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2009 Catholic Fundraising Leadership Summit: Building the Road to Recovery
Posted March 25th, 2009
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NCDC is calling forth the leadership in the Catholic fundraising to actively engage in discussion of the major issues related to raising funds for Catholic nonprofit organizations in the midst of the largest U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression. While we will explore these issues and their impact on Catholic fundraising, our conversations will focus on creating the road to recovery with specific, action-oriented recommendations.
Building the Road will include:
- Dissecting the old road by reviewing Giving USA’s latest information on giving patterns in 2008 and NCDC’s own statistics on giving to Catholic charities
- Grading and leveling by identifying critical issues we as Catholic fundraising leaders need to address
- Pouring new concrete by creating alternative solutions and strategies for both immediate and long-term success
- Marking the road by creating a strategic road map to recovery for the Catholic fundraising community
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Date and Location
Monday, June 15, 1 p.m. –Wednesday, June 17, Noon
Detailed Schedule
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
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Presenter
Melissa S. Brown
Managing Editor of Giving USA
Associate Director of Research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Facilitators
Sr. Georgette Lehmuth, OSF
President/CEO, National Catholic Development Conference
George C. Ruotolo, Jr., CFRE
Chairman and CEO, Ruotolo Associates, Inc.
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Registration
Fees:
Save $50 if you register before April 24!
Members: $495 (Remember to sign in to receive your discount)
Nonmembers: $595
Registration Deadline: May 22
This program is designed specifically for senior-level executives. Space is limited. Registrations will be limited to two registrants per organization. The third and succeeding registrants from the same organization will be placed on a waiting list and will be registered based on availability after the May 22 deadline.
Registration includes university housing for the nights of June 15 and 16, dinner on June 15 and lunch on June 16. Registrants who decline housing will not receive a discount on registration.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED
For more information, please contact the NCDC Office at 888-TRY-NCDC (879-6232).
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Schedule
Monday, June 15
1:00 PM Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
1:30 Cracking open the pavement
- What the just published Giving USA report is saying
- What the NCDC members have told us
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Grading the Road
- Key Issues Identification
- Comments, Questions and Observations about the recent findings
- What do we as the leaders in the Catholic fundraising community see as obstacles and opportunity on the road to recovery?
5:30 PM Adjourn for day
6:00 PM Dinner (included)
Tuesday, June 16
9:00 AM Let’s Get to Work
- Breaking open the issues
- Working as road teams to build the framework
- Clarify issues, consider alternative perspectives
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM Let’s Get to Work (cont.)
12:00 Lunch (included)
12:45 PM Pouring the concrete into the framework
- Looking at the Framework and Synthesizing ideas
- Brainstorming solutions and alternative choices
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Pouring the concrete into the framework (cont.)
4:30 PM Adjourn for day—dinner on your own
Wednesday, June 17
9:00 AM Testing the newly poured pavement
- Assessing possible solutions
- Incorporating best practice
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM Marking the Road for the Traveler
- Who, what, where when, why and how do we share what we have done here with the NCDC Membership, the Catholic fundraising community and the larger nonprofit community?
Noon Adjournment
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Housing
Housing at the University Center at DePaul University consists of four bedroom apartments. You will have the privacy of your own bedroom and share a bathroom with one other person. Apartments include a fully furnished living area and a kitchen with a stove-top oven, microwave, dishwasher and full-sized refrigerator. All accommodations are air-conditioned and equipped with high-speed internet access. Registration fee includes accommodations for the nights of June 15 and 16. For additional nights, please contact the NCDC office.
Each bedroom is furnished with:
- Extra long twin bed
- Desk and chair
- Bed linens
- Bath towel and washcloth
- Alarm clock
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Presenter Biography
Melissa S. Brown
Managing editor of Giving USA
Associate Director of Research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Melissa S. Brown has responsibilities for applied research projects and for researching and writing the annual report Giving USA, a publication of the Giving USA Foundation. Ms. Brown worked as the Center’s Manager for Fund Raising from 1998 to 2001 and as Manager of the Annual Fund from 1993 to 1996. She started work at the Center in 1991 as a development associate. In addition to her work for the research department, Ms. Brown teaches a course at IUPUI in proposal development and is one of the instructors for the proposal writing course offered by The Fund Raising School.
Ms. Brown has fundraising experience in higher education, health care, social services, and the arts. She worked for two and a half years as program manager for the Homeless Initiative Program in Indianapolis during its period of expansion and growth from a staff of three to more than 40, with increased services for approximately 3,500 homeless individuals annually. She started her career in nonprofit administration at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC and has worked for the Atlanta-based national office of the Arthritis Foundation.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and a Master of Governmental Administration from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her publications include Giving USA 2001, Giving USA 2002, Giving USA 2003, Giving USA 2004, Giving USA 2005, Giving USA 2006, Giving USA 2007 and Giving USA 2008. She is co-author, with Partha Deb, Mark Wilhelm, and Patrick Rooney, of “Estimating Individual Giving,” in the December 2003 issue of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and with Craig Wrouk of “Giving by Bequest” in the Journal of Gift Planning (3rd quarter 2005).
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