AFP TX, Coastal Bend Chapter: Big Gifts for Small Shops
Big Gifts for Small Shops
When you're a small organization, you may look at larger institutions and the gifts they secure as impossible for you to get. But small shops can make connections and build relationships to develop big gifts, too. In this session, we'll review the process of developing a major donor relationship; develop a case for support that inspires big gifts; and pinpoint how you can be strategic in your development approach when you don't have a lot of hands to do the work.
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
12:00 - 1:30 pm Brown Bag Lunch and Presentation
- Assess organizational readiness and infrastructure needs to secure big gifts.
- Prioritize techniques that will work for your organization.
- Identify team members for gift cultivation and solicitation.
- Develop a workable action plan when you have a small staff and competing priorities.
Alice L. Ferris, MBA, CFRE, ACFRE and James Andersonare partners in GoalBusters, providing philanthropic leadership services, specializing in outsourced development for small nonprofits; integrated fundraising, marketing and strategic planning; and customized education and training programs. GoalBusters has clients in many sectors, including public and community broadcasting, education, arts and culture, social service, healthcare, and Native American causes. In their careers to date, Alice and Jim have helped raise over $9 million for organizations and philanthropic causes.
Jim Anderson has more than 25 years of sales and sales training experience through his positions with local media and national research companies such as Nielsen Media, Simmons and Scarborough Research. Consistently recognized as a top revenue producer ($30 million+), Jim earned "Sales Executive" and "Negotiator of the Year" awards. He migrated into the nonprofit arena in 2005, and specializes in analyzing donor motivations, implementing marketing and social media campaigns, finding compelling stories for organizational case statements, improving nonprofit communications, and making any special event more effective and fun. In 2010, Jim was selected at the AFP Northern Arizona Fundraising Professional of the Year.
Alice Ferris has over twenty years of professional fundraising experience, and is a two-time honoree
