Candid to host proposal writing boot camp

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30859
• Date: 01 October 2020
• Published date: 01 October 2020

OCTOBER 2020 NONPROFIT BUSINESS ADVISOR

9

© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC • All rights reserved

DOI: 10.1002/nba

Resources

Charityhowto.com webinar explores

donor engagement with LinkedIn

The nonprot resources website Charityhowto.com

will host a webinar titled How To Connect, Engage

And Expand Your Donor Pool With LinkedIn: A

Step By Step Guide, on Oct. 14 at 1:00 p.m. EST.

According to organizers, the webinar will walk

attendees through a series of steps to improve their

LinkedIn personal and nonprot prole pages. Then,

participants will learn how to use LinkedIn to discover,

connect with and engage their communities; how to use

LinkedIn events to promote their online or face-to-face

workshops or fundraisers; and how to create the best

types of LinkedIn posts that increase awareness and

build an engaged following of supporters and fans.

Further, attendees will learn how to build relation-

ships with sponsors and institutions.

The webinar will be led by Angela Pitter, a digital

marketing strategist who has helped many small

and medium-size nonprots with their fundraising

campaigns using LinkedIn.

Registration fees for the event are $77.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3ixHhIY.

Candid to host proposal writing

boot camp

Candid will host a three-week course, Proposal

Writing Boot Camp, starting Oct. 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

According to organizers, attendees of the course

will meet one hour per week to learn the essential

knowledge and skills needed to develop effective

foundation grant proposals. In this interactive course,

participants will connect with expert Candid trainers

and their peers to learn the practical skills needed to:

• build the key components of a competitive grant

proposal to a foundation,

• develop a well-organized budget,

• identify a targeted list of foundation funding

prospects and

• participants will be encouraged to approach their

proposal from the funder’s perspective and to think

critically about what makes a compelling pitch.

The course will involve project-based learning and

include individual writing time, self-paced e-learning,

live virtual lectures and small group discussions.

Registration fees for this workshop are $525.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2DXwnNG.

Webinar offers intro

to fundraising planning

Candid will host a webinar titled, Introduction to

Fundraising Planning on Oct. 14 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

According to organizers, this webinar is for anyone

whose organization needs help directing its fundrais-

ing efforts. It will focus on the preplanning phase of

fundraising, which focuses the organization’s efforts

by setting priorities and helps give staff and board

members a roadmap to success.

This introductory class will provide attendees with

the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan,

including tips on:

• making your case for support,

• diversifying your organization’s fundraising

base and

• creating a plan of action.

This event is free to the public.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2DZ2wnJ.

Webinar focuses on virtual donor

engagement strategies

The nonprot resources website Charityhowto.com

will host a webinar titled Virtual Donor Engagement:

How to Connect With and Engage Your Donors

Through Virtual Experiences on Oct. 6 and Oct. 15

at 3:00 p.m. EST.

According to organizers, this hands-on training

session will teach participants how to create and

launch a virtual engagement strategy that achieves

their fundraising goals in this time of wild and un-

predictable change.

Since the onset of COVID-19, in-person experienc-

es remain limited and uncertain, leaving nonprots to

wonder how they can sustain their operations amid a

surplus of virtual events and webinar fatigue. Further,

many charities are wondering how they can adapt to

ever-shifting limitations, and forecast revenues in an

increasingly uncertain era.

Caliopy Glaros, a donor engagement strategist, will

walk attendees through these questions and more—ex-

panding beyond the successful execution of one single

online event, to look at how to position that event in

your overall engagement strategy so that you create

something that complements your other initiatives.

Fees for this event are $77.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/31Pf7ne. ■