*** The De Pere session has been reopened for reservations as additional room has become available. ***
It’s never been more important for boards and staff to work together effectively to solicit financial support for your organization. Perfect for board-staff teams, this practical session addresses the complementary roles board members play in their organization’s governance and resource development.
The session begins with a close look at board recruitment, structure, operations, and culture, knowing that weak boards don’t raise funds effectively. The second part of the session focuses on how to involve board members in effective fundraising and their role in supporting your bequest and planned giving program.
Topics covered in this day-long session will include:
• Trends impacting governance & fundraising in the nonprofit sector.
• Why some nonprofits confuse volunteering with governance.
• Legal obligations of nonprofit boards.
• How great boards profile before recruiting.
• Why term limits are essential for a fundraising board.
• How successful fundraising is not about asking for money.
• Periodic fundraising exercises you can do with your board.
• How to get your board to articulate your organization’s value.
• How every single willing board member can be a great fundraiser.
Who should attend?
To maximize the benefit of this session, staff members should be accompanied by at least two or three board members but having four or five will make a world of difference.
Our presenter:
Chuck V. Loring, MBA, CFRE is a Senior Governance Associate for BoardSource and senior partner of Loring, Sternberg & Associates, based in Fort Lauderdale and Indianapolis, which provides governance consulting services to nonprofits. Chuck has helped hundreds of local and regional nonprofits across the country strengthen their boards and improve governance practices, and advanced the missions of world renowned organizations. Chuck also conducts training programs for funding organizations, including a host of community foundations across the country.
“Members of our board and staff had the opportunity to attend this training in the fall of 2011. Without question, Chuck presented the best information about effective boards I have seen! As an executive director of a non-profit, and a member of several non-profit boards, the information I received has been invaluable! We have already put much into practice in our own council with positive results.
- Gail McNutt, Executive Director, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes