Dear Members,
The program committee is looking for new sites to hold our program meetings. If your organization can accommodate 25-35 people in a meeting room, and parking is available, please contact me to schedule a meeting at your facility. It is a great opportunity for you to showcase your organization.
We appreciate all recommendations for topics and speakers for our programs. If you would like to be a member of the program committee, or any other committee, please talk to any of our board members. Your contributions are invaluable to WID.
(All meetings begin at 11:30 with networking; program speaker begins at 12:00. Most meetings, unless otherwise specified are “brown bag” lunches.)
(Please look below “upcoming” programs for the “past” program titles)
Upcoming Meeting – Mark your calendars now!
Save the date for our March Roundtables:
March 8 (Thursday): Breakfast Roundtable Discussion for Experienced Development Professionals (10+ years of experience)
March 15 (Thursday): Breakfast Roundtable Discussion for NEW Development Professionals (1-3 years of experience)
Location for both: Panera’s, Nassau Park
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
No cost for WID Mercer members and first-time guests.
PLEASE REGISTER so we know how many to expect -(NO FEE INVOLVED)
- Past programs
February 15, 2012: Developing Sustainable Funding Streams: Growing Your Grants Portfolio.” - Speaker: Melanie Negrin. Melanie is the owner and managing director for Merocune
Marketing and Public Relations.
January 20, 2012: Senior Development Professionals (10+ Years in Development) – Senior Development Professionals will discuss topics such as development dos and don’ts, everything you always wanted to know about Fundraising but were afraid to ask, and fundraising challenges, successes and lessons learned.
January 27, 2012: Executive Directors - Executive Directors will discuss topics such as how to manage the shop and raise money too, Board/ED relations, and strategic planning for development and beyond.
December 14,2011 – “Fundraiser Speed Dating” – A Special Networking Event – Opening Remarks & Facilitation: Marge Smith, Consultant to Nonprofits
November 16, 2011 - Cultivation and Stewardship - Julie A. Fabsik-Swarts, Director of Development and Marketing, EducationWorks ,Jill Feldman, Director of Development & Communications, Princeton Friends School
Oct 20, 2011 - Training Volunteers to Make the Ask: Ask-o-phobia is curable!
Presented by: Sue Walsh, Senior Associate Director for Annual Giving, Office of Development, Princeton University
November 17th, 2010 – Wake Me Up When the Recession is Over. Presented by: Paul Schindel from Three Bears Communications
Program description: Marketing and fundraising are two sides of the same coin: target the audience, deliver the message, ask for the order. In these times of tight money, in today’s world communications overload, the challenges are bigger than ever. Unless you can afford to wait for “Happy Days Are Here Again,” now is the time to do some new things and redo some of the things you’ve always done. We’ll touch on new media and old, and ways to use the strengths of each.
January 26, 2011 - Program will be rescheduled for later in the spring
Demystifying Planned Giving
Presented by Tony Martignetti, Esq., Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC Strengthen Your
February 23, 2011 – Insights into some of the Key Steps to Effective Grant Management Presented by: Vernon Brambel, CAE President of Brambel & Associates
This workshop will provide insights into establishing an effective grant management function that can attract larger grants and multi-year funding. We will focus on ‘Integrated Modeling’ and ‘Developing a Task Management Plan’.
March 23, 2011
Creative Cultivation of Major Donor Gifts
“How I Learned to Love Clowns”
Presented by: Evan M. Kingsley, Vice President & Senior Consultant, The Whelan Group
Veteran fundraiser and non-profit executive Evan Kingsley will explore the passions that drive donors to make major gifts, and ways that development professionals can key in to motivate giving. Evan is Vice President and Senior Consultant at The Whelan Group, a strategic advisor to non-profit institutions nationally, now in its 30th year.
April 20, 2011
The Small Shop – The pro’s, the con’s and the know how”
Presented by: Norma Monaghan
“The Small Shop- The pro’s, the con’s and the know how” will be an interactive discussion on the day to day activity involved in the workings of a small development office. We will talk about how a small shop can meet all the Development requirements necessary to be successful, and how to manage work in the areas of: Board Development and Donor Relationships, Events, Annual Giving, Major Giving, and Planned Giving. The audience is asked to come armed with questions and to share experiences (good and bad).
May 18, 2011
Demystifying Planned Giving –
Presented by: Tony Martignetti, Esq.
Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC
Tony Martignetti, Esq. is managing director of Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC and hosts Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio, Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95 Percent. He is a frequent speaker and trainer, and you can find him on his blog, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
June 30, 2011
In Kind Donations –
Presented by: Sherise Ritter of the Mercadien Group
Ms. Ritter has extensive experience in tax planning, preparation, and reporting for individuals, nonprofit and tax exempt organizations. Sherry is proficient with the tax exemption determination process for nonprofit organizations and maintenance of exemption for both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) entities, including addressing unique tax issues.