Plan a Board Boot Camp!

Using an outside consultant takes the pressure off the development officer to do the “training.” The development staff is able to work side by side with the board to develop goals, brainstorm ideas. and plan fundraising strategies. The board and staff become a powerful development team. Click here to check out CAPITAL VENTURE’s Board Boot Camp a special four hour board program that focuses exclusively on getting the board involved in fundraising.

As you know, May 1, 2008 marked the 15th year in business for CAPITAL VENTURE. Some of you attended one of our workshops held in Las Vegas and Reading, PA. It’s not too late to register for our final workshop scheduled at the following location:

Zephyr Cove, Nevada — July 14, 2008          Registration Dealine: July 3, 2008

This workshop will each feature five one-hour powerful presentations from CAPITAL VENTURE consultants and other experts in the nonprofit field. Visit the registration link to the Northern Nevada workshop on our website to sign up. Seating is limited so please register early.

Are you missing an opportunity to reach 100 million people every month? If you've ever thought about MySpace.com and disregarded it as an advertising medium because you believed its audience is too young to drive or sign a check, think again.

MySpace is the largest and fastest growing online social network. A recent report by ComScore found that more than half its 100 million registered members were over 35 years old. In June 2008, Alexa.com ranked MySpace as the 3rd most visited web site in the United States, only outranked by Google and Yahoo. It was also ranked the 6th most visited web site in the world. Those are very impressive stats, especially for nonprofit organizations whose lifeblood depends on social networking and cultivating relationships. It may be a perfect 21st century match for your organization.

MySpace offers all the tools you need to advertise the mission of your organization and to send bulletins to your 'friends.' Take a few minutes and investigate ways you can become part of a community whose population is one-third that of the United States and whose members spend more time in this one place than in any other. Let them know who you are and what you do. It's an opportunity that may surprise you and one you won't want to miss.

Nancy has over twenty years experience in Fundraising, Board Development, Community Relations, Marketing, Program Development and Enhancement, as well as Recruiting, Training and Team Building in the nonprofit sector. She has extensive experience training boards and staff for capital campaigns, annual giving, fundraising events, endowments, grant writing, and research for compatible donor software programs. Nancy managed and marketed a Corporate Volunteer Program with volunteer opportunities and auxiliary programs. She received her philanthropic training from Muhlenberg College and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Nancy’s has extensive experience as a volunteer for many community nonprofit organizations.

Be sure to check future newsletters and watch our website for upcoming topics that I will be teaching for Affinity. If you missed any of the past ones, you can listen to the recorded sessions now by clicking on the Affinity Seminars link.