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Fundraising Ideas, Successes and Opinions
Welcome to 2009. With this newsletter we bring you
guidance from John Kenyon on how to increase your online
donor engagement, as well as recent grant awards, a
model program for increasing diversity in fundraising,
our new
free offer
- How to Write a Proposal,
news about the people who make fundraising come alive,
special gifts for donors and volunteers and a link to
News You Can Use with copies of our recent articles with
ideas of how to strengthen your fundraising program.
Here's to a
Fundraising Good Time!
–
Mel and Pearl
Shaw
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New
Book from Saad & Shaw:
How To Solicit a Gift: Turning Prospects Into
Donors.
Learn the ten things you need to
know before, during and after you solicit a
gift. Buy now and share with volunteers
and staff who want to solicit, are afraid to
solicit, or are new to fundraising.
Easy-to-read text. Includes samples of
what to say. Order this training tool
today! Ideal for Development Directors,
Board members, Executive Directors, Alumni and
Volunteers.
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 John
Kenyon's Eight Essentials for Online Engagement.
John Kenyon’s Eight Essentials for Online Engagement.
Online fundraising is one of the most cost-efficient
ways to find new supporters and better engage your
current stakeholders. These eight online engagement
essentials are the keys to success in implementing and
managing an effective internet presence... |
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New
Gifts and Grants
 Fresno City College capital campaign* receives
$800,000 matching grant from the Kresge Foundation towards
the effort to restore the Old Administration Building the
oldest building of higher education west of the Mississippi.
Kaiser Permanente Department of Research* receives
$8.6 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
for its groundbreaking genetic research program.
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College President Runs a Fundraising Marathon on the South
Pole!
Learn how the President of Oakwood University is turning his
passion into an international fundraising and awareness
event.
For more FUNdraising Good Times articles visit our
News
You Can Use page. |
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 Free
Offer
How to Write a Proposal provides you with step-by-step
information to help you write a fundraising proposal.
Learn where to look on-line for grant information. Find out
how to structure your proposal and what to include. Use the
Saad & Shaw checklists to make sure your proposal
answers the important questions grant makers ask.
Download your free copy
from our website.
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 Increasing
Diversity in Fundraising.
Too many of us know there are too few
trained and experienced fundraising professionals of color.
We can bemoan the fact or learn from the model developed by
the
Multicultural Alliance (MCA) of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals Golden Gate Chapter.
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New Clients
Saad & Shaw have been
invited to conduct a workshop for a special
meeting of the joint boards of the Association of Unity Churches International
and Unity School of Christianity in
Kansas City, MO. Visit their new joint
website at
www.unity.org.
The board and
executive director of
Destiny Arts Center
(Oakland, CA) have engaged Saad & Shaw to
conduct a feasibility study and create a
campaign plan for their proposed capital
campaign.
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 Unique Donor and Volunteer Recognition Gifts.
What better way to say thank you than
with a box of bite size brownies dipped in gourmet
chocolate. These “Killer Bites” from the Killer Baking
Company are delicious and unique.
Learn more or call (707) 304-6300. Be sure to tell them
Saad & Shaw sent you for a special discount.
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People in the News
Congratulations and Welcome!
Join us in welcoming Priscilla Hung, Executive
Director to her new position as the executive director of
the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, Elize
Brown to the position of Administrative Director
(Acting) Community Research Collaboration and HIPAA Privacy
at Kaiser Permanente Department of Research, and Sean
Sullivan to his new position as Development Director for
Equality California. Congratulations to Renee Heider
executive director of
Destiny Arts Center for her selection
as a LeaderSpring Leadership Institute Fellow and to
Gurdeep Sihota on her marriage to Ahmad He‘Bert. |
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Mark Your Calendar
 Mel
and Pearl at the CBO Center
in Oakland, CA on March 12, 2009. “How to Solicit A Gift:
Turning Prospects into Donors.” Join us for training, role
playing, checklists, tools and techniques to use as you work
with your donors. Free copies of our book for all
participants. Turn your prospects into donors. You can do
it. We will show you how.
Fundraising Day 2009. Monday
May 4, 2009
Fundraising Day 2009 is the West Coast’s premier
full-day training conference designed for today’s
development staff, executive directors, board members,
volunteers, and consultants—from newcomer to seasoned pro.
Sign up now for early bird registration rates.
 Association
of Fundraising Professionals International Conference
Get Jazzed for New Orleans!!!
Join fundraisers from around the world in New Orleans to
learn, share and network March 29 - April 1, 2009
The National Center for Black
Philanthropy's Seventh National Conference on Black
Philanthropy meets in New Orleans conjunction with AFP's
International Conference on Fundraising March 29 – April 1,
2009. "Strengthening Black Communities through Time, Talent
and Treasure" is the theme.
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