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Are you a Board Member or Executive Director?  Would you like Free Training on how to know whether your organization’s fundraising is effective — and what to do if it isn’t?

As an E.D. or Board Member, we know you want to understand what a great fundraising program looks like — and how you can govern, support and evaluate your staff’s efforts.

Here are the details on the training that’s been created just for you! We will teach you what you need to know to evaluate your fundraising, to know what to focus on, and what you need to know to really make a difference!

• WHEN: Thursday, October 20^th, 2016; 9:30am-12:00pm
• WHERE: Fulcrum Capital, 1111 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
• COST: FREE!

You’ll learn:

• The two performance metrics you should focus on: net revenue and retention rate
• The three things your organization needs to be doing, especially with Major Donors
• How Boards can govern their organization’s fundraising but still let the fundraisers do their jobs
• What successful donor-focused fundraising looks and sounds like

Learn more here and register Today!

Steven and I will be presenting at a number of trainings and seminars this fall and we wanted to let you know about them. They’re on a variety of topics and are reasonably priced, so you’ll want to take advantage of these!

DOWNTOWN SEATTLE: Friday, September 23rd
Planning the Perfect Year End Appeal 
Presenters: Jim Shapiro & Steven Screen
Location: Pacific Continental Bank
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Cost: Free!
Find out more and register here!

BELLEVUE: Tuesday, September 27th
Essentials for Nonprofit Board Members
Presenter: Jim Shapiro
Location: Clark Nuber CPAs
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm
Cost: $75
Find out more and register here!

TWISP: Monday, October 3rd
Building an Annual Fundraising Plan That Raises More Money
Presenter: Steven Screen
Location: TwispWorks
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $15
Find out more and register here!

WENATCHEE: Monday, October 10th
Building an Annual Fundraising Plan That Raises More Money 
Presenter: Jim Shapiro
Location: Pybus Public Market
Time: 9:00am- 3:00pm
Cost: $15
Find out more and register here!

Please email me at jim@betterfundraising.com if you have any questions. Hope to see you this fall!

We’ve been incredibly fortunate to learn from fundraising mentors.  And from organizations that diligently measure the results of everything so they can see what works and what doesn’t.

On Thursday, September 8th in downtown Seattle we’re going to share it with you!

If you’re an Executive Director new to fundraising, or a Board Member of a nonprofit, we’re going to share how you can evaluate and improve your organization’s fundraising!

This is FREE seminar, with plenty of time for questions and answers at the end.  Here’s what you’ll learn:

• The two performance metrics you should focus on: net revenue and retention rate
• The three things your organization needs to be doing, especially with Major Donors
• How Boards can govern their organization’s fundraising but still let the fundraisers do their jobs
• What successful donor-focused fundraising looks and sounds like

We (Jim and Steven) will present what’s working and what’s not working in fundraising today – with real-life examples you can learn from.

It’s all in honor of International Day of Charity, and we’d love to help you and your Board be more effective at governing your organization’s fundraising – and raising more money – for free!

Sign up today!