The Center for Nonprofit Success invites you to attend the first annual Development Summit being held in Chicago, New York and Washington DC this year. The Summit brings together leading experts in fundraising and development in a highly interactive format to talk about the latest developments in fundraising, and how your organization can take advantage of them.

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.

HOW DOES THE SUMMIT WORK?
The Development Summit consists of a series of back-to-back seminars on various topics of interest to nonprofit development professionals. 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 breakfast, stop by for lunch, or have an early dinner while listening to local experts discuss the most critical fundraising questions that the nonprofit sector faces today. 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, while being able to minimize time away from the office.

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 to ensure the 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: panelists give an overview of key issues so that you can eliminate any gaps in your understanding of the subject
• Drill down to the specifics: experts will 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