Step By Step Fundraising Newsletter
April 2007
In this issue -
- Planning a Fundraising Event - First episode
in this Fundraising Teleseminar Series is Free!
- cMarket Webinars - Learn more about how online
auctions work
- Step by Step Fundraising Audio Archive
- Get Notified about Other Training Opportunities
Are you a fundraising "know it all"?
I'm pretty well versed in a lot of fundraising topics but the more
I learn, the more I realize there is always more to learn!
That's why I read books, newsletters and take classes whenever
possible.
Classroom Based Training
If you have a non profit management center near you I highly
recommend checking out the courses they have available. Currently
I'm working on a continuing education certificate in non profit
management from our local center, in partnership with the Dallas
Center for Non Profit Management.
Many cities across the USA have these centers, sometimes they are
called non profit resource center or something similar. If you don't
know if there's one near you, enter those phrases in your favorite
search engine. (I have not found a comprehensive list of offices.
If anyone knows of one let
me know.)
Your local college or university may also offer classes. Check
their website, you may be surprised at the training available.
Distance Learning
Of course non profit professionals and volunteers are very busy
people. Sometimes time schedules and cost constraints can
prevent one from taking classes.
Okay, guys and gals... now there are no more excuses.
You can learn online through a variety of web based classes or
listen to an audio recording at your leisure. Many of these are
free.
Here's the scoop...
Planning a Fundraising Event Free Teleseminar
Raising Greater Funds: Secret Strategies to Increase Your Fund
Raising Success is a series of fundraising seminars and the
first one is free on the Raising
Greater Funds website. You'll see the link in the right hand
column. You can click to listen online or right click and save to
your computer to listen later.
This recording focuses on fundraising events, in particular, lessons
Tom & Amy Casey learned from planning a basketball tournament.
Not just a one time deal, this tournament has run successfully for
17 years and continues to grow each year.
One of the points that Amy makes that should be memorized by fundraising
event planners:
Any expenses that are going out are taking
away from your fundraiser. And they are taking away from whatever
your cause is. The people that are donating and coming to your event
want the money to go to the cause not to pay for the stuff.
Well said! I totally agree. In most cases your group should get
everything donated. It may take a few years to build up, but passionate
supporters, many of whom are business owners or in a position to
make donations, will help keep expenses low.
If you are planning a special event this one teleseminar can save
you hours of work and increase the funds raised by 2x, 3x or
10x what you'd normally see.
As I mentioned the first audio is a free download on the website.
There will be 5 additional audios, and for the whole series
it's $97. I'll be speaking on one of these classes about online
fundraising. I'm honored to be a part of this series which will
include great information on a variety of topics that you can put
into action to further your non profit's vision.
Find out more about Raising
Greater Funds series and download the first audio for free.
Online Auctions Free Online Seminars from cMarket
 cMarket
offers a complete system for staging on online auction. There are
a lot of non
profits using ebay, but I recommend cMarket because they offer
a much more robust system specifically designed for non profit groups.
The cMarket online auction offers many ways to enhance donor relationships
and corporate sponsorship opportunities. It can even be combined
with a live event.
cMarket is offering a series of free
online seminars to introduce groups to online fundraising. These
sessions last about 45 minutes and you can tune in live from your
desk.
There are general NPO online seminars as well as cause category
specific - please check back regularly for updated dates and topics.
General audience seminars are on Thursday, April 5 and Wednesday,
April 18 at 2 PM EST.
Register for one of these seminars or check for other dates
Step by Step Fundraising Audio Archive
Over the past few years of publishing this site I've created several
audio recordings. Somehow when the site was redesigned awhile back
the link leapt off the page. ;)
In the Step
by Step Fundraising Audio Archive you can learn about asking
for donations, writing fundraising letters, planning a raffle and
more.
Get Notified about Other Training Opportunities
I regularly post notices about other fundraising and non profit
Seminars
& Training when I hear about them.
If you are only getting the monthly newsletter and would also
like to get notices any time new articles are added to the website,
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another reader
So what have you learned about fundraising lately? Was it in a
class or from "on the job" experience? If you'd like to
share with your fellow fundraisers send
an email with the details. We'd love to hear from you!
To Your Continued Fundraising Success,
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