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Breakout Sessions
2012 NSFA National Conference Breakout Session Titles
Executive Director Breakouts
- Developing a sustainable business plan for your foundation
- Reviewing nonprofit legal and tax Issues: special emphasis on completing the 990 and its implications
- Selecting Donor Software: Leveraging technology for low cost financial management
- Identifying funding priorities and evaluating their outcomes
- Selecting on-line grant application systems
- Developing and maintaining a communication plan
- Developing direct mail campaigns and donor centered thank you Letters: first step to the next gift
- Marketing Ideas for your foundation: newsletters, mailings, branding, social media and website development
- Identifying and closing corporate partnerships for your foundation
- Implementing and designing an effective employee contribution campaign
- Creating an effective and consistent alumni fundraising campaign for years of effective ongoing support
- Suffering from donor dropout: donor development may be your answer
- Structuring and planning effective events for your foundation
- Using social mediato effectively reach your community and donors
- Developing an executive transition plan: who does what when for a smooth transition of leadership
- Using board orientation to effectively grow and develop your board of directors
- It’s a business - Does your board know that? How about the community?
- Motivating effective volunteers for your foundation: a dynamic engine for success
- Growing a great executive director: what are the key traits to develop
- Identifying and explaining the value of a planned giving program as a key component of your foundation
- Explaining advanced planned giving tasks: Charitable gift annuities and charitable trusts
- Explaining advanced planned giving tasks: Wealth replacement and will development
- Quantifying and describing leadership traits of winning foundation executive directors
Superintendent Breakouts
- Starting a K-12 education foundation: how to establish an effective philanthropic partner for your school or district (extended session)
- Developing the right community and corporate partnership support for your foundation
- Developing administrative support for your foundation: what can and should you be doing as the chief administrator of your school district with and for the foundation.
- Predicting the future for K-12 Ed foundations as a resource partner for you school or district
- Understanding the legal relationship between the school district and the foundation
Board Member Breakouts
- Understanding the roles and responsibilities of a board member and how to get accomplish them
- Making “The Ask”: equipping and encouraging your board members to assist with fundraising
- Creating a superb, self - managed board
- Planning your Legacy - Fundraising for the Future
- Fundraising Mistakes that Bedevil all Boards - A guide to identifying and overcoming obstacles to success
- Understanding corporate funding
- Moving your event from a fundraiser to a friend-raiser
- Discussing your board’s needs, nuances and opportunities: an open ended discussion to address problems
