After this session, you will know what lies behind a successful capital campaign, and whether your organization is ready to embark on it. The session is designed for intermediate to advanced fundraisers.
At the Resource Group, Joseph works with a wide variety of clients designing, planning and implementing capital campaigns, annual solicitations, special events and major gift solicitation. Prior to joining the Resource Group, Joseph worked with the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut, where he was responsible for the implementation of the Annual Bishop`s Appeal. Joseph was also instrumental in the start-up of their planned giving program. Joseph`s earlier experience came with Community Counselling Service where he served as Executive Director conducting campaigns for a wide variety of clients. He has worked on capital campaigns that combined have raised over $150 million. His experience includes a wide variety of clients in healthcare, religion, education and civic associations. Joseph is a graduate of the University of Dayton. He is the President of The Kiwanis Club of Patchogue and a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals.
Abbie von Schlegell, CFRE, has over 35 years of experience in development, half as a senior development officer and half as a consultant. A Stanford alumna, she has worked on Stanford University`s campaigns and those of The University of Chicago; she led the Development offices of Enterprise Community Partners and The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. She has also worked for several different consulting firms before forming her own company in the summer of 2007 and relocating to western MA. She is widely known as a presenter and trainer in major gifts, campaign planning and women`s philanthropy. She also edited the best selling handbook, Women as Donors, Women as Philanthropists. Abbie is an active volunteer as well and has recently joined the board of the Girl Scouts Council of Central and Western MA.
Before entering consulting, Steve Wilkerson had served a total of fourteen years as vice president for development at first the University of Florida, then Boston University and finally Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. At each of those institutions he gained a substantial part of the basis for his consulting practice which has included interim management, campaign planning and conduct, organization of development programs, large and small, operating fund campaigns, telephone solicitations, major, principal and leadership gift efforts, corporate, foundation and alumni support, software and personnel selection. Some of his better known clients have included Stanford University Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, The Eldridge Street Synagogue, The Jerusalem Foundation, the University of Maryland Medical School and Medical Center, the University of Missouri – Columbia, the Smithsonian Marine Lab and the University of Delaware.
The Summit will take place at NYU's Kimmel Center located at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The Kimmel Center is just minutes away from subway and train lines (see directions below). The full address is: Kimmel Center Eisner & Lubin Auditorium 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Directions by Subway Lexington Avenue Subway (6 Train) Local to Astor Place Station. Walk west on Astor Place to Broadway, then south on Broadway to Waverly Place, and west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Broadway Subway (R,W Trains) Local to Eighth Street Station. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place, then west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Sixth or Eighth Avenue Subway (A, C, E, F, V Trains) Express to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street or Waverly Place to Washington Square. Seventh Avenue Subway (1 Train) Local to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street to Washington Square. By Bus Fifth Avenue Bus Buses numbered 2, 2A, 3 and 5 to Eighth Street and University Place. Walk South to Washington Square. Bus numbered 1 to Broadway and Eighth Street. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place and west to Washington Square. Eighth Street Crosstown Bus Bus numbered 8 to University Place. Walk south to Washington Square. Broadway Bus Bus numbered 6 to Waverly Place. Walk west to Washington Square. By PATH Train Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) To 9th Street Station Walk south on Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) to Waverly Place, then east to Washington Square. By Car From Brooklyn Take the Manhattan Bridge. Off the Bridge, take Canal Street West to Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue). Take 6th Avenue North to West 4th Street and travel East to Washington Square. From Queens Take the 59th Street Bridge. Travel West to Fifth Avenue. Turn South on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From Staten Island Take the Staten Island Express across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge crossing into Brooklyn. Take the Belt Parkway (West). Continue on the Belt Parkway to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (East). Take the Manhattan Bridge exit and follow the instructions above to Washington Square. From the Bronx, Westchester County, and Upstate N.Y. Take The New York State Thruway (I-87), which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Continue to the Willis Avenue (Third Avenue) Bridge. Then cross to the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Travel South on FDR Drive to Houston Street, then west to La Guardia Place and North 3 blocks to Washington Square. From New Jersey by way of the New Jersey Turnpike Holland Tunnel: Travel North on the Avenue of the Americas (also known as 6th Avenue) to West 4th Street. Turn Right onto West 4th Street to Washington Square. Lincoln Tunnel: Travel East to 5th Avenue; turn Right, going South. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From George Washington Bridge Take the Henry Hudson Parkway South to 14th Street. Then East to 5th Avenue. Turn South on 5th Avenue which ends at Washington Square. From Long Island Take the Long Island Expressway (also known as the L.I.E. or I-495) to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Drive East on 37th Street to 5th Avenue. Take 5th Avenue South to Washington Square
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