Community Ventures 2000 - Making
Connections
April 27, 2000
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Time
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Program
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| 7:15 - 7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast Buffet
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| 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Board and Staff Breakfast
Fundraising for the Long Haul:
Thinking Outside the Box
Kim Klein
As a board member, you are strapped for time. Klein will help you
maximize the time you contribute to your organization. She will
also introduce alternative fundraising techniques specifically designed
for nonprofit boards.
What you will learn:
- Making the most of your limited time
- Becoming a better, more effective board member.
- Creating the right structure within your board to improve fundraising
results.
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| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Registration for Nonprofit Workshops
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| 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. |
Workshops
Grant Writing
Tools You Can Use
Steve Graham
Discover new resources to match your programs with prospective
funders. Graham will offer tips on how to write and submit an effective
proposal that will interest foundations, corporations, national
funders, state government agencies, and religious organizations.
What you will learn:
- Locating funding resources
- Writing better grant proposals
- Researching the submissions process
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Taking the Next Step:
Using Marketing and the Internet to Improve Fundraising
Kim Klein
Learn more about the principles of marketing and how they can be
used to enhance your fundraising strategy. Klein will also help
you discover how to take advantage of new technological innovations,
including web pages and the Internet, to ratchet up your development
program.
What you will learn:
- Combining marketing and fundraising techniques to benefit your
organization
- Using the latest technological on-line innovations
- Gathering valuable ideas to help maximize fundraising resources
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| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch
The State of the Sector:
Colorado Nonprofits in the 21st Century
Pat Read
(program begins at 12:00)
Read's keynote address will highlight facts from the study, Directory
of Colorado Nonprofits, and discuss the nonprofits sector's phenomenal
growth, the significant impact it has had on our economy and the
diversity of services nonprofits provide to Colorado.
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| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Workshops
Re-examining Your Fundraising Strategy
Practical "How To" Steps to Strengthen Development Programs
Christopher Cross
Every nonprofit group has different resources, time constraints,
levels of sophistication and urgent needs. Christopher will help
you learn how to prioritize and choose the fundraising strategies
that will work best for your organization.
What you will learn:
- Maximizing existing fundraising programs
- Launching new programs with limited resources
- Creating a strategy for the future of your development program.
Direct Mail Matters:
Developing and Implementing a Successful Direct Mail Program
Joe Contrino
Successful direct mail has little to do with statistics and letter
writing. It's a long-term process that requires informed planning
and careful, consistent program management. Contrino will help you
understand the investment, marketing skill, patience and managerial
agility it takes to have a successful direct mail fund raising program.
What you will learn:
- Developing your direct mail program objectives - current and
new donor campaigns
- Determining your campaign elements - lists, concept, the ask,
and timing
- Developing your mailing piece - design considerations and postage
options
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Building for the Future:
Planning your Capital Campaigns
Kim Klein
Are you thinking of launching a capital campaign or have you already?
Klein will show you how to raise more money than you thought possible
and best to structure your capital campaign.
What you will learn:
- Creating and refining the long-term goals for your organization
- Structuring your capital campaign
- Connecting with large donors in your community
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| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Social
Leave a Legacy
Michael Donegan, Planned Giving Officer, Denver Zoological
Foundation
(begins at 2:45 p.m.)
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| 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion
Changing the Model of Philanthropy:
Linking Private Entrepreneurs to the Charitable Community
Moderator: Kim Klein
Panelists:
Tom Koby, Director of Local Giving, Tango
Jared P. Schutz, Chairman, Proflowers.com
Amy Batchelor, Anchor Point Fund
Andrew Currie, Founder and CEO of Email Publishing Inc.,
purchased by Message Media, Inc.
Thomas Sweeney III, President, Boulder King Air, LLC
Bob Mann, Executive Director, Boulder County Shelter for
the Homeless
Terry Benjamin, Executive Director, Emergency Family Assistance
Anne Tapp, Executive Director, Boulder County Safehouse
Richard Garcia, Founder and Executive Director, Colorado
Statewide Parent Coalition
Successful entrepreneurs from the private and nonprofit sectors
discuss issues around entrepreneurship and philanthropy in Boulder
County. Discussion topics will include:
- What makes one an entrepreneur? Do they exist in the private
and nonprofit sectors?
- What do private entrepreneurs look for when they want to establish
partnerships with nonprofit organizations to benefit the community?
- What are the realities of the nonprofit sector that private
entrepreneurs need to know to make their partnerships with nonprofits
more effective?
- What can the private and nonprofit sectors do to change and/or
increase the culture of giving in Boulder County?
Participation from Community Ventures attendees will be encouraged
throughout the discussion.
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For additional information, please call The Community Foundation at 303.443-0436 or email us at info@commfound.org.
All events will take place at the Boulderado Conference Center:
Broadway & Pine
Boulder, Colorado
Each attendee will receive parking validation good for up to three hours in any Boulder public parking garage.
Joe Contrino is CEO and founder of Contrino Direct Marketing, Inc., a full service direct mail marketing and consulting firm headquartered in Boulder. Contrino has 20 years experience in direct mail marketing and is past Chairperson of the United States Postal Customer Advisory Council and Vice-Chair of the Northern Colorado Postal Customer Council. Contrino Direct Marketing, Inc. serves many nonprofits in Boulder County and the Rocky Mountain region.
Christopher Cross is the Development Officer for Hospice of Boulder County and also has a private fundraising consulting practice. He has over 25 years of fundraising experience and has served as National Director of Fundraising for the United States Ski Team and the American Humane Association. Cross has recently served as the fundraising consultant on six multi-million dollar capital campaigns.
Steve Graham is currently the Executive Director of the Community Resource Center (CRC), a Denver-based nonprofit organization which serves as an educational resource to individuals and nonprofit organizations. He has an extensive background in the nonprofit sector with 28 years in positions as community organizer, program director, fundraiser, and executive director for environmental, housing, community action, and peace and justice organizations. Graham also works as a consultant and trainer with organizations throughout the Rocky Mountains and Midwest.
Kim Klein is known internationally for her work as a fundraising trainer and consultant. She has written several books about fundraising, her latest titled Fundraising for the Long Haul, and is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques for use by organizations with small budgets. Klein has been involved with fundraising as staff, volunteer, board member and consultant. She has provided training and consultation in all 50 states and 16 countries.
Pat Read is the Executive Director of the Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations (CANPO) with over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Her work earned her recognition from The Nonprofit Times as one of the "50 Most Influential People in America in the Nonprofit Sector."
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