Monthly Breakfast Meeting - Strategies for Leveraging Big when You are Small
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Carver Ballroom, Mezzanine Level, Radisson Hotel Boston, 200 Stuart Street, Boston, MA
Due to renovations, the Stuart Street entrance to the Radisson parking garage will be closed. Please enter through the Charles Street entrance. Click here for directions.
Pre-registration has closed for this event. Walk-ins are welcome!
Session Overview
Running a small nonprofit organization is not easy. There are too many things to do with limited staff and financial resources, and too little time. As Executive Director or Director of Development, you’re running programs, fundraising, managing your board, and working to increase the visibility of your organization.
Even though your organization may be small in size, there are creative ways to maximize your impact-strategically building your board, adding major gifts to your repertoire, and becoming better known in the community. Come learn from small shop practitioners how they have successfully created a big impact.
Who Should Attend
Executive Directors, Directors of Development and Public Relations, Board Members
What You Will Learn
- Ways to become a thought leader in your sector
- Creating and leveraging partnerships
- Strategic board-building
- Establishing a major donor program with no or limited development staff
- Using public relations effectively
Panelists
Deb Girard, Executive Director, Melanoma Foundation of New England. With a limited staff and budget, Deb has increased teh scope of programming, fundraising, advocacy and visibility of the Melanoma Foundation throughout New England.
Diane G. Remin, President, Majordonors.com. Diane's firm MajorDonors.com helps smaller nonprofits boost their operating revenues with major gifts. A nonprofit board member herself, Diane has made dozens of successful solicitations. Some of her current clients include the League of American Bicyclists and Convergence.
David Shapiro, CEO, MENTOR, The National Mentoring Partnership. As President and CEO of Mass Mentoring Partnership, David grew the organization by 400%, increased state funding, attracted federal funding and increased grants to mentor-mentee organizations. Effective January 1, he will become the CEO of MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership.
Cost
$35 Members
$50 Non-members
Pre-registration has closed for this event. Walk-ins are welcome!
Due to renovations, the Stuart Street entrance to the Radisson parking garage will be closed. Please enter through the Charles Street entrance. Click here for directions.
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Monthly Breakfast Meeting - Strategies for Leveraging Big when You are Small
February 15, 2012
Come learn from small shop practitioners how they have successfully created a big impact.
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