Make Your Fundraising Magic Happen by Involving Volunteers in New and Creative Ways
Do you need help but can’t afford to hire more staff? A Dream Team of volunteer fundraisers is the answer.
Far too many organizations engage volunteer fundraisers, if at all, in just special events and menial support tasks. Through this course, you will learn how to engage volunteers in all your fundraising activities, find the right volunteers for the right task, and orient, train, and educate them.
You will learn how to find and approach volunteers to get them to say yes to you. You will see what kind of materials to share with them. You will know how to keep good volunteers involved in your cause.
Once you understand how to keep volunteers coming back, you’ll realize fantastic results without adding to your existing staff. You’ll build credibility. You’ll garner much stronger community support.
So, are you ready to take your volunteer program to the next level? Enroll in Build a Dream Team of Volunteer Fundraisers today.
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE Linda is one of slightly more one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her thirty-plus years in the development field, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 50,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty United States. Linda is a graduate of Alvernia College in Reading, PA with majors in Banking and Finance; Communications; and Theology/Philosophy. She is a graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and has received two AFP research grants. She is also a prolific writer, having written or contributed to more than two dozen books. Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from the Eastern PA, Las Vegas, and Sierra (NV) chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) was recognized internationally with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP. She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chapter of AFP.
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