As the Development Director for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Tom’s jobs include membership development, grants writing, corporate gift solicitation, marketing of planned giving programs with the Museum’s supporters, promotion of codicils and columbariums, and general marketing. During his 12 years in city government, Tom wrote a variety of grant applications and marketed his towns as tourism and business destinations. At the Museum and in his city work, Tom has usually worked alone, requiring an ongoing search for help in doing his job. This help has come from a variety of sources and reflects the kind of assistance a small development office needs to do its job. His professional qualifications include membership in AFP and an MPA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Amber is the Director of Development for Camp Kudzu in Atlanta, an organization providing diabetes management education to Georgia’s children with Type 1 diabetes. She is responsible for managing all aspects of the organizations development efforts, including annual fund campaigns, various special events, foundation campaigns, donor cultivation and Board and volunteer management. As the only development professional on a small staff, Amber makes volunteer recruitment and training a primary component of all campaigns and events. She has held previous positions as the Director of Development for the Georgia Conservancy, Director of Individual Giving for Hands On Atlanta, and Finance Director for the Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. Amber received her degree in Business Administration from North Georgia College and State University and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. .
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:
