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Thanking Donors – a Six Month Update of the Impact of COVID on Donor Relations

Virtual

February Professional Development (Rescheduled from January) Thanking Donors - a Six Month Update of the Impact of COVID on Donor Relations The Heurista team has compiled a list of suggested reading which can be found HERE. You can access the recording of the program HERE. Heurista and Eleven Fifty Seven collaborated in March 2020 to survey donor relations professionals to identify the immediate effects of the COVID-19 stay-at-home regulations on the work of thanking donors and to forecast anticipated changes in donor relations practice. The survey questions explore the role of technology with regards to team function, communication with [...]

$10 – $15

Six Great Ideas for Helping Donors Plan Their Most Significant Gifts

Virtual

February Professional Development Six Great Ideas for Helping Donors Plan Their Most Significant Gifts The slides for this event are available HERE. The recording of this event will be available HERE. How can you help the people who love your organization make a plan for a significant gift - now or as part of their legacy? We’ll walk together through six giving strategies, covering gifts from retirement accounts, bequests and beneficiary designations, gifts that pay lifetime income and more. The emphasis will be on describing these gifts in easy-to-understand ways that are proven to inspire donors. [...]

$10 – $15

Managing the Ask…Essential Steps When Soliciting Major Donors

Virtual

March Professional Development Managing the Ask...Essential Steps When Soliciting Major Donors The recording of this event is available HERE. For more than 30 years, Diane M. Carlson has been helping her clients ask for and receive millions of dollars in support for their organizations. In this 45-minute webinar, Diane will walk us through the process of managing the “ask”, starting with prospect identification and ending with how to handle saying “thank you”. Presented by Diane M. Carlson Diane M. Carlson is natural born leader and entrepreneur with over several decades of fundraising and nonprofit consulting [...]

$10 – $15

How To Manage Your Career In Fundraising

Virtual

April Professional Development How To Manage Your Career In Fundraising The recording of this event is available HERE. This session will explore how to know what you want to do, how to change jobs effectively, how to read the signs about when and why to move, and how to make a plan for your career.  Doing what is right for you is incredibly important in your life and career happiness. Presented by Alex Comfort Alex Comfort, CFRE is President of Mountain Non-Profit Solutions, a consulting company he formed in 2009 after 23 years as a [...]

$10 – $15

Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Virtual

April Professional Development Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion The recording of this program is available HERE. Additional DEI resources from the presenters are available for download HERE. University of North Carolina Asheville Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, Institutional Equity, and General Counsel Heather Parlier will lead the group in an open discussion about our individual organizations’ commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We will discuss how individually we gauge that commitment and how we actively work towards it. Attendees should submit questions before May 10, 2021 and bring along their individual organization’s statements of commitment [...]

$10 – $15

Donor Affinity Purposeful Engagement

Virtual

June Professional Development. AFP Webinar: Donor Affinity Purposeful Engagement The recording of this program can be viewed HERE. The slides are available for download HERE. Welcome to the world of ‘Donor Affinity Purposeful Engagement’ where organizational philanthropic goals are aligned to drive your organization to become more focused and strategic- and where you can unleash your team to engage and excite prospects & donors in refreshing and very effective ways. In this new world of ‘purposeful engagement’, those actions that contribute to engagement are placed on the To Do List and those that do not are skuttled [...]

$10 – $15

Social Gathering at Pleb Urban Winery

AFP WNC Social Gathering Pleb Urban Winery: June 23, 2021 beginning at 5:30 p.m. It's been far too long since we've been together, and connecting with one another is one of the best parts of AFP! Join your AFP colleagues for our first in-person gathering since the pandemic began. Pleb has set aside a few tables for us. Buy a beverage, catch up with your colleagues, and browse the offerings at the weekly local farmers market. Advance registration isn't required, but please mark your calendars now. Pleb Urban Winery is in the River Arts District (289 Lyman [...]

Philanthropy Institute 2021

Virtual

Philanthropy Institute 2021 will be a live virtual program with a Keynote Presentation by Vu Le from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM followed by a collegial discussion from 1:00 – 1:30 PM.

$20 – $30

How The Annual Fund Suppresses Giving And What To Do About It

Virtual

The recording of this event is available HERE. The slides from this presentation are available for download HERE. August Professional Development | How The Annual Fund Suppresses Giving And What To Do About It Don’t miss this very insightful, strategic, and timely topic on the annual fund model and how it, and other fundraising strategies like giving clubs and societies, membership programs and pledge programs and campaigns, if not managed properly, will suppress giving from your best donors. Richard Perry, Founding Partner of Veritus Group - veritusgroup.com – will lead this interactive session and explore: How the annual [...]

$10 – $15

The Fundraiser’s Guide to Smart Segmentation

Virtual

September Professional Development | The Fundraiser's Guide to Smart Segmentation The recording of this presentation is available HERE. In 2021 your organization is a data company. In this presentation we will explore the internal as well as external data insights available to you, which will increase the effectiveness of how you segment your constituents when communicating with them. Creating discrete populations for targeted communications increases response and strengthens relationships. About Ryan Carpenter Prior to joining Pursuant Ryan spent time both on the agency side at THD, within a nonprofit at Year Up and offering [...]

$10 – $15

The Ethical Challenges of All Positions in a Fundraising Shop: Annual Fund, Major Gifts, Grant Writer, Planned Giving, Director of Development, Event Specialist (and Consultant)

Virtual

October Professional Development | The Ethical Challenges of All Positions in a Fundraising Shop: Annual Fund, Major Gifts, Grant Writer, Planned Giving, Director of Development, Event Specialist (and Consultant)   The recording of this session is available HERE.   In this session, Alex Comfort, CFRE, is going to share a true  story he has never told publicly – not in his book or in his Fundraising Boot Camp. He says people in his past have told him that the story is “life changing”, and he wants us to tune in and consider it. The session considers the [...]

$10 – $15

Social Gathering at Pleb Urban Winery

AFP WNC Social Gathering Pleb Urban Winery: December 8, 2021 beginning at 5:00 p.m. AFP WNC is keeping our programming virtual for the moment, but that doesn't prevent us from meeting up for a social event. Please join your fellow AFP WNC members at Pleb Urban Winery on Wednesday, December 8th from 5:00-7:00pm. There's no agenda or program, just a chance to gather with fellow fundraisers before the mad rush of the calendar year end is fully upon us. Pleb is located at 289 Lyman Street in Asheville. We hope to see you there! Advance registration isn't required, [...]

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