudeville/opera, Danse Russe, premiering April 28-30th in Rites, Rhythm… Riot!, a triple bill collaboration commissioned in partnership with the 2011 PIFA festival. Visit www.OperaTheater.org for more details.
Evaluating the Impact of Your Programs with John Kelley, PhD - March 31
Accountability…Outcomes Assessment…Logic Models…Measurable Goals & Objectives. These are current buzzwords throughout the nonprofit sector and in the funding community. It is essential that stakeholders and funders know how we are making a difference and have evidence that we are achieving the results we seek. After an overview of program evaluation, including a basic step-by-step model, the facilitator will engage participants in focused dialogue about concrete ways that you can assess your programs. Take-aways from the session include approaches, techniques and ideas that are doable, cost efficient and customized to your individual program.
Webinar - Essential Tactics for Better Email Fundraising & Communications
Email is powerful. It's inexpensive. It's fast. And when done well, e-newsletters can inspire your donors to give more money and time to your good cause.
The only problem is that most nonprofit e-communications does just the opposite: It overwhelms supporters with too much information, distracts them away from what's most important, and leaves them with more questions than answers.
During this 90 minute webinar, in an easy-to-follow process, we'll cover the essential steps you can follow to take your e-newsletter from boring to brilliant and raise more money.
Supplemental Materials Included with This Webinar
- Email Newsletter Makeover Checklis
- 20 Easy Ways to Build Your Email List
We will also makeover the e-newsletters of a handful of participants. You'll learn how to identify and fix common mistakes and how very small changes to certain elements of a e-newsletter can drastically improve its effectiveness.
You'll leave will several concrete examples and practical tips that will help you raise more money and produce the best email communications possible for your supporters.
This webinar is presented by Kivi Leroux Miller
Webinar - Online Fundraising Fundamentals-Tools and Strategies for Success
Online fundraising is about much more than just processing credit cards and slapping a big "Donate Now" button on your website (though a big visible button is very helpful!). Successful online fundraising requires lots of pieces of your marketing strategy and your technology tools to work together to provide a seamless, inspiring, and comforting experience for your donors.
During this webinar, we'll cover what you need:
- On your homepage
- On your donate page
- In your email communications
- In your social media profiles
- In your print and other offline communications.
We'll also talk about the kind of content you need to provide to donors (past, present, and future) to inspire them to give more, and to give again later. You'll leave the webinar with a basic online fundraising strategy that you can customize for your organization.
BONUS:
NEW! In addition to this live training, you'll also receive these 5 bonus materials to help you implement your online fundraising program:
- Kivi's Online Fundraising Cheat Sheet - The critical must-knows and must-dos, all in a simple two-page guide.
- Website Home Page Checklist
- Website Donate Now Page Checklist
- Email Fundraising Checklist
- Online Donor Follow-up Checklist
Presented by Kivi Leroux Miller
Moderated by Kurt Steiner, founder of CharityHowTo.com
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