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E D U C AT I O N A L S E S S I O N S Create a Fundraising Action Plan for Your Board Members: Easy Jobs for Every Single Board Member This session will provide a step by step approach for board members starting with what to say and giving them easy jobs everyone can do. Learn how to show your board members how to open the door without seeming pushy. You’ll learn how to implement Perry’s golden fundraising key: “Advice Visits.” Find out how to put your board members to work in six easy jobs that everyone will be willing to do. Gail Perry, MBA, CFRE, Gail Perry Associates, Raleigh, N.C. General Interest nating information; writing minutes that contribute to moving the mission forward; and conducting follow-up. Handouts include sample committee charts, agendas and minutes. Susan Detwiler, Bloom Consulting Inc., Wilmington, Del. Susan D. Sherk, Bloom Consulting Inc., Wilmington, Del. General Interest Navigating the Waters in the Sea of Social Media Options Keeping up with the latest social networking rage is a challenge for even the most tech-savvy nonprofit, but recommending a social media strategy to senior leadership is a whole other ball game. This session will help you navigate the world of social media (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, etc.) and be able to translate its benefits to your executive team. James Young, Convio, Austin, Texas Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C. Kenneth Cho, Social Agency, Inc., Austin, Texas General Interest ALL Things Possible: Bringing Your Board on Board To Raise More Money Are you hitting a stone wall with your board? Do they refuse to focus on raising money? How can you get them to do what you want? In this hands-on session, learn the roadblocks and reasons why. Develop strategies to overcome obstacles prohibiting your board from active fundraising participation. Participate in an energetic discussion with real-world examples and take home a mini workbook, with lots of handouts, including the Block Busting Board Menu© and Matrix©. (NOTE: This is a no-nonsense senior level WORKSHOP in which you will discuss solutions BEFORE returning to the office.) Dionisia Hanson, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, Mass. Senior level 7-9 years, Advanced level 10+ years One Stop Shopping for Ideas, Learning, Benchmarking and Best Practice When you are in the fundraising trenches working to deliver your budget and inspire your team there are times when a little help is welcome. Imagine a warm glow from your computer doing exactly that. The Showcase of Fundraising Inspiration and Innovation www.sofii.org is taking the fundraising world by storm. Join Kimberley who will use real case studies to show you how www.sofii.org has transformed their operations and how you can apply lessons from some of the best fundraising campaigns from around the world. This session will show you how to make your job easier, deliver results faster and raise more money—for free. Similar sessions have inspired audiences at major conferences in the Netherlands, Thailand, Canada and Germany. Don’t get left behind. If you believe it’s important to keep learning from others and sharing resources, then this session is for you. Kimberley A. MacKenzie, CFRE, Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation, Minesing, ON General Interest Buzz Theater Sponsored by Convio Cheating the Meeting Reaper: Avoiding Death by Meeting Get the most from your development and campaign steering committees! Frustrated by unproductive meetings and committees that keep rehashing decisions and can’t seem to move forward? Streamlined meetings produce happier and more productive volunteers. Here’s how to set up a committee/subcommittee structure and manage meetings so that the essential work gets done without getting bogged down in details. This nuts and bolts session includes whom to include in committee meetings; planning the meetings to achieve desired outcomes; dissemi- G E T T H E L A T E S T I N F O R M A T I O N A N D R E G I S T E R O N L I N E A T H T T P : / / C O N F E R E N C E . A F P N E T. O R G

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