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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
Mentorship - Advance Your Skill Sets
Lois Graveline, CFRE - Are you new to the industry or perhaps a seasoned professional who wants to give back? AFP Ottawa is pleased to offer as part of your membership fees, a wonderful opportunity to advance your skill sets in fundraising by matching you up with one of our talented and professional fundraisers. |
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
Philanthropy from the Heart - A Healthy Balance between Workplace, Home and Self
Dan Clapin, ACFRE and Friends - Philanthropy as a career path tends to be high stress, high energy and never ending higher goals —- somewhere along the way we need to take time to find balance between workplace, home and self. |
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8:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
AFP Ottawa Chapter AGM
Eric Dean, FAHP, AFP Ottawa Chapter President |
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9:00 AM - 9:45 AM |
Opening Plenary: Bring Your Passion to Work
Fraser Green, CFRE - The very best fundraisers are fueled by constant passion. Their passion is infectious – and donors can’t help but be touched by it. Do you pack passion in your briefcase every morning as you head into work? Fraser will offer you ten practical tips to ensure that you bring your passion to work each and every day. |
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9:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Event Sponsorship Strategies- Surviving the Economic Downturn
Bernie Colterman - While research indicates that event sponsorships should remain strong in 2009, corporate priorities have changed radically and unfortunately, many event organizers are not prepared for the challenges of the “new reality”. This session will examine the corporate shift from philanthropic donations towards sponsorships that achieve real marketing results and what event planners can do to keep their current sponsors engaged and even grow their sponsorship revenue in a tough economic climate. |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Fundraising 101 - Part 1 of 2
Shaun Lynch - If you’re new to the profession, this two part fundamentals workshop is for you. Learn about the basics of planning, messaging and communication in a fundraising context; understand your annual, major and planned giving and how they fit together in your fundraising program; how crucial your database is to fundraising success; the fundamentals of cultivation and stewardship. You WILL come away from this two part session with tips you can put to work right away. |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Taking Your Small Shop to the Next Level: Grow or Wither Away? The Choice is Yours
Boyd McBride CFRE – In our no-growth economy there are still ways to raise more funds for our agencies’ programs - even as we manage our Board’s and management’s expectations. Over the last seven years SOS Children's Villages Canada has achieved 25% per year average growth, and is planning for more. What has made this possible? Tighter focus? Use of celebrity? The web & new media? PR work? Major gifts success? Monthly giving options? A culture of accountability? This session, hosted by SOS Canada’s CEO, will lift the veil and help you sort out what can help take your own shop to the next level. Fundraising is tough work in a small shop. Decide now to grow not wither. This workshop will help you chart the way. |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Teamwork & Passion: Building blocks for major gift fundraising
John Ouellette, CFRE – As professional fundraisers, we are sometimes lucky enough to work with truly passionate volunteers and donors—the real gems who care deeply about our cause and about making the world a better place. And, we might be fortunate enough to have colleagues who choose to work in our organizations not because they have to, but because they want to. Over the past 17 years, John Ouellette, CFRE, has helped raise millions of dollars for social service organizations, education and health care in our community. John will share his insight and experience on how to combine teamwork and passion to forge strong relationships with major gift donors and volunteers… to build long-term fundraising success. |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Using donor insights to drive growth in your direct marketing program
Jonathon Grapsas - This session looks at the different types of data available to fundraisers including transactional, demographic and environmental data and focuses specifically on those that are directly relevant to driving a growing fundraising program. During an engaging and interactive workshop participants will receive some startling insights and key learnings from organizations around the globe. We will highlight some rich data sources including real case studies and data will be shared by charities to show how they used data insights gleaned from various sources to transform their fundraising programs. |
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11:45 AM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Plenary - Janet Yale
Janet Yale, Executive Vice-President and National Chair of the TELUS Community Boards at TELUS, will speak at the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Lunch Plenary on the topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Ms. Yale will discuss TELUS' unique corporate philanthropy model, with a focus on the triple bottom line approach to business. Ms. Yale will serve to answer the big question: In the current financial and economic climate is CSR a “nice to do” or a “need to do”? Is community involvement or environmental stewardship or investments in our people simply a set of luxuries that we cannot afford in the current financial crunch? |
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Fundraising 101 - Part 2 of 2
Shaun Lynch - If you’re new to the profession, this two part fundamentals workshop is for you. Learn about the basics of planning, messaging and communication in a fundraising context; understand you annual, major and planned giving and how they fit together in your fundraising program; how crucial your database is to fundraising success; the fundamentals of cultivation and stewardship. You WILL come away from this two part session with tips you can put to work right away. |
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Harnessing Human Potential
George Stanois & Brian OReilly - Ten people who like each other can often do the work of 100 who don’t. This session will offer a combination of solid theory and easy to use tips so you can harness the best potential from your colleagues, volunteers and staff. |
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Once upon a time... (The power of a good story)
Leah Eustace, CFRE - Human beings are both emotional and social animals. We connect and communicate with each other by sharing stories. Whether it’s books or movies – emails or text messages – we tell stories to share our human experience. Fundraising is no different. Great fundraisers know how to tell great stories. Whether direct mail copy or newsletter content, web material or a conversation with a major donor, our donors respond best when they hear compelling and moving stories about your cause and your organization. This innovative and original session will touch on the psychology of giving, and show participants how to find and collect great stories, create a story inventory and create a storytelling culture within their organization. |
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Online Fundraising - What the heck should be on our website?
Warren McCrea - What do you need on your website? How can you raise money online? Making online giving easy and seamless is possible. This session is an interactive look at today’s online trends to help you develop a plan for being successful online. |
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3:15 PM - 3:30 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Keynote Address - Barb McInnes, CM
A Candid Conversation with Donors - What turns donors on or off? What do they really think about our pitches? How can we earn their trust – or lose it? Hear from three donors who are candid, articulate and anxious to help us be better at our work of attracting and retaining their gifts. |
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