Major Gift Seminars for Fundraisers

NEW THIS YEAR: Join us for two consecutive seminars
(4 days – same city) and receive a special discount.
Please call Jeff at (312) 222-1212 in the Institutes office for further details. (This does not apply to groups of 4 or more, as that rate is already discounted.)

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.”

We are told by many our programs are the most stimulating and helpful they have ever attended. Our commitment is to ignite your imagination, inspire you to greater heights than ever before, and introduce you to new solutions.

There’s a maximum registration to ensure extensive interplay and discussion, and a hands-on experience. The faculty is an exciting group of the best and the most empowering coaches offered anywhere. 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.

Featuring a Stellar Lineup of National Leaders in Fundraising

Click Here for Biographies

Guest Faculty

Each seminar is specifically fashioned to ensure your institution’s success. You will have the greatest coaching experience in your professional career. That’s a promise.

The Art of Asking
How to Clinch the Major Gift

Designing A Successful Capital Campaign
Planning and Mastering a Successful Program

Seize the Opportunity
Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift

Advanced and DonorCentric Seize the Opportunity
Major and Planned Gifts

The Power of Leadership

The Moves Management Manual
A Fail-Proof System for Major and Planned Gift Fundraising

Bill Sturtevant is the Apostle of Moves Management™.  Jerry Panas is the doyen of major gifts.  They have combined their know-how and just co-authored an 80-page manual on Moves Management™

The Manual provides a fail-safe program on how to get the largest gift possible, in the shortest amount of time, to the greatest joy of the donor.  There’s never been anything like it before.

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

Download PDF