A 30 to 45- minute keynote address or 90 minute workshop by Roger Richard Breault, MCS, CFRE, Speakers’ Bureau of Alberta and Fund Raising Consultants of the West.
Giving from the Heart means “taking from the heart”. One cannot happen without the other. As fundraisers and as dedicated volunteers, why do we expect to have an impact if we do not accept this premise? The answer is: “we can’t.” It’s fundamental. And it’s the most compelling and attractive reason why there is an immense joy in asking. What does this all mean?
Using personal anecdotes, a few funny true stories and a healthy dose of disparaging self-examination, the speaker will help everyone deepen their appreciation of the beauty of asking with both our hearts as well as our minds in everything we do –especially in charity work.
There is both a science and an art to giving and receiving. When “an ask” is botched, both the giver and the asker can feel bad; but when it happens successfully, nothing can be more exhilarating for both. When you examine the acts of giving and receiving, while they may seem contrary to one another, they are so congruous, so synonymous in their intent, that they are inseparable and almost indistinguishable. Therein lies the secret of the joy of asking. And it can be as exciting and as fulfilling as the joy of giving.
This keynote or workshop will help participants understand that very few things in life are more ennobling than asking others to give of their time and money to make the community a better place. As humans, we are privileged to be in the position of being able to do it. And what a joy it is! The joy of asking is at the very heart of philanthropy.
Participants will learn that, with a new attitude and approach, they can view community work and fundraising as the productive, fun, ennobling, enriching, charming and enabling experience that it really is. It will also help eliminate the jitters for first-time fundraisers and volunteers because it will serve to demystify the process by boiling it down its’ most basic elements.
This keynote will have practical tips too. It will answer the two most important ingredients of how to succeed in fundraising and asking people to serve as volunteers: “how to set up a request?” and “how to successfully make it?”
Mr. Roger Richard Breault, MCS, CFRE, Manager, Fund Raising Consultants of the West and the Speakers Bureau of Alberta will deliver the session. Mr. Breault has more than twenty-five years of professional fundraising experience and non-profit management. He has helped raised over $66,000,000 for the arts, historical projects, social services, hospitals, disease-related causes, education and civic projects. He has worked with volunteers of all walks of life. Roger is a frequent presenter on topics related to philanthropy; he believes fervently in the cause.
Fee: $1,500 plus GST and expenses. More information: (toll-free) 1.866.420.3338
Secrets of Capital Campaign Success
by Roger Richard Breault, MCS, CFRE, President Fund Raising Consultants of the West Speakers’ Bureau of Alberta
A detailed 90 min. presentation combined with practical exercises designed to assist staff and/or board members:
Assess your degree of preparedness for a capital campaign.
Determine your need for a funding feasibility study. What’s its purpose? What will do for you? When is it needed? What are the timeframes?
How to apply vigorously the rule-of-thirds to determine the number of gifts needed at what levels to realize your objective.
What needs to be included in an effective fundraising brochure (case statement)?
The sequence, training and coordination of volunteer recruitment and deployment to carry out the campaign.
Campaign and pledge follow up systems.
This engaging presentation concentrates of the ten sequential steps in carrying out a successful capital campaign. It also gives practical tips on how to plan it, execute it, and what pitfalls to avoid.
This is an excellent primer for any organization that intends to raise larger amounts for a capital project. It’s "a must" before any capital campaign. It draws on the first-hand experience of the presenter who has carried out several large-scale capital appeals. It also creates ample fertile opportunity to generate participant interest, involvement in the process. It builds confidence to carry out capital campaigns with aplomb.
Roger Breault, MCS, CFRE, is a successful accredited professional fundraiser having helped raise over $66,000,000 for charities in Alberta. He also has an extensive background in recreation and economic development. He specializes in capital campaign fundraising. He is a frequent and articulate presenter at fundraising and corporate conferences.
For More Information: 1.866.420.3338 toll-free or 780.455.3338 Fee: $1,500, plus GST and expenses.
The dynamics of the proper facilitation of this brainstorming CONFIDENTIAL workshop enables organizations to effectively identify qualified prospective donors and organize strategies to cultivate them and to appeal for major gifts. The workshop is available exclusively to the clients of FRCW and FRCA.
This workshop format and procedure is the exclusive property of FRCW and FRCA.
