On Demand - Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times: What Good Causes Need to Know to Survive and Thrive

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Title: Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times
Presenter: Kim Klein
Topic: Maximizing and Managing your fundraising programs and team
Duration: 90 min

This program has been approved for 1.5 (General ) recertification credit hours* (see below)





Summary
Based on her new book of the same name, Kim Klein will discuss the advantages and opportunities inherent in economic turmoil, and how your fundraising program can thrive in this environment. Nonprofits have to realize that this roller coaster economy is the new normal, and that for many social change nonprofits, this is a “movement moment.” How do you find the opportunities in all this downturn? How do you maximize your donor income and donor loyalty? How do you make accurate fundraising projections and plans?

Participants will learn

Why focusing on individuals will be more lucrative than all other strategies, and how to do that

What a systematic and disciplined fundraising program looks like, and how to make the necessary corrections in your current fundraising efforts

How to manage your fundraising professionals, what your organizations expectations should be, why not to pay development managers on commission and how to manage the development team and function organizationally

How to build a team of volunteers who will help you and how to help them get over their fear of asking for money.

Who Should Attend
Executive Directors, Development Managers and Directors, HR professionals

Note from Kim Klein: This workshop will be most helpful to organizations with budgets under $2,000,000 who are working for social change.

Quote From a Past Participant
Kim’s expansive knowledge base regarding the state of the nation and its effect on the function of nonprofits provided a deeper understanding of the issues we face. Most importantly, in addition to a general definition of the key problems in our midst, she provided tactical methods for thriving in our current reality.
- Kelly Driver
Development Coordinator
Elaine Clark Center for Exceptional Children and Heart of Hope Academy

Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate

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Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times: What Good Causes Need to Know to Survive and Thrive (includes book)

Books are fulfilled and shipped (UPS Ground) by publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Recipients should receive book within 5-7 business days after On-demand webinar purchase date.


Faculty bio: Kim Klein is an internationally known fundraising trainer and has worked in all aspects of fundraising: as staff, as volunteer, as board member, and as consultant. She is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques, particularly major donor campaigns, to the needs of organizations with small budgets working for social justice.

Kim is the author of five books including her most recent, Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times. Her classic text, Fundraising for Social Change, now in its fifth edition, is widely used in the field and in university degree programs. She also wrote Fundraising for the Long Haul, Ask and You Shall Receive, and Fundraising in Times of Crisis, which was a runner up for the Terry McAdam Book Award. She is featured in a fundraising video, “Ready, Set, Raise”, produced by GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training), and is the author of the “Dear Kim” column in the e-newsletter of GIFT, answering questions posed by readers.

Kim is a member of the Building Movement Project where she is currently working on a project called, “Talking about Taxes”. She writes a blog for the Building Movement Project, www.kimkleinandthecommons.blogspot.com. Kim has worked in all aspects of fundraising; as staff, as a volunteer, as a board member, and as a consultant. Widely in demand as a speaker, she has provided training and consultation in all 50 United States, five Canadian provinces and 21 other countries.

About the Book
Nonprofits need to understand that this economy is the “new normal.” In Reliable Fundraising, influential social change fundraising consultant and best-selling author Kim Klein shares strategies for creating a resilient fundraising program, including practical strategies to survive and thrive in the short- and long-term.

The book is filled with hands-on advice for nonprofits on how to create and expand an individual donor base, time management techniques for fundraisers, how to deal with crises and scandals, and why we need to embrace generational change. Inspiring, philosophical and readily accessible, this is a must read especially for nonprofits with budgets of $2 million or less.


*This program, Employment Law, Who Can Keep Up, has been approved for 1.5 (General ) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.



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