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"Selling" Business Leaders on Your Nonprofit [1.5 CFRE Credits]

February 22, 2012
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
"Selling" Business Leaders on Your Nonprofit: Beyond Event Sponsorship

Many nonprofits only talk to their local business leaders when it is time to ask for event sponsorships. While this is a great way to tap into the corporate marketing budgets, there is much more to be gained by building a relationship with the business community that can help your organization tap into corporate philanthropy, the personal wealth of business owners and leaders, and corporate volunteers. This session will take you beyond the ususal event-driven fundraising and show you how developing relationships with your community's business leaders can reap huge rewards for your nonprofit.  Read more



[Workshop]

Are You Ready for a Development Office? [1.5 CFRE Credits]

March 2, 2012
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Establishing a Development Program Series: Are You Ready for a Development Office? (Webinar 1 of 3)

When should your organization start to think about establishing a full-blown development office? If you are not ready for this step yet, how can you manage fundraising activities with your current staff, board and volunteers? When you are ready to establish your office, what are some of the things you should have in place before you begin fundraising?  Read more



[Workshop]

Building a Development Committee [1.5 CFRE Credits]

March 16, 2012
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Establishing a Development Program Series: Building a Development Committee (Webinar 3 of 3)

One of the best ways to assure that your organization's development program will be implemented is to have an effective Development Committee. This committee, when successful, can lead and inspire the board to raise money they never dreamed possible. This session will discuss who should serve on the Development Committee, what the committee's role is, and how to recruit the right people to serve on the Development Committee.  Read more



[Tutorial]

Developing Your Case for Support

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By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President

The Importance of the Case

Sometimes development professionals only think about the importance of having a case for support when they are preparing to launch a capital campaign. However, every organization needs a case for support for all of its fundraising activities. The case has been defined by some as "the reasons why an organization both needs and merits philanthropic support….," (AFP Fundraising Dictionary); ….a clear, compelling statement of all the reasons why anyone should consider making contribution…. (Harold J. Seymour) and "… an internal database …of information that will support the preparation of various documents and publications…" (Henry A Rosso). The case is all of this and more.  Read more



[Workshop]

Fundraising During a Recession

January 31, 2012
Sponsored by: Nonprofit Resource Directoy
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE

The economy is tough. Foundations are seeing dwindling returns from their investments, companies are suffering, and individuals may have lost the sense of financial security they felt in the past. So, how do you increase results from your fundraising during times like this? In this webinar, we will talk about the ways to maintain your fundraising, and even grow your development program.

We will discuss how to increase your internal capacity for fundraising and how to approach businesses, foundations and individual donors to make them feel part of your organization and part of their community.  Read more



[Workshop]

Staffing Your Development Program [1.5 CFRE Credits]

March 9, 2012
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Webinar
Presenter: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
Establishing a Development Program Series: Staffing Your Development Program (Webinar 2 of 3)

Once you're ready to hire development staff, what do you need to know? Development is one of the highest turnover jobs in the nonprofit world. Many organizations find it difficult to hire and retain good development people because they have a weak philanthropic culture or hire the wrong people. Professional fundraisers can help your organization to build the philanthropic culture and succeed in fundraising. However, you need to know when and how to hire the right people. If your organization is not ready to hire staff, can you successfully run a development program with the current staffing and volunteers you have?  Read more



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Workshop Programs

Workshops, Seminars and Presentations


CAPITAL VENTURESM offers a wide variety of workshops, seminars and presentations for nonprofit organizations. Among our most popular training programs are:

  • Capital & Endowment Campaigns for Smaller Shops
    • Are you ready for a campaign? Learn the ingredients of a successful campaign and how you can develop a plan for success.
  • Developing a Case for Support
    • Learn to write a compelling case for support for your organization or campaign.
  • Evaluating Your Development Program
    • Learn how to evaluate the effectiveness of your development program.
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