Major Gift Seminars for Fundraisers

Our final Major Gift Fundraising Seminars for 2012
will be in Costa Mesa, California on May 7 & 8, and May 9 & 10

The Art of Asking, How to Clinch the Major Gift, May 7 & 8. 
 Faculty: Paul Edwards, Jay Frost and Jerold Panas

Seize the Opportunity, Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift, May 9 & 10. Faculty: 
William Sturtevant, with Karen Osborne and Jerold Panas.

We receive dozens of letters following one of our seminars.  Some tell us it is the most important coaching opportunity they have had in their professional career.

Here is one note we wanted to share with you.  It came from Jill Bishop at the Arizona Theatre Company.

“I had just gotten back from your conference and felt very confident and ready to ask one of our donors to consider joining our Angels Circle for FY13 ($25,000 and up).  In a two hour meeting, I made the ask, and they said they would consider it.  Mark and I both made a couple of proper follow-ups with notes and emails.  I called them to today to see what their thoughts were and they agreed to make the move to Angels.

I am so gratified, and look like a Superstar to my two bosses. I can honestly say your seminar completely changed the way I feel about fundraising and my ability to be successful at it.”

We won’t guarantee you will be as successful as Jill —but we will promise the most exciting seminar possible. Our commitment is to ignite your imagination, inspire you to greater heights than ever before, and introduce you to new solutions.

Join us in Costa Mesa (California) on May 7 & 8, —The Art of Asking. 
May 9 & 10, —Seize the Opportunity.  We’re saving a place for you.

The Institute for Charitable Giving is considered one of the premier coaching centers in the country. Its Seminars have consistently been rated as among the best offered.

It isn’t just the premier faculty or the content that makes the Institute a standout. That alone would be special enough. But there’s something else. There’s exciting quality to these Seminars, an exchange of values, that somehow pervades the sessions. Some call it, "magic.”

The alumni of the Institute constitute a remarkable group of fervent men and women— representing institutions of all types, from the small one-person shop to some of the most prestigious institutions in the country. Fundraisers who want to grow professionally. Those who would like to have their professional batteries recharged. Those who want to become more effective and successful at fundraising. Those who choose to be the best they can be.

The Art of Asking
How to Clinch the Major Gift

Seize the Opportunity
Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift

 

The Signature Collection

There are countless books on fundraising. Many are quite good.  A handful are very special. The Institute for Charitable Giving assembled a roster of books it felt every professional fundraiser would find productive and of particular relevance.

A few, by the way, have no direct focus on fundraising— and yet, they have everything to do with securing the gift. Some of the books were chosen because it was felt that every literate fundraiser needs exposure to the volume. Several are just plain inspirational.

You will want to underline and make notes in the margin in these books. And don’t loan them to friends or colleagues !

Now we need your help in reviewing the list. Use a check mark to indicate which of the books should be kept, which dropped, and those where you have no particular opinion.

Most important, add those books you feel are most important for your professional library or on your desktop. - Jerry Panas

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