Northeast Fundraising & Volunteer Management Workshop

August 23 - 8:30am to 1pm

Radisson Lackawanna Station | 700 Lackawanna Avenue Scranton, PA 18503

You're invited to a half-day Northeast Fundraising and Volunteer Management Workshop aimed at helping organizations of all sizes market their opportunities and further engage their community.

Come experience our interactive learning workshop featuring guest speakers from various Non-Profit organizations across Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Learn How to:

• Build your volunteer base
• Develop Annual Giving Plans
• Build a Corporate Sponsor Base
• And much more

Our Presenters

Jim Brogna, Assistant Vice President – Advancement, Allied Services

Prospecting, Connecting & Collecting - Notes from a Corporate Fundraiser

Ideas and suggestions for building robust, sustainable financial support for your non-profit organization. Foundation and corporate grants, annual and special gifts, event and project fund-raising all play a role in a successful development program.

Kurt R. Bauman, MBA, Executive Director, Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center (NCAC)

NEPA Grantmakers Initiative

The NEPA Grantmakers initiative is designed to bring grantmaking organizations and agencies together to more efficiently and effectively address the grant making needs of the communities in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The consortium allows for open discussions on grant making activities and best practices, local service deficiencies, peer collaborations, evaluation tools and the assessment of impacts.

Kimberly Keiper Cardone, Director of Annual Giving Programs, King’s College

"Volunteers..Engage, Excite and Explore”

This session will include the importance of utilizing volunteers in today’s non-profits. Full time employee positions are being cut and everyone is doing more with less. Let volunteers carry your message and your mission out into the community at large.

Lauren Y. Pluskey, Director of Annual Giving, Wilkes University

Phonathon: From paper to automated dialing

Strategic overview of a typical phonathon program, and a demonstration of automated dialing. Tips and suggestions on helping your phonathon program reach success.

Michele Shea Zabriski, Director Constituency Relations & The Marywood Fund

What are the possibilities of large gifts - $1,000 – or more to the Annual Fund?

Endless! The approach to cultivating annual fund donors to increase giving levels.