Marisa Goodwin is Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Information Network. Her primary responsibility is ensuring the organization’s financial and operational stability. Ms. Goodwin is in charge of all fundraising including donor cultivation, grant writing, event planning, prospect research and database management. Prior to her current position, Ms. Goodwin served as Annual Fund Manager at MedShare International. Before that, she worked for the fundraising consultant firm, O’Neill & Associates. Her responsibilities included managing capital and endowment campaigns, conducting campaign planning studies, coordinating campaign leadership activities and researching prospective donors. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Goodwin has a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Georgia. Ms. Goodwin is active in the community and has held numerous volunteer positions. She is an active alumnus of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s Destiny Fund and past Board member of the Association of
Kim Pace has worked as a fundraising professional for eight years. She began her career in Annual Giving at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA as manager of the telephone program. She continued her work in Annual Giving at Georgia State University and was a part of the team that converted the call center to an automated dialing system. In 2001, she transitioned into research and has served Georgia State and Spelman College in that area. Kim joined EARTH University Foundation in October 2007 where she does research and is responsible for developing proposals in support of EARTH University, an agribusiness university located in Costa Rica. Kim serves on the Ethics Committee of APRA International and as secretary of the board of APRA-GA. She is also a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Kim earned her Bachelors degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN.
Dr. Sliger, President of ECS Grants, possesses twenty-four years of grant writing experience. ECS Grants maintains its office in Atlanta, Georgia. ECS Grants was established fifteen years ago to provide complete grant writing services (proposal writing, funding searches, and grant training) to schools, communities and non-profit organizations. Dr. Sliger has trained thousands of individuals in the grant writing process throughout the nation. His workshops have been designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the grant writing process. Recently, Dr. Sliger was awarded the “excellence in teaching award”. Currently, Dr. Sliger is completing a book on grant writing (just finished the chapter dealing with funding searches). Dr. Sliger received his Ed.D. from the University of Georgia.
Nonprofit fundraising has become highly specialized, and each segment of your donor market requires a different set of relationship management skills. Whether you are reaching out to private foundations, wealthy individuals or your own members, you need to understand who they give to, and why. The Atlanta Summit focuses on the relationship aspects of fundraising, and offers you several ways to enhance your relationship management skills: Day One: In the morning, listen to a panel of private, corporate and community grantmakers who will openly discuss their philosophy on grantmaking, how they operate, and most important, how you can build a more successful relationship with the grantmaking community. In the afternoon, participate in seminars led by experienced grant seekers who have successfully secured many foundation grants, and have built successful relationships with the grantmaking community. Day Two: Attend a series of fundraising seminars covering the hottest areas of fundraising (capital campaigns, major gifts, annual giving campaigns, and many more). Panels of experts will discuss the latest developments in these fields, and then enter into a dialogue with the participants that addresses their most pressing questions. WHY ATTEND THE FUNDRAISING SUMMIT? Fundraising is primarily a relationship business, and with increasing pressures facing all nonprofit professionals to build key relationships, it is becoming more important, though much more difficult to meet people face-to-face. Our innovative Summit format provides the most efficient and cost effective use of time away from the office by enabling attendees to interact with experts in the field, as well as other nonprofit leaders. CAN ONE ATTEND SPECIFIC SESSIONS ONLY? We understand the demands that are placed on you and on your time. That’s why you can attend only the seminars that are of interest to you. Come for the day or stop by for a couple of hours. You pay for only the seminars you wish to attend and only for the information relevant to you. It’s a novel approach to learning that allows you to get exactly what you’re looking for in a short amount of time. WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE SEMINARS? Each seminar features a panel of 3-4 experts who will give a short overview of the key developments in that field. After that , we will move into a moderated discussion to explore what these developments mean for nonprofit organizations. During the seminar, panelists will engage with the audience in an interactive manner to ensure the real-world implications of these developments emerge, and the session will end with a summary of practical next steps. HOW IS THE SUMMIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS? The Summit offers a unique format to help you accomplish the following:
