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How to Motivate and Engage Your Board in Fundraising
October 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Engaging and motivating your board is important work that’s worth your thought and time. However, working with board members can be intimidating or overwhelming, leaving you unsure of how to relate or where to start. This session will help you understand the board’s responsibility for fundraising and discover new ways to engage them in the work of development, even when they say they’re not fundraisers.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the board’s role in fund development and staff’s role in working with board members
- Learn how to invite every board member to accept a fundraising task, from “easy” ones for reticent board members to more advanced work for experienced fundraisers
- Discover ways to deepen board members’ understanding of your mission and empower them to champion the cause
- Learn to assess and influence the board’s makeup through your organization’s board development process
Program Level: Intermediate
Instructional Method: Online via Zoom
CFRE Points: 2 points
Cost: $65 Member / $115 Non-member
Please Note: Registration closes at 12 noon on the day prior to the class date. Registrations are subject to approval.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Karen Perry, CFRE
Karen’s decades of nonprofit fundraising and leadership experience make her an asset to the M. Gale & Associates team and our clients. As a versatile consultant, coach and facilitator, Karen offers her clients expertise in annual giving, major gifts, and grant writing as well as marketing, strategic planning, planned giving and capital campaigns. While seeking a deep understanding of organizational strengths and challenges each client is facing, Karen especially loves helping nonprofit professionals and volunteers build a strong culture of philanthropy to further their mission.
Career highlights include:
-Consultant specializing in small shop fundraising, coaching, and development planning
-Vice President for Development, The Center for the Visually Impaired, Atlanta, GA
-Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE)
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