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Winning proposals: a tour of four successful case studies
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Washington , DC
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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$ 55.00
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Winning proposals: a tour of four successful case studies
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 Even when you understand the principles of effective proposal writing, it can still be challenging to understand why a certain proposal stands out above the others. In this session, we will take you on a tour of four winners so that you can learn what makes a proposal truly fundable:
The session will provide an advanced analysis of tone, writing style and format, and includes a discussion of the following topics:
- Building the case for support: how to make a favorable impression from the outset
- Sustainability: giving funders the comfort they need that you will be around after they leave
- Testimonials: using the power of stories to create a strong impression
- Project outcomes: describing outcomes in a way that the funder can immediately understand them
- Project budgets: avoiding the pitfalls that bedevil this section of the proposal
- Sources of support: what is the funder looking for here, and what if you don't have them?
This session is intended as a follow-on to the first session on proposal writing.
| | Speakers for this session:
| | Merry Cavanaugh | | Director of Development | | Washington Jesuit Academy | | In her current position at the Washington Jesuit Academy, Merry has raised over $17 million ($5 million in grants) since 2002. In her previous position as the founding director of development at Holy Trinity School in Georgetown, she established a comprehensive fundraising plan and increased Annual Giving from $20,000 to over $250,000 per year, secured over $500,000 in grants and secured several planned gifts that helped establish an endowment for the school.
With more than 30 grant proposals per year and an 85% success rate, her organization currently raises over $500,000 each year from foundations.
Merry is a member of AFP, and has served on the development committees of St. Luke’s homeless shelter and Visitation High School. | | | Christine Hyland | | Consultant | | | Christine Hyland, CFRE
Christine began her career as a grant writer in California in 1980 and earned her Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) certification in 1992.
In 1991, she became the first Director of Development and Public Relations for the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia. In four and one half years, she planned the sisters’ centennial celebration, secured funding to establish a literacy program, and secured $1.7 million to build a transitional shelter for homeless women and their children.
Since launching her consulting business in 1996, she has helped clients create and execute development plans, hire staff, hone their grant writing skills, and develop direct mail and major gifts programs. At present, Christine is the Major Gifts Officer for Reston Interfaith in Reston, VA.
Christine holds an English degree from Emmanuel College, Boston, and a master’s degree in Communications Management, from the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California.
| | | A Toni Young | | Executive Director | | Community Education Group | | As the founder of Community Education Group, Ms. Young has a long history of advocating for coordination of services for women with HIV/AIDS and working with African American communities around HIV and other health issues. She brings more than 18 years of experience in community mobilization, fiscal and personnel management and in creating effective collaborative partnerships in meeting diverse needs of marginalized communities. Ms. Young has experience in HIV program development, management, and evaluation, public and private sector funding development, HIV education and prevention campaigns, cultural competence, group and meeting facilitation, and needs assessments. She has extensive experience in working on federal government funding streams, creating and directing a community based-organization and building collaborative partnerships with faith, community and health organizations. | |
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DC 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 DC 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.
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.
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 Catholic University which is 3 miles north of downtown DC, and close to all forms of public transportation. The full address is:
Catholic University of America (CUA)
Edward J. Pryzbyla Center, Room 322
620 Michigan Ave NE
Washington, DC 20064
Public Transportation
CUA is located on the Metro Red Line at the Brookland/CUA stop. Exit left out of the turnstile and the CUA campus is at the top of the Metro escalator. You will cross John McCormack Rd. Continue up the sidewalk between Gowan and Pangborn Halls. Turn south at the Crough Center. The Pryzbyla Center is directly behind the Crough Center.
Directions by car
From the West, I-66:
I-66 from Virginia empties onto Constitution Avenue. Continue east on Constitution Avenue and turn left on 6th Street, NW. Turn right on E Street, NW. Turn left on North Capitol Street. Drive approximately 2 miles and turn right on Michigan Avenue, NE. You will soon see the dome of the Shrine on your left marking a university entrance at 4th Street, NE.
From the South, I-95:
When I-95 intersects the Capital Beltway in Springfield, Virginia, follow I-395 North. After crossing the Potomac River, take the "Route 1 North" exit. The road becomes 14th Street, NW. Turn right on Constitution Avenue. Turn left on 6th Street, NW. Turn right on E Street, NW. Turn left on North Capitol Street. Drive approximately 2 miles and turn right on Michigan Avenue, NE. You will soon see the dome of the Shrine on your left marking a university entrance at 4th Street, NE.
From the East, Route 50:
Take Route 50 West (becomes New York Avenue) and exit on South Dakota Avenue. After approximately 1.3 miles, turn left onto Monroe Street. Follow Monroe Street until it merges with Michigan Avenue. You will see the dome of the Shrine on your right marking a university entrance at 4th Street, NE.
From the Northwest, I-70 to I-270:
From Frederick, Maryland, take Exit 53, I-270 South to Washington. I-270 divides. Take the 495 East, Silver Spring/College Park exit (two left lanes). You will eventually feed onto the beltway, I-495. Continue on I-495 and take Exit 22 B, the Baltimore/Washington Parkway. Continue traveling south on the Parkway and exit at Route 50 West. Take the South Dakota Avenue exit. After approximately 1.3 miles, turn left onto Monroe Street. At Michigan Avenue, Monroe Street ends. Bear left and you will see the dome of the Shrine on your right marking a university entrance at 4th Street, NE.
From the North, I-95 to I-495:
Follow I-95/I-495 South to Exit 22B, the Baltimore/Washington Parkway. Continue traveling south on the Parkway and exit at Route 50 West. Take the South Dakota Avenue exit. After approximately 1.3 miles, turn left onto Monroe Street. Monroe Street ends at Michigan Avenue, NE. Bear left and you will see the dome of the Shrine on your right marking a university entrance at 4th Street, NE.
Parking at Catholic University
Parking for the Pryzbyla Center is available in the nearby McMahon Parking lot. Passes for this parking lot can be purchased in the Pryzbyla Center at $7/day/vehicle.
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