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Diversifying Your Funding: Retaining Donors Through Stewardship
Retaining Donors Through Stewardship
Diversifying Your Funding: Preparing for a Successful 2027
Preparing for a Successful 2027
Diversifying Your Funding: Supercharge Your Mail Campaign
Supercharge Your Mail Campaign
Diversifying Your Funding: Creating an Effective Plan for 2026
Finishing 2025 Strong to Prepare for 2026
How Much is That Prospect in Your Database? Major Gift Prospecting
How Much is That Prospect in Your Database? Major Gift Prospecting
Grant Writing Tips and Tricks to Improve Success
Grant Writing Tips and Tricks to Improve Success
Planning for Successful 2025 Fund Development
Planning for Successful 2025 Fund Development
Wine Up Wednesday: Should You Have an Annual Report?
As you think about the end of the year, should you publish an annual report or an impact report? Bring copies of what your organization publishes to share with your peers and your questions and we will workshop this important question.
Wine Up Wednesday: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Peer-to-peer fundraising has taken on an increasingly important role in philanthropy, especially among younger donors. We will discuss best practices and your experiences and questions with peer-to-peer fundraising to see if it fits with your organization and goals.
Wine Up Wednesday: Effective Year-End Giving
As we begin the fourth quarter, the end of the year will be here before we know it, making now the time to start thinking about and planning your year-end giving campaign. With approximately a quarter of all dollars donated in the next three months, learn how to increase the share that your organization receives.
Wine Up Wednesday: Preparing for Giving Tuesday
Love it or hate it, #GivingTuesday is just around the corner! If you want to launch a successful campaign, you need to start now. Learn some tips and tricks to maximize your impact on this increasingly important day for giving.
Wine Up Wednesday: Using AI in Development
Artificial intelligence has gotten a lot of attention lately. Will it replace your role? Can it make you more efficient and effective? Come share your experiences integrating AI into your work so we can learn this evolving field together
Wine Up Wednesday: One-Person Shops
Learn tips and share your own to recruit, retain, and engage the best board possible for your organization.
Wine Up Wednesday: Bloomerang Users Group
Learn tips and share your own to recruit, retain, and engage the best board possible for your organization.
Wine Up Wednesday: All About Endowments
Should you have an endowment? Learn all about endowments, who should have them and how to best raise money for your endowment.
Wine Up Wednesday: Measuring and Reporting Outcomes
Wine Up Wednesday:
Measuring and Reporting Outcomes
Funders increasingly want to see the outcomes of your work and their investment, beyond how many people you served. Come share and learn best practices in identifying, measuring, and reporting outcomes of your work.
Wednesday, February 7
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
IN-PERSON
Wastyn & Associates
4215 East 60th Street
Suite 4 (lower level)
Davenport, IA 52807
RSVP required; $10/person.
Funders increasingly want to see the outcomes of your work and their investment, beyond how many people you served. Come share and learn best practices in identifying, measuring, and reporting outcomes of your work.
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Wine Up Wednesday: Engaging new donors
Wine Up Wednesday:
Engaging new donors
Hopefully you will have lots of new donors coming to your organization through your year-end appeals and had lots of new donors throughout the year. How can you engage them with your organization and keep them engaged? Come share tips and tricks with your colleagues to retain more donors.
Wednesday, December 6
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
IN-PERSON
Wastyn & Associates
4215 East 60th Street
Suite 4 (lower level)
Davenport, IA 52807
RSVP required; $10/person.
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Wine Up Wednesday: Creating a board that engages in fund development
Wine Up Wednesday:
Creating a board that engages in fund development
The perennial question .... "How can I get my board to fundraise?" Come share things that have worked with your board and learn from others who have found the answers!
Wednesday, October 4
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
IN-PERSON
Wastyn & Associates
4215 East 60th Street
Suite 4 (lower level)
Davenport, IA 52807
RSVP required; $10/person.
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Wine Up Wednesday: Grants roundtable
Wine Up Wednesday:
Grants Roundtable
Come and discuss everything grants! This roundtable will share tips and tricks for identifying grant funding, developing relationships with funders, writing a compelling application, and managing your grant award.
Wednesday, August 2
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
IN-PERSON
Wastyn & Associates
4215 East 60th Street
Suite 4 (lower level)
Davenport, IA 52807
RSVP required; $10/person.
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Meeting with Funders and Donors: Creating Social Capital
As a relationship focused activity, effective fund development work means much more than just meeting people; it requires developing social capital with funders and donors. Learn the basics of social capital and how you can use this model for a more effective fund development program.
This class is available both in person and via Zoom.