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Impact Reporting/What Difference Did My Gift Make?
Lisa Bonds
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Mid Level |
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Discuss the reasons for creating clear communications that directly demonstrate how donors’ gifts are making an impact. Examples of organizations that are currently doing this well will be shared among the group. Additionally, some innovative ways organizations are sharing this information will be discussed.
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Board Members and Fundraising: Beyond the Hotdish
Kristi Rendahl
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Mid Level |
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This session will cover board fundraising accountabilities and strategies for involvement, what is currently effective at mid-sized and large Lutheran organizations and best practice fundraising strategies for organizations with Generation X and Y constituencies. Participants will also have an opportunity to share their own findings, particularly as related to sustaining fundraising operations during a period of recession. This session is best suited for organizations that have limited fundraising capacity on staff.
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The Future of Gift Annuities
Tim Prosser
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Senior Level |
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Investment market declines and the economy have greatly impacted gift annuity reserve pools. Charities face greater pressure than ever to fund annuity payments, preserve residuum and comply with state regulations. Development professionals must often defend the very existence of their charity’s CGA program to trustees and senior management, and remind them of the program’s role in securing the charity’s financial future. This presentation discusses the growing popularity of gift annuities among donors, the particular risks attendant to annuity programs, and the best practices and procedures used to manage those risks.
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Alternatives to Capital Campaigns
M. Bruce Dreon
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Mid/Senior Level |
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For 25 years comprehensive campaigns have been the fundraising tool of choice – fueled by a robust economy and a stock market that seemed to move up inexorably. It’s different now. Giving has slowed and campaigns are struggling. Is the only way up another comprehensive campaign? Let’s look at alternatives to the comprehensive campaign that will keep your program and organization moving up.
• Can we modify the traditional campaign strategy so it works today?
• What is a non-campaign campaign?
• Can we get the annual fund growing again? If so, what difference will it make in capital fundraising?
• Is the golden age of planned giving over or can we capitalize on the transfer of great wealth underway?
• When will it be normal again?
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Quality: If You Can Name It, You Can Create It
Les Stroh
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ALSS |
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While participation in "Quality: It Won't Happen by Accident or Good Intentions” isn’t required, the information from that workshop will be helpful in this event.
If quality does not happen by good intentions, what does it take? How does an organization go about determining and defining quality in its life, products, and services? First and foremost, it is essential to give quality a name (and then briefly describe it). In this workshop, participants will begin the work to "name" quality in their organization and then define it so they can create it.
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Fundamentals of Philanthropy, Fundraising and Stewardship
Alan Zacharias
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Fundamental |
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This course is designed to help participants discern the links between those motivations and methodologies, rooted in biblical “cheerful giving,” that apply to active Christian stewardship, personal philanthropy and professional fundraising.
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Portraits of Donors
Patrick Rooney
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Mid/Senior Level |
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The Bank of America High Net Worth Philanthropy study, researched and written by the Center on Philanthropy is the first study of its kind on the most generous sector of donors. The study’s Portraits of Donors component uncovered 12 donor types based upon their motivations for giving, types of organizations supported and overall behavior. The presentation will examine each type and include discussion on how to incorporate the research into your fundraising strategies.
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