Date/Time: Friday, February 23, 2024, 11 am to 2:30 pm · Virtual Conference
Excellence in Advancement – Preparing For Your Campaign
Friday, February 23, 2024
11 am – 2:30 pm central
Virtual Half-Day Conference
We invite you to join us for our half-day virtual conference, where we will share tools, techniques, strategies, and solutions to strengthening your campaign even before you begin. This includes institutional readiness, the importance of co-chairs/chairs, identifying campaign priorities, utilizing volunteers, and developing your case for support.
Join our team of Gonser Gerber consultants for our half-day virtual conference where we will share tips, strategies, and techniques to ensure that your advancement program rises to a level of excellence. Our Excellence in Advancement series “Preparing For Your Campaign” will spotlight areas that are specifically important to having a successful and well-rounded campaign. Whether you are an educational institution, non-profit organization, healthcare or medical-related institution, or a religious organization, these priorities are the building blocks for a successful, long-term annual advancement program that develops donor relationships that grow over time.
Who Should Attend
We look forward to welcoming all our clients to all or parts of our Half-Day Virtual Conference. You are welcome to participate as a group, or singularly from remote settings. We encourage you to share this invitation with your administrators, board members, and volunteers for optimal benefit to your institution. This workshop will be especially helpful to:
- Presidents, Heads, and CEOs
- Board Chairs and Trustees
- Board Advancement/Development Committee Members
- Chief Advancement Officers
- Campaign Chairs, Managers, or Directors
- Development Directors
- Major Gift, Planned Giving, and Principal Gift staff
- Major Gift Volunteers
- Annual Fund/Giving staff
- Alumni/Constituent Relations staff
- Stewardship staff
- Communications and Public Relations staff
Registrations are open to current clients of Gonser Gerber as well as non-client institutions that are interested in the conference topic. There is no charge for clients, and non-clients are just $395.
Presented by
Chad Jolly, Partner
Tyson Pinion, Senior Consultant
Pam Spencer, Senior Consultant
Walter Collins, Senior Consultant
Agenda:
11:00 am – 11:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Session 1: Is Your Institution Ready for a Campaign?
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Session 2: Campaign Priorities and Advancement Goals
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm Break
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Session 3: Developing Your Campaign Case Statement
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Session 4: Utilizing Volunteers and Campaign Chairs
2:30 pm Thank you for attending and adjourn