FREE NONPROFIT WEBINARS

Major gift fundraising strategies changed dramatically after the pandemic. Instead of a 3-hour commitment, traveling to and from an in-person meeting over coffee; you can now qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward your donors in a series of half-hour virtual meetings. In this workshop, you will get an insider's perspective on how to turn a spreadsheet of prospects into real philanthropic revenue.

Think prospect research and wealth intelligence is just for major gifts and campaigns?  Think again.  There’s a wealth – pardon the pun! – of information available about donor identity and affinity through the data and information that donors provide and that you can access easily and efficiently.  We are living and fundraising in what’s called the Connection Economy – where relationships and values are front-and-center, far more than ever before.  The trends in giving are telling us that donors are looking for deeper connections and personalized involvement with the causes they support, and there’s no better way to approach that than through your annual fund and individual giving campaigns. In this session we’ll look at the current trends in giving and understand how they inform our fundraising planning, how to integrate useable data, beyond just wealth scores and real estate value, into your planning, and easy, efficient ways to take a fundraising-intelligence informed approach to all levels of fundraising.

For most nonprofits, the summer months bring forth significant slowdowns. Though this downtime can be used for vacation, family time, team building, etc., having extra bandwidth can also be used to jumpstart End-of-Year fundraising efforts. Rather than waiting for September to roll around, having a well-paced plan for the summer months can help you and your team get a head start! Participants can expect to outline a clear plan for marketing and development teams to kick off EOY fundraising, explore how to incorporate powerful impact metrics into your EOY fundraising message, and learn how to capture powerful stories of transformation to share with donors during your EOY campaign(s).

Evaluations can be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of your program, fulfilling funding requirements, and improving outcomes for your clients. They can also be a waste of time and resources when organizations are ill-prepared to engage in the process or use results. During this workshop we’ll learn about 5 key areas to assess your organization's readiness for program evaluation, plus cover the 3 main types of program evaluation.

Logic Models conjure up images of big brain academia, but do you know that you can use them for donor conversations, too? Especially for us visual learners, Logic Models are great maps of the problem, resources available, and gaps that need to be filled - allowing the donor to follow along and come to the conclusion that they are going to fill that gap for you. Using the well-known task of laundry, we'll demonstrate the thought process of LMs.

It’s funny how strategic planning isn’t really part of your team/organization's everyday work. Strategic planning can feel like “just another high-priority task.” It’s crazy to think… strategic planning requires a plan! But who has time to plan?! In this 30-minute webinar, your team will be equipped to pick up where your strategic plan left off or get started on a new planning adventure.

Review the 5 steps for effective budget management including: connection to the strategic plan, assigning roles & responsibilities, preparation, the budget timeline, and budget implementation. Effective and efficient planning for the annual budget contributes to strong financial management foundation as well as long term financial sustainability.

Storytelling has the power to move hearts and minds. Marketing tradition tells us that “if it bleeds, it leads,” which is easy in nonprofit marketing since we’re solving the world’s biggest problems. Those we serve are experiencing tremendous pain and overcoming insurmountable challenges. Can we gather and share nonprofit stories in a way that protects, dignifies, and respects those we serve? This session will explore trauma-informed storytelling, a safe and healthy process for your beneficiaries, audiences, and even storytellers. You’ll be equipped with actionable insights and tools to tell trauma-informed and ethical stories that have a huge impact. Participants can expect to gain an understanding of why trauma-informed storytelling matters, learn about the three kinds of people impacted by a story, and leave with resources, tools and actionable steps to integrate trauma-informed practices into your role.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), it's crucial for nonprofit organizations to stay informed and prepared. This foundational session is designed for nonprofit professionals to demystify AI, with a particular focus on understanding biases in AI and a framework for assessing your organization's readiness to embrace AI technologies. Learning outcomes include understanding what the collective challenge with AI is and understanding what can be done when we intend to center the community at the core of the design. Promise of the session: You will work through an exercise to explore how you can design your AI values.