Date: June 7, 2023 · Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST
You’ve done the hard work of identifying campaign priorities, inviting feedback from potential major donors and built a development infrastructure necessary to conduct a major fundraising campaign.
Now what?
It’s time to build a robust team of volunteer leaders with the philanthropic capacity, inclination and personal and professional networks to help propel your campaign to success. In this webinar, presented by Charlie Shepard, Gonser Gerber Partner, we will review the most effective ways to recruit and train volunteers and make the best use of their talents, skills, and influence during your campaign that are time-tested, and volunteer approved.
What We Will Cover
- Identifying prospective campaign volunteers and developing recruitment strategies
- Using position descriptions to articulate and refine volunteer expectations
- Defining the various roles volunteers can play effectively in a campaign
- Structuring and planning meetings to make the best use of volunteers’ time
- Training your volunteers to ensure their success
- Building a strong partnership between volunteers and staff
- Following up and staying in touch – methods and measures
- When to let a volunteer do it on their own!
Program Details
The fee is $295 per institution, which allows your entire team the opportunity to participate in this professional development at the same time. If you are a current client of Gonser Gerber, that fee is just $145. You will also receive a copy of the presentation and a recording of the webinar with your registration.
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for those advancement team members that support the work of your volunteers and/or those who are part of your institution’s campaign. This could include presidents and executive directors, vice presidents, campaign directors and directors of development, as well as staff in prospect management, donor relations, and major or planned gifts.
About Your Faculty
Charlie Shepard, Partner at Gonser Gerber, provides development consulting services to non-profit organizations in all aspects of institutional advancement. Prior to joining Gonser Gerber, Charlie served the Advancement field for more than 18 years, with his most recent position as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Asbury University in Kentucky and prior to that, several advancement leadership roles at the University of Findlay in Ohio.