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January 11, 2023
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In this upcoming webinar, we will focus on the aspects you can control within your advancement staff and organization to hire, retain and continually inspire your team. Whether you’re looking for someone now, or you need to prepare for hiring new staff, this webinar will share ideas on how to keep your team from continually losing top talent.
January 25, 2023
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In this Gonser Gerber Institute “Quick Bite” program, we will explore the value of your donors Individual Retirement Accounts as a giving opportunity. We will review what an IRA is, what it can mean for your institution, and how to talk about it with prospects and donors.
January 18, 2023
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Join Doug Mason as we will explore in-depth each of five important pillars that support the long-term success of an advancement program.
Date: February 24, 2023
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Join us for the Gonser Gerber Virtual Half Day Conference, and plan to see us in Naperville for our Annual Conference in August 2023!
The Challenge: Doing It Again! California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks California has worked with Gonser Gerber for over 16 years. Gonser Gerber has provided advice and counsel that has guided the University’s leadership on important and significant decisions including: Board development Strategic planning Feasibility and philanthropic readiness assessments Campaign strategy and counsel Development staff…
The Challenge: Inspiring the Board to Complete a Half-billion Dollar Capital Campaign In 2007, the UNLV Foundation was facing multiple challenges: to complete a half billion dollar capital campaign in the worst economic downturn in Las Vegas history and to develop a trusting and robust relationship between a new President and the University’s key volunteers. …
The Challenge: An Aggressive Campaign in Tough Economic Times William Jewell College is a national liberal arts college in the Kansas City area. Jewell hired Gonser Gerber as Advancement Counsel, but used their consultant in a much broader capacity. President David Sallee writes, “Gonser Gerber was a terrific partner in helping William Jewell College take…
The Challenge: Creating a Culture of Donor Engagement The University of North Alabama Foundation in Florence Alabama has been a client of Gonser Gerber since 2009. They have retained Gonser Gerber as counsel to provide them with the tools to strengthen the Foundation’s culture of donor engagement, implement effective systems to support the work, and…
The Challenge: Engaging Constituents in Project Planning for a Targeted Campaign The University of Tennessee worked with Gonser Gerber to plan a targeted campaign and to assist with casting a strategic vision for the project that included several important constituent groups. “The Gonser Gerber approach of individualizing the attention given to each client served the…
The Challenge: Sustaining an Annual Fund During a Major 5-Year Capital Campaign In the midst of a significant economic downturn in November of 2000, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary engaged Gonser Gerber to assist with preparation for a much-needed comprehensive campaign to build their endowment, construct a new library, and sustain the annual fund. With a compelling…
The Challenge: Dramatically Increase Annual Giving and Complete a $22 Million Campaign Gonser Gerber was selected in 2007 to partner with Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary during only the second major comprehensive campaign in the Seminary’s history. The Seminary shares that they selected Gonser Gerber based on the consultant’s discerned competence of genuine commitment to the…
The Challenge: First Ever Capital Campaign When Family and Children’s Center (FCC) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin called Gonser Gerber in January 2005 to conduct a Campaign Readiness Study for their first capital campaign, they did so with confidence in the 58-year old firm. The Wisconsin human services agency had used Gonser Gerber several years earlier to…
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