Principles and Techniques of Fund Raising

Start Date: September 20th, 2010

End Date: September 24th, 2010

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday, ending at noon on Friday

Reservations: Hotel discounts to be determined.

Location: Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center - Required Course for Certificate in Fundraising Management. This is the same course you would take at Indiana University.

Cost: $900.00

Limit: 40 people

Discounted from the regular course cost $1300.00. Real Savings! Real Bargain!

PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES of FUNDRAISING
The baseline course for all of The Fund Raising School courses.

OUR TRADEMARK COURSE THE DEFINITIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FUNDRAISERS.

A required course for the Certificate in Fund Raising Management

The Fund Raising School has continually worked to perfect Principles & Techniques of Fundraising as the ultimate fundraising course. Recognized internationally, Principles & Techniques gives you the foundation and inspiration to lead your nonprofit to its financial goals. It provides you with the framework for operating a successful total development program. It is an intensive five-day, A through Z training program that is the basis for the rest of the School's courses.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is valuable to both new and seasoned professionals, volunteers and staff. As a new professional, you'll learn the "must-know" strategies and tools of fundraising that let you hit the ground running toward success.

For seasoned professionals, this course will teach you creative ways to handle common problems, refine your management skills and reinvigorate your enthusiasm for fundraising. It will provide you with a management framework to bring your valuable experiences together.

Participants must stay through the end of the class in order to receive Continuing Education Units and credit toward the completion of the Certificate in Fund Raising Management. Travel arrangements and other appointments should be scheduled around class times. The course will adjourn at 12:30 p.m. on the last day.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

•Identify and validate prospective donors
•Manage the fundraising process
•Use research to match a donor's interests and needs withyour nonprofitss mission and goals
•Build an annual fund donor base that keeps on giving
•Cultivate and solicit major gift.

YOU WILL ALSO LEARN

•A total management approach to raising money
•How planned giving benefits your donors and your nonprofit
•The psychology of successful solicitation
•How to respond to challenges and ethical dilemmas with other professionals.

YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE

"Big Red", a comprehensive 700-page Study Guide including:

•Gift club ideas
•Board Strengths Inventory
•Donor evaluation forms
•Invaluable bibliography from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
•Copies of overheads for training your volunteers and staff
•Formulas for establishing best practice benchmarks
•A chance to network and build long-lasting, cross-mentoring relationships with other professionals
•A subscription to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University Philanthropy Matters magazine
•The Fundraising Cube

You also will receive The Fund Raising Cube, a desk-top reminder of The Fund Raising School's Management Process. It is a handy reference, and a point of pride for alumni.