2008 Fund Raising Day in New York Time Schedule
Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City
| 7:30am – 8:45am |
Continental Breakfast and Meet the Vendors; Network with Colleagues; Use the Internet Café |
| 8:45am – 10:00am |
First session of conference programs |
| 10:00am – 10:45am |
Meet the Vendors; Network with Colleagues; Use the Internet Café |
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10:45am – 12N
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Second session of conference programs |
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12 noon –
12:30pm
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Reception in Exhibit Hall |
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12:30 – 1:45pm
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Luncheon and Keynote Speaker |
| 2:00pm –3:15pm |
Third session of conference programs |
| 3:15pm – 4:00pm |
Meet the Vendors; Network with Colleagues; Use the Internet Café |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm |
Fourth session of conference programs |
Our complete conference schedule will be available in late March. In the meantime, our highlights include:
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Professional Development Track, which will explore plotting career paths; valuing your skill sets; and includes an interactive interview session.
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Back by popular demand an expanded Senior Level Professional track! This track is geared for professionals with seven or more years of experience and will cover creating and leading high-powered fundraising teams; developing your Executive Director as an effective chief fundraiser; and a team of professionals will share their experiences in finding alternative sources of income.
Funders, seasoned professionals, and renowned consultants will be sharing their knowledge of:
- Give your major gift prospects what they want
- Raise millions without even asking
- Access the new source of funding: hedge funds and family foundations
- Find corporate dollars in unexpected places
- Losing a major donor: how to recover when they say goodbye
- What funders really want to know
- Inspire leadership in your patrons
- Be consistent: how to integrate your online and offline messages
- Advancing your career: how to market your skills and experience
- Are political donors philanthropic?
- Planned giving demystified for the prospect researcher
- Facebook? MySpace? What we’ve learned: how to build an online community
- The power of saying thank you
- Direct mail and Web donors behave differently: How, why and what are the best ways to reach
them?
- How successful is your development team?
- Strategies for successful government grant solicitation
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