After taking an early retirement from BellSouth, Dan became Executive Director for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Southeast Region in Sep 2002. He has been active in the Georgia Hispanic Community for many years and served on the board of the LAA for nine years, two of those as Board Chair. In his current position, Dan is responsible for HSF activities in 11 Southeastern states and Puerto Rico. His responsibilities include fund raising to provide scholarships to deserving Hispanic youth and outreach programs for students and parents to encourage more students to finish high school prepared to go to college. HSF also provides programs on the college application process, financial aid, and the transition from high school to college. Since 2002, Dan has been instrumental in raising over five million dollars in scholarship support, primarily from corporations.
As the Executive Director of the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc. for the past 12 years, Ms. Narducci has grown the annual Atlanta Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration to the point where it is the largest such event in the Southeast region, drawing some 350,000 attendees. Cash sponsorship totals over $300,000 and in-kind sponsorships contribute another $150,000+. The annual event grosses $28 million for the City of Atlanta. Donna has also been a presenter at regional and international conferences, has appeared in dozens of local radio, television, newspaper, and magazine interviews, and has been a keynote speaker at various lesbian and gay functions. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in the Arts, and earned her Master`s Degree in Educational Administration from Georgia State University.
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:
