Plan now for CFRE Study Days
The CFRE Exam is an important step in your career, so be sure that you prepare properly! ALDE will be offering CFRE Study Days on August 13 and 20 (it is a two-day class, so you will need to attend both days, not just one or the other). The Days are intended for those who are well into the CFRE certification process or who are very interested in pursuing their CFRE certification. The first day will be 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT and the second is 10:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT. Please note for your own planning purposes, your CFRE exam application must be postmarked by August 28, 2009 in order to take the exam between October 30-November 21, 2009. You can still participate in the CFRE Study Days if you intend to take the exam in 2010.
The Study Days will be a two-day event in a webinar format with various experts speaking on the six domains of the exam: Current and Prospective Donor Research, Securing the Gift, Relationship Building, Volunteer Involvement, Management and Accountability.
Participants are encouraged to gather at local sites, at a rate of $50 per person. On both days, time will be set aside for moderated and un-moderated discussion. Those at group sites will have their own, potentially moderated, discussions. Individuals will be able to dial into moderated discussion calls. As each Study Day is planned to be around six to seven hours, these discussions will help break up the sessions and allow for digestion of the material. There will also be time for digestion of food as lunch discussion breaks are likewise built into the schedule.
The cost for the Study Days is $350 per site - this is quite a deal, considering how other study courses charge around this much per person. Forming a chapter or local study group is recommended for reducing individual costs. Also, be sure to invite non-ALDE members. Not only will doing so increase affordability, it will show development professionals all ALDE has to offer and potentially attract new members.
We have just learned that these study days can be counted for your CFRE CE points, so there is an added bonus to attending! Download the tracking sheet here.
If you are interested in hosting a group site, please complete this form. Details for attending at a specific site will be released soon.
ALDE's Indiana-Michigan Chapter Lends a Hand with Lutheran Housing Support
On June 2, 2009, eight volunteers from the ALDE Indiana-Michigan chapter, along with staff from Lutheran Housing Support and two neighborhood volunteers, spent 3-4 hours sprucing up a pocket park, which was installed approximately eight years ago as part of a revitalization project spearheaded by Zion Lutheran Church and St. Peter's Catholic Church in Fort Wayne Indiana. The volunteers pulled weeds, re-mulched, trimmed up the fence row, removed and relocated plantings and cleaned up and reset some of the brick. All of the materials were purchased by ALDE through a grant provided to Lutheran Housing Support. We encouraged the neighbors across the street to use the mulch that was left over and they were more than happy to oblige. Through the generous gift and the volunteer efforts of ALDE, the entire corner has been rejuvenated.
See more pictures!
See more pictures!
The 2009-2010 webinar schedule has been released. It promises to be a great lineup, with one top-notch session per month from September through May, with the exception of the conference month of February. Mark your personal and chapter calendars now!
To view the schedule, click here. September registration will be open in late August or early September.
Ride4ALDE - For ALDE and your Health
 We are excited to announce a new way to support ALDE ... and yourself!
With Ride4ALDE, ALDE staff and other members will bike on the Glacial Drumlin Trail in southeastern Wisconsin from the Madison and Milwaukee areas, meet approximately halfway for lunch at Pohlman Co. Park and ride back. Madison riders will start in Cottage Grove and Milwaukee cyclists will begin in Waukesha.
If you don't live near southeastern Wisconsin, the date does not work or you don't bike, you are still invited to participate by biking, walking, running, rollerblading, swimming or snowshoeing wherever you live. If you participate on your own, you are invited to support ALDE with a contribution to the Annual Fund. If you are not participating, please consider supporting those who do. Please donate to the Annual Fund here, and specify that the contribution is for "Ride4ALDE" under the "In Honor of" blank.
Those of us in Wisconsin are planning on beginning our ride at 8 a.m. on September 19. If you can do your ride on the 19th, that's great. But any participation is appreciated.
Please consider doing a Ride4ALDE, and for yourself! If you are interested, and/or definitely decide to Ride4ALDE, please let us know by contacting Pat at pata@alde.org.
Next Webinar - Demystifying The Grant Process
Julie Alsup & Nancy McDonald
The next ALDE webinar, "Demystifying The Grant Process," will be held Tuesday, May 19, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Central Time. The presentation will be given by Julie Alsup and Nancy McDonald.
Learn the basics of funding research, proposal writing and donor cultivation through this informational session. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned fund development professional, there’s something to be learned. Expect to gain valuable knowledge of what it takes to identify and approach appropriate funding sources, how to improve your program’s goals and objectives and how to incorporate winning strategies that can result in achieving your programmatic and organizational dreams. Session participants will also receive grant writing and other useful fund development templates.
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