Relationship Fundraising: Finding the Personal Touch in an Impersonal World
Presented by The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University’s School of Business
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If you do any fundraising for a nonprofit organization (if you’re an executive director or a board member, we certainly hope this includes you, in addition to development and program staff), you’ve probably heard that successful fundraising is all about building relationships with donors. That’s what this free half-day program on October 14, 2011 , attended by more than 150 nonprofit professionals, was all about.
Topics and Panelists, who also lead break-out sessions, included:
• Getting Personal in the World of Social
Media -Presented by Cheryl Black, Social Media Marketing Specialist, Convio,
• Why Friend-Raising and Fund-Raising Events Shouldn’t be Mutually
Exclusive -Angela DuRoss, Development Director, Arden Theatre Company
• Maximizing Connections to your Annual Donors - Tina Rothfuss,
Annual Giving Manager, Philabundance
• The Care and Feeding of Major Donors - Kate Judge, End|Start
Consulting
• Creating a Donor-Centric Culture in Your Organization, From the Board
Down - Doven Collins, Executive Director, Cadence Cycling Foundation
• Turning Corporate Connections into Individual Donors –Kelly Balthazor and Jamie Lindemann,
Community Relations Managers, US Airways
This program builds on the success of The Nonprofit Center – US Airways partnership last year, which followed the same format , reaching a similar number of nonprofit executive directors, board members, volunteers and development staff.
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Like previous NPC events, this was IMMENSELY helpful and EXTREMELY well-done… VERY inspiring and chock full of useful info! NPC events are like my favorite touring band, whenever they are in town, I do my best to attend, because I KNOW it will be worth my while!! Thanks again!
-Maria Pinardo, Assistant Director, The Bridge
