April 29, 2014 AFP NC Triad Chapter Meeting
"Securing the Gift, Expect to Win"
Presented by: Jerry F. Smith, CFRE
Talk Summary: To be successful in a capital campaign, you have to expect to win. But it takes more than a positive attitude to be successful in fund-raising. Each of the three "P's" makes up an important piece of the fund-raising puzzle. You must plan, prepare and ultimately produce. Plan: Learn about the structure that needs to be in place before beginning a campaign, the importance of clarifying your mission and projects, as well as a clean database. Prepare: Hear about the importance of a feasibility study, the five I's in donor cultivation and the things you need to be accomplishing to acquire an ask amount. Produce: You'll learn a proven 5 step approach to solicitations, the importance of follow-up and finally, some comments from some great givers and why they give.
Speaker Bio: Author, lecturer, teacher and fund-raising consultant Mr. Jerry F. Smith founded the J.F. Smith Group in 1991. HIs mission in fund-raising - to enable clients to fulfill their fund-raising dreams through a unique, educational, professionally-directed development partnership - has proven successful in now over 21 years of business.
Please register by Friday, April 25, 2014.
NOTE NEW MEETING LOCATION!
VENUE: Hospice & Palliative CareCenter 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem (NOTE NEW LOCATION)
Heading West from Greensboro: I -40 alternate (new 40). Take Hanes Mall Boulevard exit. Turn right at light. Go to Silas Creek Parkway and turn right and stay in far right Lane. Exit Bolton Street and turn right. Bolton turns into Burke Mill Road. About ½ mile once you are on Bolton/BurkeMill you take a right onto Hospice Lane. You will enter campus and The Williams Education & Counseling Center is the building on the far left with a sculpture of children playing. A map is attached of the campus and where to go.
Heading East from Statesville: Business 40 to Silas Creek Parkway. Exit right onto Silas Creek Parkway. You
will pass Forsyth Medical Center, Hanes Mall and Toys R Us. Stay right and exit Bolton Street and turn right. Bolton turns into Burke Mill Road. About ½ mile once you are on Bolton/BurkeMill you take a right onto Hospice Lane. You will enter campus and The Williams Education & Counseling Center is the building on the far left with a sculpture of children playing. A map is attached of the campus and where to go.