Take control of your learning, register now for VAFRE’s May 5th Mini-Masters Program! This special session allows you to tailor the program to fit your own professional development needs. As a member benefit, the regular registration fee of $18.00 applies for this meeting. Guests may register for just $35.00 – still a great deal for two hours of CFRE and a box lunch.
Schedule of Events
10:30 a.m. Registration
11:00 a.m. Workshop I
- A. Planned Giving
Tom Burke, Executive Director, VCU Foundation
A discussion of the importance of planned giving in this economic environment, including the variety of vehicles available for planned giving and strategies for getting a planned giving program off the ground. - B. Strategically Planning: How to Make the Process Work
Cathryn O’Connell Lowe, Development Director. Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
This interactive workshop will offer the opportunity to discuss the successes and pitfalls of strategic planning and provide an overview of three levels of the strategic management process and how and when to implement each. - C. The Bermuda Triangle of Development
Panelists: Brydon M. DeWitt, President, DeWitt & Associates, Inc.
Chris Shultz, President, Virginia Home for Boys and Girls
Nancy Belleman, Community Leader & Board Member
Celia Luxmo0re, Director of Development, The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
The panel will discuss the roles of the CEO, Board member, and development
officer – both individually and as a team – to be successful in raising friends and funds. - D. Don’t Blink: A New Media Primer
Dean Browell, PhD., Director of New Media, Neathawk Dubuque & Packett
Participants will get a glimpse into the latest trends making the biggest waves in new media. Learn how social networks and audiences of a wide demographic and generational sample are changing how we communicate and engage.
Noon Box Lunches
12:30 p.m. Workshop II (all sessions repeat)
1:30 p.m. Adjourn
Please note that registration in each workshop is limited, and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Each workshop will be offered twice.
Location: Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (1700 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond 23228).
Menu: A variety of box lunches will be available.
Cost to attend: $18 for members and $35 for guests.
