Program Description
Finding the time to articulate your annual giving plan can be a challenge. Knowing what is the best use of your time in the fast-paced nonprofit landscape can be elusive. Understanding how to have a strong major gift program, productive annual gifts efforts and meaningful stewardship can be difficult.
During this education session, we will hear from seasoned development professionals about how they build out their development plans for max effectiveness and efficiency. The extensive experience of our speakers will also showcase how, regardless of the size of your development staff or organizations, there is a way to grow your annual fundraising.
About Our Speakers:
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Lauren DeSimone, CFRE, Senior Consultant
DBD Group
Lauren DeSimone, CFRE, serves as fundraising coach and counsel for a wide range of nonprofit organizations. With extensive experiences to draw from, Lauren can help nonprofit professionals leverage best practices and data to prioritize strategies that take fundraising to the next level. She welcomes the opportunity to partner with nonprofits as they make an impact in their community and for those they serve. Lauren’s career spans nearly two decades including roles responsible for community engagement, annual giving campaigns, major gifts, donor relations, special events, private and public grant programs, capital improvement projects, CRM management and data analytics. Throughout her career, Lauren was honored to coach her development staff and cultivate career growth. She thrives on enabling and galvanizing others to achieve success. As a member of the Senior Leadership team, Lauren was part of the Joint Negotiating Committee as Family Shelter Service successfully joined forces with Metropolitan Family Services to ensure domestic violence survivors received even greater and more robust services and care. Lauren's full bio.
Michelle Gorham, CFRE
Chief Development Officer
YMCA of Rock River Valley
Michelle Gorham, MPH, CFRE, is an experienced communicator and fundraiser helping nonprofits implement strategies to tell their stories and raise the dollars they need. Michelle is an adjunct Senior Consultant with DBD Group. She currently is the Chief Advancement Officer with YMCA of Rock River Valley. She brings real-time experience and unique skillsets to our clients.
Because the most important ingredient to successful fundraising is strong relationships, Michelle coaches teams to be genuine in building personal connections and to use tried-and-true and innovative fundraising strategies to be successful. Michelle has nearly 30 years of experience in health care, education, and local and national nonprofits, and has developed skills in annual support, direct response, major giving, grant writing and administration, board development and management, staff development, and communication. Michelle's full bio.
Meeting Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82594266164pwd=pKGcaKxXYq9qfbCjjUBAjQWxiUHI2K.1
