Networking Breakfast - Chester County
In response to member requests for local and convenient meetings, AFP-GPC invites you to join us the second Friday of each month for an informal networking and open discussion. Held throughout the region in all suburban counties, South Jersey, and Center City - bring your ideas on fundraising issues and concerns that face development professionals everyday. This is an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues, make new contacts, gain fresh perspectives, and hear tips and techniques that could work for you and your organization. We encourage you to bring to the table your questions, ideas, what worked, and what didn't work. It's a great way to start your day!
2012 Planned Giving Day Conference - Oct. 24
The Planned Giving Day Conference offers advanced, intermediate and fundamentals tracks for the veteran fundraiser and for those just starting in planned giving. Attendees will expand their understanding of a broad range of topics during 60-minute workshops, making this conference the best and most cost-effective one-day seminar on Planned Giving you will find!
The registration fee includes access to all sessions and roundtable discussions, speaker materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and the popular Networking Happy Hour.
Deadline: 10/19/2012. Registered individuals who are unable to attend must cancel within 24 hours or else will be billed.
The Do-Able Development Plan: Realistic Fundraising for the Small Shop - Oct. 4
Are you trying to do raise more money with less resources? Is it just you or maybe you and one other staff responsible for fundraising at your organization? You aren’t alone! Even small shops can generate significant fundraising results with proper planning and execution. This session will highlight the essential building block to success: a do-able development plan. Learn how to assess what your organization can do with available staff, volunteers, and resources. Focus your time on fundraising efforts your organization can implement successfully.
This session is ideal for small-shop fundraisers and executive directors without fundraising staff.
Through interactive discussion, you will:
- Learn to create a realistic development plan that can actually be accomplished by a small shop
- Learn how to maximize your fundraising calendar
- Learn how to develop a major gifts program
- Explore ethical dilemmas specific to the small shop
- Explore ways to leverage and empower your board and volunteers
Deadline to Register: Principles of Fundraising
Effective fundraising requires sophisticated methods of identifying, cultivating, and soliciting potential donors. This course provides an overview of the techniques needed to succeed. We have selected faculty who are development professionals and/or experts in their field and willing to share their knowledge and extensive experience. Through this course you will develop an inventory of skills for meeting the challenges of the fundraising profession.
Effective fundraising requires sophisticated methods of identifying, cultivating, and soliciting potential donors. This course provides an overview of the techniques needed to succeed. We have selected faculty who are development professionals and/or experts in their field and willing to share their knowledge and extensive experience. Through this course you will develop an inventory of skills for meeting the challenges of the fundraising profession.
Enrollment
Enroll by September 14, 2012 by registering on the web at www.continuingstudies.villanova.edu. You may download a registration form from the website and mail it to: Villanova University, Office of Continuing Studies, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085. Or, you may fax it to 610-519-6144. Do not send payment with registration. Upon registration, you will receive information about your bill. Payments are due no later than the first day of class. Students and authorized users are able to view billing statements and make secured payments electronically. You can also print official invoices for self and employer use.
Location
Classes are held at Villanova University, Lancaster Avenue (Rte. 30) in Villanova, PA, conveniently located near exit 5 of I-476. Parking permit instructions and a campus map will be provided to all registered students.
Enrollment
Enroll by September 14, 2012 by registering on the web at www.continuingstudies.villanova.edu. You may download a registration form from the website and mail it to: Villanova University, Office of Continuing Studies, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085. Or, you may fax it to 610-519-6144.
Do not send payment with registration. Upon registration, you will receive information about your bill. Payments are due no later than the first day of class. Students and authorized users are able to view billing statements and make secured payments electronically. You can also print official invoices for self and employer use.
Free Nonprofit Marketing Workshop - "Getting Your News Online and in Print”
Wondering how to get the word out on the great things your organization is doing or accomplishing? This workshop will help you navigate the media streams and make the best use of building and maintaining contacts with various media representatives.
Presenters:
Dave Gilmartin – Managing Editor-Digital, Calkins Media
Carol Shapcott – Marketing Director, Calkins Media
Patricia S. Walker – Executive Editor, Calkins Media
For more information: 215-788-7891, ext. 6
This workshop is FREE, but space is limited and registration is required.