Mission Advancement Seminar Topics

Mission Advancement provides workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. to enable our not-for-profit partners to inspire, train and develop staff, leadership and volunteers.  Based on a client’s objective and audience, we create tailored materials and deliver a dynamic, engaging and entertaining program.  Seminar topics include…

• Annual Fund – Moving It to the Next Level
• Annual Fund – The Path to Growing and Predictable Revenues
• Ask, You Shall Receive – Personal Solicitation Training for Staff and Volunteers
• Before the Capital Campaign – Planning and Readiness
• Capital Campaign Success – From Feasibility Study to Victory Celebration
• Development 101 – What, How, When and Especially Who
• Development by Committee – Matching Gifts and Talents
• Development Essentials and Planning
• Dialing for Dollars – Phonathons vs. Telemarketing
• Endowment – Set Up, Marketing, Solicitation, Donor Recognition
• Face-to-Face Solicitation Training for Major Gifts
• Finding Donors When Your Base Isn’t Obvious
• Finding Friends and Funds for Ministry
• Giving in the Here and the Hereaer − Planned Giving and Donor Cultivation
• Grantsmanship – When, How and How Not to Prepare and Pursue Proposals
• Major Gifts – Fishing with a Long Line
• Money in the Mailbox – Direct Mail Strategies
• Moving Donors through the Pyramid – Major Gifts and Donor Cultivation
• Raising More Money – Evaluate, Identify, Target, Plan, Act, Evaluate…Again and Again
• Speed Fundraising – Small Group Solicitation
• Turn Your Board into Fundraising Stars

• Building Within, Reaching Beyond – The Power of Partnerships
• Caring, Communication and Customer Service – Building Relationships for Life
• Conquering Communication
• Creating a Marketing and Communications Plan
• What Do You Say? Clear, Compelling and Consistent Communications

• Beyond Fundraising – Stewardship, Discipleship and Evangelization
• Board, Staff and Volunteer Development – Expectations, Orientation, Training, Appreciation
• Characteristics of a Strong Board
• Moving to the Next Level of Excellence
• Strategic Planning – and Acting!
• The Gift of Volunteers
• The Mature Development Program
• The Role of the Board in Institutional Advancement
• Too Many Great Volunteers…Said No One EVER
• What Next? Audit, Assessment, Benchmarks, Goal Setting
• Who’s on First? Defining the Role of the Board

• Characteristics of a Stewardship Parish
• How to Evaluate Time, Talent and Treasure Practices
• Stewardship – Creating a Culture, Implementing an Ongoing Commitment Experience
• Stewardship – Fulfilling Our Baptismal Call
• The Spirituality of Stewardship – How Faith, Gratitude and Prayer Eclipse Time, Talent and Treasure
• Tracking Stewardship Progress