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| Schedule of Events | |
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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: 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:
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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 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:
-OR- Taking the Next Step: 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:
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| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch The State of the Sector: 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. |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Workshops Re-examining Your Fundraising Strategy 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:
Direct Mail Matters: 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:
-OR- Building for the Future: 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:
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| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Social Leave a Legacy |
| 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion Changing the Model of Philanthropy: Panelists: Successful entrepreneurs from the private and nonprofit sectors discuss issues around entrepreneurship and philanthropy in Boulder County. Discussion topics will include:
Participation from Community Ventures attendees will be encouraged throughout the discussion. |
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
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
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
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
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
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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