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03-17-2004:Conference: Inside Fundraising: Develop Your Organization's Future
Center for Philanthropy, Kiev, Ukraine
International Fundraising Institute Project:
Organization Futures LLC, Strategic Fundraising and Capacity Building, USA
INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISING WORKSHOP – IV
Inside Fundraising: Develop Your Organization’s Future
May 19-23, 2004
Ukraine, Kyiv
Announcement and Early Bird Registration
About the Workshop Series
Goal of the Workshop Series:
- to address a fundamental problem facing NGOs in NIS and Eastern Europe. This is their ability to remain financially viable and independent entities.
- lack of know how in raising income locally and internationally restricts the ability of NGOs to determine their own programs to meet needs and to fund their growth and development.
History
The first International Fundraising Workshop (IFW) was conducted for 70 participants from NIS in Crimea, Ukraine, on June 4-9, 2001. The IFW was designed to equip the participants with an understanding of the basic techniques of fundraising and how they can be adapted to suit their own country. The Second International Fundraising Workshop was conducted for 90 participants from NIS in Crimea, June 4-8, 2002. The workshop focused on the topic of partnership building in fundraising. The Third IFW was conducted under the motto of fundraising as community development for 75 participants from post-soviet countries and Europe in May 25-29, 2003.
The Workshop-IV will pursue the philosophy by looking deep inside of organization’s capacity and its human potential to conduct successful fundraising.
The motto of the Fourth International Fundraising Workshop: “Fundraising Success as a Mirror of Organizational Capacity”.
Justification
Taking fundraising as primitive money generating techniques in the post-authoritarian society with low level of organizational development may be obsolete. Organization often ends up with no money – no activity. Money is not necessarily the focus of the problem; what is in short supply is the organizational ability to build a community of committed volunteers and supporters. This strategic approach to fundraising has a lot in common with community development practice: to succeed an organization needs to build public support and conscience, which is a precious resource, difficult to raise and easy to lose. It involves the development of ethics of interaction, building long-term relationships with donors, step-by-step nurturing the commitment to your cause.
Workshop program includes:
- Strategic Thinking about Local Resources
- Board Development and HR management
- Ethics as the Requisite of Fundraising Success
- Legal Issues of Fundraising
- Interpersonal communication with donors
- Management and Monitoring in Fundraising
This year workshop will be more interactive, full of role games and social events training practical skills in the declared topic.
Each participant will receive the opportunity to present a successful fundraising case. A competition to present a Fundraising for Community Building Case will be conducted among potential participants. Following the wish of participants of the first two IFWs, the representatives of givers/donors will be invited to share their attitudes to fundraising and fundraisers and to learn more about NGOs values.
At the workshop representatives of local NGOs will receive first hand knowledge from world recognized experts for the lowest possible charge: they conduct trainings pro bono for the NGOs of developing countries, usually charging a lot in developed democracies. The Organizing Committee of the Workshop is composed of Fundraising Experts from the UK, USA, Ukraine and NIS. Leading trainer is Ken Phillips (USA), who has more that 40 years of practical and consultative work in fundraising field.
Participation
Participants from NGOs, Social Projects, Local Government from NIS/CIS, Eastern and Southern Europe are invited to apply for participation. Participants will be registered on the first come first served basis. Deadline for the registration – May 15, 2004. Participation fee is USD 200, which includes 4-day lunches, 4 dinners, inner-town transport, conference rooms rent, hand-outs, and tuition payment. Accommodation and travel is not covered by registration fee. We provide accommodation in a double room for USD 20.00 per night.
Early Bird registration and discount
Those registered till April 1, 2004 will receive a discount USD 20.00 (10%) of the registration fee.
Languages
English, Russian (translation is provided).
Registration form and details can be obtained from the Center for Philanthropy office:
e-mail: office@philanthropy.org.ua or at www.philanthropy.org.ua (please, look at English International Fundraising Workshop sign at the start page)