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Capital campaigns
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Chicago , IL
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
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$ 65.00
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Capital campaigns
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 Capital campaigns are both the best way for your organization to raise funds and the most misunderstood. Done successfully, they not only provide significant funds to improve facilities and enlarge endowments, they can also help your organization take stock in itself and prepare for the future. However, they involve a lot of work for board members, directors and staff. This workshop will help you determine how to get started and establish goals for each phase of the campaign, as well as define campaign timelines.
Topics we will cover include:
- What you need to know about a capital campaign before you start
- Understanding the typical flow of a campaign from feasibility study to public celebration
- Building a strong campaign team that includes both volunteers and professionals
- Understanding how prospect research and donor cultivation forms part of the campaign
- The art of skillful campaign communications before, during and after the campaign
After this session, you will know what lies behind a successful capital campaign, and whether your organization is ready to embark on it. The session is designed for intermediate to advanced fundraisers.
| | Speakers for this session:
| | John Biggins | | Co-CEO | | American City Bureau, Inc. | | John Biggins literally grew up in the Firm’s family-owned fundraising business, and now serves as co-Chief Executive Officer of American City Bureau, Inc (ACB) with his sister, Leslie Biggins Mollsen.
Celebrating its 96th year, ACB is America’s oldest fundraising firm. Headquartered in South Barrington, the firm has served over 10,000 not-for-profit organizations and has raised billions of dollars nationwide.
John has counseled nearly 100 capital and endowment campaigns, and continues to provide major gift consulting to a number of not-for-profit clients including YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs, healthcare, social service, educational, religious, public, and cultural organizations.
A frequent and gifted presenter, John has conducted several workshops in fundraising, capital campaigns and major gift development for national and international not-for-profit membership organizations.
John brings his fundraising expertise as a volunteer board member for AFP’s Chicago Chapter, St. Catherine’s Elementary School, and the Giving Institute and the Giving USA Foundation.
| | | Sheila Cawley | | Vice President of Institutional Advancement | | The Field Museum | | Sheila has been at The Field Museum as staff since 2005 (and a volunteer from 1991-1999). Before joining the Museum as staff, she was Director of Development at an international board school and prior to that served as a Capital Campaign consultant for national clients.
Currently, Sheila oversees all fundraising activities at The Field Museum. Sheila has a B.A from Saint Mary`s College, Notre Dame and a M.A. from DePaul University.
Sheila managed capital campaigns for clients across the country, primarily in educational institutations. In 2008, she wrapped up a successful campaign at The Field Museum, achieving $190 million against a $176 goal.
| | | Raquel Lauritzen, M.A., CFRE | | President | | Lauritzen & Associates | | Raquel has enjoyed a successful career and a track record of achievements as a fundraiser, marketer and senior management professional in the non-profit sector for over 20 years. She has conducted feasibility studies and capital campaigns for many organizations, including universities, foundations and museums. As a consultant, Raquel has guided a variety of nonprofit clients from the campaign readiness, market study, and assessment stages through the feasibility study and the actual campaign. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Milwaukee and Chicago, Planned Giving Council, CFRE International, where she served on the board, and Professional Dimensions. Her volunteer work includes the Sixteenth Street Health Center and board of Milwaukee Choral Artists. | |
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| Chicago Fundraising Summit
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A relationship approach to fundraising Nonprofit fundraising has become highly specialized, and each segment of your donor market requires a different set of relationship management skills. Whether you are reaching out to private foundations, wealthy individuals or your own members, you need to understand who they give to, and why. The Chicago Summit focuses on the relationship aspects of fundraising, and offers you several ways to enhance your relationship management skills:
Day One:
In the morning, listen to a panel of private, corporate and community grantmakers who will openly discuss their philosophy on grantmaking, how they operate, and most important, how you can build a more successful relationship with the grantmaking community. In the afternoon, participate in seminars led by experienced grant seekers who have successfully secured many foundation grants, and have built successful relationships with the grantmaking community.
Day Two:
Attend a series of fundraising seminars covering the hottest areas of fundraising (capital campaigns, major gifts, annual giving campaigns, and many more). Panels of experts will discuss the latest developments in these fields, and then enter into a dialogue with the participants that addresses their most pressing questions.
WHY ATTEND THE FUNDRAISING SUMMIT?
Fundraising is primarily a relationship business, and with increasing pressures facing all nonprofit professionals to build key relationships, it is becoming more important, though much more difficult to meet people face-to-face. Our innovative Summit format provides the most efficient and cost effective use of time away from the office by enabling attendees to interact with experts in the field, as well as other nonprofit leaders.
CAN ONE ATTEND SPECIFIC SESSIONS ONLY?
We understand the demands that are placed on you and on your time. That’s why you can attend only the seminars that are of interest to you. Come for the day or stop by for a couple of hours. You pay for only the seminars you wish to attend and only for the information relevant to you. It’s a novel approach to learning that allows you to get exactly what you’re looking for in a short amount of time. In 2009, we are also introducing a two-day pass so that attendees can attend all sessions at a reduced price.
WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE SEMINARS?
Each seminar features a panel of 3-4 experts who will give a short overview of the key developments in that field. After that , we will move into a moderated discussion to explore what these developments mean for nonprofit organizations. During the seminar, panelists will engage with the audience in an interactive manner to ensure the real-world implications of these developments emerge, and the session will end with a summary of practical next steps.
ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS
In 2009, we are adding an exciting new component to our Summits: one on mentoring sessions. In these 30 minute sessions, you can sit down with an experienced nonprofit fundraiser to discuss specific questions not addressed by the seminars. Mentoring sessions will cover the same topics as the seminar topics.
HOW IS THE SUMMIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS?
The Summit offers a unique format to help you accomplish the following:
- Build relationships: to ensure maximum exposure to the experts and other nonprofit leaders, each seminar offers structured networking before the session starts
- Hear different perspectives: the experts are drawn from different sectors of the nonprofit community to ensure cross-pollination of ideas and practices
- Provide a global view: speakers give an overview of key issues so that you can eliminate any gaps in your understanding of the subject
- Drill down to the specifics: speakers will also focus on providing specific answers to real-world questions that are common to most attendees
- Obtain information you can use: the emphasis in all sessions is on avoiding theoretical discussions in favor of practical tools and techniques that nonprofit leaders can actually use
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUMMIT?
The Summit is organized by the Center for Nonprofit Success, a nonprofit organization that specializes in bringing highly relevant information that nonprofit leaders need to run their organizations successfully. We developed the Fundraising Summit series as a follow-on to the Nonprofit Success Forum, a highly successful educational series on grantmaking that has been taking place around the country for the past two years. The Fundraising Summit drills down into specific areas of fundraising to give nonproft leaders cutting edge tools and techniques.
HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT?
Simply click on the seminars listed below to learn more about the topics that will be covered in each seminar. Then select only those seminars that you wish to attend. |
| | Location/Directions
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The Summit will be taking place at the Illinois Institute of Technology which is located just south of the Loop at:
Hermann Union Building (Hermann Hall)
HH Ballroom East
3241 South Federal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616-3793
Public Transportation
The Summit venue is accessible from the following stations:
- CTA Red Line (Howard-95th/Dan Ryan) to Sox-35th station
- CTA Green Line (Ashland-63rd or 63rd-Cottage Grove) to 35th-Bronzeville-IIT station
- CTA Bus lines with stops on Main Campus (#29-State, #35-35th, #24-Wentworth, #4-Cottage Grove)
Driving Directions
From the North:
Dan Ryan Expressway east to 31st Street exit, continue south to 33rd Street, turn left (east).
From the South:
Dan Ryan Expressway west to 35th Street exit, continue north to 33rd Street, turn right (east).
From Lake Shore Drive:
Exit at 31st Street, go inland (west) to State Street, turn left (south).
Parking - PLEASE CONSIDER USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. PARKING IS LIMITED! IF YOU DO DECIDE TO DRIVE, PLEASE ALLOW 30-45 MINUTES TO FIND PARKING IN ONE OF THE LOTS.
Metered parking (max 4 hours, 30 minutes per quarter) is available to all visitors in Lots B6 and C1 located along Federal Street north and south of 33rd Street. If you wish to park for longer than four hours, parking is available in the Visitor's Parking Lot ( Lot A2-V, A3, A4). When you park in these lots, look for a cash-only pay box in the lot. Park your car, and pay at the cash box. Place the receipt on your dashboard as proof of payment. Rate is $10 for the entire day.
THE LOTS ARE NOT DEDICATED TO THE FUNDRAISING SUMMIT AND WILL BE USED BY OTHER PATRONS. PARKING IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS IN EACH LOT.
Lot A2-V is located at 31st and State Street. Entrance is on 31st Street. (A2V: 40 spaces/A2: 96 spaces)
Lot A4-V is located at 32nd and State Street. Entrance is on State Street. (50 spaces)
Lot A3 is located at 31st Street and State Street. Entrance is on 31st Street. (LARGEST LOT - WILL BE USED FOR OVERFLOW)
Hotel Accommodations
Most hotels near the Summit venue are within the $133 - $389 per night range. The following hotels are within a four-mile radius of the hotel:
1. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place BOOK NOW 1.3 miles from venue
2. Best Western Grant Park BOOK NOW 2.4 miles from venue
3. The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel BOOK NOW 2.7 miles from venue
4. W Chicago City Center BOOK NOW 3.1 miles from venue
5. Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District BOOK NOW 3.2 miles from venue |
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One-on-one mentoringOur unique one-on-one mentoring sessions offer you the opportunity to sit down with an experienced fundraising professional for 30 minutes to discuss any questions that are specific to your organization. Mentoring sessions cover the same topics as the seminars, and we will assign you a mentor based on his/her availability at your requested times. Mentoring sessions are available for the cost of $50.00 per session. If you register for a full Summit pass, 2 mentoring sessions are included in the pass. Below is a list of mentors who will be available at the Summit. Please note that you must register to attend at least one seminar in order to sign up for a mentor. |
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