Getting Major Gifts for Your Cause
September 18, 2008

Learn how to identify prospective major donors, how to plan a major gifts program, & conduct specific campaigns, including developing compelling messages & materials.

Need to build a robust fundraising program that takes you out of the “hand to mouth” cycle?

Kim Klein brings her strategic knowledge and vast experience to show you how to build a successful major gifts program that can propel your organization into a sustainable future.

Learn how to identify prospective major donors, how to plan a major gifts program, & conduct specific campaigns, including developing compelling messages & materials.

Kim is an expert at helping you re-examine your resources and current partners and donors so that they can be leveraged to help your organization succeed.  She’ll cover off tips on making one-on-one asks, engaging your board and partners to get them excited about fundraising and developing strong cases for support.  Fun, engaging and experienced, Kim’s trainings always sell out so register early!

How Small Groups Raise Big Money: Capital & Endowment
September 19, 2008

Look at how to ask people for larger gifts than they have ever made, and discuss what has to be in place for capital campaigns to work.

Are you wondering how to build a solid future for your organization?

Capital and Endowment Fundraising transcends the everyday needs and allows your organization to grow and develop to reach more people, create more change and better serve your mission. 

Perhaps your plans include buying a building, or renovating your office space to accommodate more programming, or creating reserve fund or endowment.  Kim Klein is a master fundraiser who can teach you the tools and strategies to create a healthy future.

This course will explore the difference between annual, capital and endowment fundraising, look at how to skillfully approach people for larger gifts than they have ever made, and discuss what has to be in place for capital campaigns to be successful.   Assumes knowledge and experience with major gifts, this course is perfect for practitioners who want to take their skills to the next level.  Fun, engaging and experienced, Kim’s sessions are candid, interactive and entertaining.  Register early as this course will sell out!

Kim Klein is internationally known as a fundraising trainer and consultant.  She is the Chardon Press Series Editor at Jossey-Bass Publishers, and the founder of the bimonthly Grassroots Fundraising Journal.  Kim has written a number of books including Fundraising for Social Change (now in its fifth edition), Fundraising for the Long Haul,  and Fundraising in Times of Crisis.

Kim is currently  a visiting faculty member at Concordia University’s Institute in Management and Community Development in Montreal, where she is exploring how the nonprofit sector can take a more proactive role in defining the common good, particularly in promoting a fair and just tax system.  She is a member of the Building Movement Project which seeks to put social justice values at the front of all nonprofit work.

 Cost: $200; combine these two courses for $350.