Class Title: The Development Plan - The Foundation of Success
Is your organization stuck in the special event mode? Does your board refuse to accept their fundraising responsibility? Is your organization dependent on grants as its sole source of funding? Have you wondered why your development plans do not get implemented?
If so, this webinar is for you. In this session, we will discuss the reasons a development plan can help assure success in your fundraising efforts; how to involve your organization's leadership, both staff and volunteers, in the process; how to assure that the plan will be implemented; and how to evaluate success.
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
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List the people they need to involve in developing their plan;
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List the Components that should be included in a development plan.
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List three to five goals for their development office.
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Why do you need a Development Plan?
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Who should be involved in eh planning process?
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The process and the product?
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Q & A
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Components of a good plan:
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Fundraising methods
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Human resources
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Technology
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Budget
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Implementing and evaluating the plan
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Q & A
Class Format: This class is recorded from the live webinar class on August 28, 2009. On registering, you are transported to the classroom page, where you may play the class player. You may log in as many times as you wish for one year from the date of registration, enabling you to replay portions of the class as you wish.
How to Register:
Add the class (and any others that you wish to take) to your shopping cart, then proceed through the checkout process. As soon as you have completed the payment, you will be taken to the classroom page for this class, where you will download the class slides and a handout
About the Instructor
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, is President/CEO of Capital Venture, a full service consulting firm with offices throughout the United States, which celebrated its 15th year in business in 2008. Linda is one of fewer than 100 professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her sixteen years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns ranging from $250,000 to over $30 million; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 12,000 professionals in all aspects of development.
Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from both the Eastern PA and the Las Vegas chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) and in 2006 was recognized internationally in Atlanta, GA with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP.
Linda is a graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and served on the board of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy. She is a frequent presenter at regional and international conferences and has received two AFP research grants. Linda is also a prolific writer and Wiley Press has published her books, Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers in 2005, The Development Plan in early 2007. Linda is a contributing author to The Fundraising Feasibility Study — It’s Not About the Money, also published by Wiley in early 2007 and her latest book, The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook, will be published in July 2009 by Career Press. Linda’s first eBook, Everything You Wanted to Know about Capital Campaigns is available on her website and she is currently working on a book on corporate philanthropy.