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[ February 7, 2012; 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] Fire Up Your Leadership Team for Fundraising: Turn Their Passion into Action, a workshop with Gail Perry, CFRE.

Wish you could create a fired-up, engaged team that is excited about the future of your organization and eager to play a part in making it happen?
Consultant and author Gail Perry, CFRE will share her internationally popular [...]

[ January 10, 2012; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] Topic:
Fundraising in the Age of American Idol

Join us for our first meeting of the new year as we discuss new ways to raise funds for your organization. Explore the ins and outs of the increasingly used “popular vote” fundraising tool, including how to position yourself most effectively, what works and what doesn’t. The session [...]

[ April 3, 2012; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. ]

Join us Tuesday, April 3 for the 31st Annual VAFRE Awards Luncheon at The Woman’s Club on East Franklin Street. We will celebrate the achievements of two distinguished fundraising colleagues nominated and selected for the Nina Abady and Rising Star Awards. Tom Silvestri, president and publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, is this year’s featured speaker.

Tickets [...]

[ December 6, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Topic:
Unscripted: Fundraising with Improv

Applied improvisation is a great way to enhance yourself personally and professionally,

achieve results, and, most likely, laugh at the same time. There are multiple facets that can be explored through applied improvisation, but this program will focus on listening, observing, and acceptance and how it can impact fundraising efforts.  These essential skills [...]

[ March 6, 2012; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] Topic:
Women in Philanthropy

Speaker:
To be announced.

Schedule:
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch and the program begin at noon. The session will adjourn at approximately 1:15 p.m.

Program is sponsored by Institute on Philanthropy.

Location:
Jefferson Lakeside Country Club, 1700 Lakeside Avenue. Click here for directions.

Menu:
Regular: Sliced Turkey, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Green Beans Almandine.
Vegetarian: Subsitute Grilled Portabello for Sliced Turkey.
Dessert: [...]

[ September 13, 2011; 8:30 am to 12:45 pm. ] On September 13, VAFRE will welcome well-known speaker Peter Brinckerhoff for his half day workshop: Mission-Based Managment: Leading Your Not-for-Profit in the 21st Century.

This fast-paced morning is based on Peter Brinckerhoff’s award winning book Mission-Based Management (3rd edition).  Peter will cover all the key elements of successful not-for-profit organizations found in his award-winning book, [...]

[ August 2, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Feasibility Studies:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Join Sue Acri, Executive Director of Development and External Relations at VCU Massey Cancer Center, Tom Gutenberger, VP of Advancement at the University of Richmond, and Dave Johnson, Principal at West Avenue Associates, as they discuss Feasibility Studies from all angles, including why you may not need to [...]

[ October 4, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Topic: Taking a Nonprofit from the Brink to Success

In 2004, the Museum of the Confederacy was nearing bankruptcy. Today, it has revamped its Board and its business model, and is expanding. How did they accomplish this? Join VAFRE as we welcome the Museum’s President, Waite Rawls, to tell us the story.

Speaker: Waite Rawls, President and CEO, [...]

[ November 1, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] We LOVE Our Volunteers

 Working with volunteers can be both rewarding and challenging.  Utilizing their skills to enhance the organizations we serve, being judicious with their time and talents, and making sure we steward them as well as (or better than) we steward our donors are just three of the areas where we need to devote attention [...]

[ July 12, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Join us for the inaugural meeting of the VAFRE summer book club! 

The July 12 brown bag will be an interesting discussion of Tom Ahern’s bestselling book, How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money.  The book was selected by Judy Lankford and Lisa Freeman, who will lead the discussion and provide an example [...]