Leadership & Fundraising Circle 2024

This program is only open to Jenn's Inner Circle - either you are a graduate of one of my fundraising cohort programs (Fundraising Essentials for Executive Directors or the Fundraising Certificate) and/or you're a current or former client.

Join Jenn Hayslett and a community of colleagues to strengthen your leadership capacity and put your fundraising skills into action. Meet monthly from February through June for lively and focused discussions, engaging presentations, and hands-on activities. We will take a deeper dive into content covered in the fundraising certificate programs in addition to exploring new topics. 

Come to the Leadership & Fundraising Circle to:
✔ Connect with colleagues.
✔ Apply your knowledge.
✔ Learn strategies and tactics that are powerful and actionable. 
✔ Get your questions answered.  
✔Achieve and celebrate your next level of professional growth.

Registration is limited to allow ample time for practice and feedback. ​

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The Details

When?

• ​We will meet once a month on Zoom. Meetings will be in the first or second Wednesday of the month February - May 2024 
  • Wednesday, February 7
  • Wednesday, March 6
  • Wednesday, April 10
  • Wednesday, May 1​
• Each session will be 3 hours: 9:00 am -12:00
• To get the most out of this experience, expect to spend an additional 1 hour per month on preparation.
• Please try to attend every session. If you need to miss a session, they will be recorded.

Session Topics

Each month we will focus on topics that will support you in your growth and development as a nonprofit leader and fundraiser.  Just like in our fundraising certificate class, this program will be a lively combination of presentation, small group and large group discussion with plenty of hands-on practice and activities - but with less homework and preparation for you.

You as a Leader and Fundraiser

• What is your leadership style?
• Where do you want to grow and learn?
• In this session you will review where you are on your professional journey and set achievable goals to grow into.

Your Fundraising Plan and Metrics

• How is your fundraising plan serving you and your organization? 
• What is working and what needs updating and improvement?
• In this session you will review your development plan to bring it into alignment with your current reality and help set attainable goals for the future.

 
Engaging your Board

• How can you train your board members to be better fundraisers? 
• What can you do to partner more effectively with your board?
• In this session you will learn strategies and tactics for engaging your board and will have the opportunity to set goals for your board’s engagement.

Special Project Fundraising, Capital Campaigns & Planned Giving 

• How do special projects help focus your donors? How can you plan for a campaign and set goals? 
• What should you actually say to people when asking them to make a bequest?
• In this session you will learn basic planning strategies for running a successful special project, capital campaign and a bequest campaign and will set goals for your next steps.

Pricing

• Early Bird Pricing - Discount preferred program price of $995 with registration on or before December 1.

• Regular Pricing - Standard program cost of $1,175 with registration between December 2 and January 5, 2024.

• Late Pricing - Program cost of $1,325 with late registration between January 6 - February 2nd, 2024.
• The final date to register is February 2.

Registration and Payment

• Payments can be made by check, Venmo, or ACH direct deposit.
• Payments need to be made in full by February 2nd 2024 
• ​You will receive a formal invoice upon your registration. If your organization is paying for your participation, you can submit the invoice for payment. 
• If you are paying on your own, please note, professional development coursework and coaching are tax deductible on your Schedule C of your income tax.
• You can request a full refund if we receive your request by January 19th. After this, no refunds will be made.
• ​Registrations are accepted on a rolling basis until the program is full. 

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I am very excited to be entering into this learning journey together with you!
Please reach out to me if you have any questions or thoughts. [email protected]