Request for Proposal
Request for Proposal
Call for Presenters
Presenters for the NSFA 7th Annual National Conference in Frisco Texas on April 11-13, 2012 are being sought. All Breakout sessions are approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration and offer a variety of learning opportunities. Sample topics are listed below. If you have the insight, knowledge, talent and skill to present we want you! We all have our strengths. We all have the opportunity to learn from the very best in our field. We have each other to grow with. Check out the sessions listed below and then complete the online RFP form also shown below.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
Open to all attendees
- Facilitators needed to lead group discussions based on size of student population being served
- Sharing of Best Practices, Divide by Size of District Student population being served. Facilitators needed from the following groups: Foundations serving: 25,000+, 15,000+, 10,000+, 5,000+ and those under 5000 in population.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 (Sessions occurring in both the morning and afternoon)
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 media to 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
Friday Morning April 13th, (8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon)
Open to all attendees
In addition to take away sessions featuring specialization in photo shop, grant writing, QR codes, video making 101, we have created a “repeat by request session” where the top 2 sessions that are asked to be presented again will be featured. We will also have a breakout of “Employee Contribution Campaigns & When and How to build Alumni “being presented on Friday Morning. These classes are designed for Executive Directors and Board staff.
