Linda's Upcoming Webinars & Workshops

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

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

Is corporate philanthropy dead or dying? If so, how can we resurrect it? Today’s economy is challenging for corporations, individuals and especially for nonprofits. If your organization is wondering how to best approach businesses in a challenging economy, this session will be one you don’t want to miss. Although corporations and businesses contributed less than 5% of all philanthropic dollars last year in the United States, much more is given through gifts in kind, corporate sponsorships, and through the personal donations of individual corporate leaders. And, in a typical capital campaign, businesses often provide a much more significant percentage of the overall goal. However many nonprofits fail to touch their local business community for a variety of reasons. Based on research for a new book, this session will discuss the challenges facing corporations today and how nonprofits can develop win-win situations to encourage corporate philanthropy. We will discuss how to approach corporate leaders, how to motivate them to become involved in your organization, and how to develop a corporate appeal.  Read more