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2002-2008 AFP Professional Development Calendar

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Title of Session: Leveraging Public Relations to Enhance your Fundraising Efforts

Presenter: Melissa Grande, Vice President/Public Relations Director of Catalyst Marketing Communications, Inc.

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/5/02

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Strategies for Approaching a Corporate Newcomer

Presenters: Lori Argianas, Business Development Manager from Anthem's Norwalk office, and Janice Mitchell, Community Relations Manager, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/3/02

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: AFP Philanthropy Forum: Critical Issues facing Fundraisers Today"

Presenters: Paulette Maehara, President and CEO of AFP, Patrick Rooney, CFO/Chief Researcher of Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and Giving USA, and Henry Goldstein, Vice Chair of the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, Publisher of Giving USA

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/5/02

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Dollars and Sense - How to Make the Most of Your Fundraising Program

Presenter: Kevin Sturtevant, Ketchum Associates

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 1/9/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: How to Raise Money for Yourself - The Art of Salary Negotiation

Presenter: Anne Brancato, founder and Managing Director of Projects Plus, Inc. Executive Search, and Partner of Brancato, Burkhart & Jacob Consulting Group

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/6/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Technology Needs for Non-Profit Organizations

Presenter: Dave Runda, IT on Call (CANCELLED)

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 3/6/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 0

Points: 0


Title of Session: Hands, Hearts and Dollars - Board Recruitment at Its Best

Presenters: Robert Kaufmann, President of the Board, Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, and Shari Shapiro, Executive Director, Kids In Crisis

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 4/3/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Setting Up A Planned Giving Program

Presenter: Lynn Malzone Ierardi, Consultant

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/1/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Community Issues and Trends Affecting Fundraising in Fairfield County

Presenters: Judith Holden, principal of McKelvey & Holden, and Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq., President and Chief Professional Officer of the United Way of Eastern Fairfield County

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/5/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Top Ten Tools To Improve Your Annual Fund:  Creative Ideas To Enhance Annual Giving

Presenters: Elizabeth Lowell, Partner, Raybin Associates, Lawrence Carroll, Vice President of Fairfield Preparatory School, and Robert Donahue, Director of Development at Fairfield Preparatory School

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/4/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Bits, Bytes and Bucks: Technology in Development and Making Us All Part Of One Virtual Village

Presenter: Edward Granger-Happ, a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, is the Chief Technology Officer at Save The Children

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/2/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Connecticut Philanthropy Conference: “More Now than Ever”

Presenters: Simone Joyeaux, Carol Cheney, and seventeen other speakers

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT and Connecticut Chapters

Date: 11/6/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 8

Points: 8


Title of Session: Etiquette Pointers in Fundraising Cultivation:  Managing Yourself at the Office, Social Functions and Meals

Presenter: Anne Barton, Director of the Civil Treatment For Managers program at Deloitte Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/4/03

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Capital Campaigns: The Basic Anatomy of a Successful Capital Campaign - Despite the Economy

Presenters: Fairfield University panelists George E. Diffley, Vice President for University Advancement, and Frederic C. Wheeler, Associate Vice President for Development, and member of the Board of Trustee/major donor/volunteer

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 1/8/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Yes, You Can Achieve Success Online

Presenter: Scott Case, Chairman and Founder of Direct Help

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/5/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: AFP Philanthropy Forum: The Light of Conscience and Non-Profit Leadership

Presenter: Bill Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share Our Strength

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 3/9/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5

Points: 1.5


Title of Session: State Regulation of Charities

Presenter: Reid Parrington, Staff Attorney in the Public Charities Unit of the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 4/1/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Planned Giving – Leave a Legacy

Presenters: Via Garafola, Development Manager, Wheeler Clinic and Former statewide coordinator for Leave A Legacy ® Connecticut, and Mary Beth Congdon, Director of Planned Giving, Quinnipiac University,and President of the Planned Giving Group of Connecticut

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/6/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Grant Seeking – The Funders’ Perspective

Presenters: Cindy S. Kissin, President and CEO of the Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation, Debra Hertz, Executive Director of the William H. Pitt Foundation, and Karen R. Brown, Program Director of the Fairfield County Community Foundation

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/3/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Family Wealth Management and Charitable Giving

Presenter: Thomas C. Rogerson, Senior Director of Mellon’s Private Wealth Management group

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/2/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Ethics in Fundraising

Presenter: Gwyn Blanton, Program Director for Ethics and Compliance at Deloitte & Touche

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/14/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: 2004 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference

Various Presenters

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 11/7/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 8

Points: 8


Title of Session: Creating a Culture of Philanthropy

Presenters: Stephen M. Jakab, President of Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, Joseph L. Staley, President of Staley Robeson, a Fairfield County-based fundraising counsel firm, and Donald J. Weinbach, Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs at Quinnipiac University

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/2/04

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


January 2005 Luncheon (Cancelled due to snow)


Title of Session: Connecting Today's Donor to History's Great Gifts

Presenter: Dr. Claire Gaudiani, Professor at NYU’s George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising and author of several books, including the Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/3/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Using an Audit to Advance Your Prospect Research Operation

Presenters: Poonam Prasad, Principal of Prasad Communications & Research in New York City and Gloria Kao, Director of Development Operations, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 3/3/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Top Funders Research: Why We Dig for the Pay Dirt

Presenter: Jonathan Spinner, CEO of Real Fundraising

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 4/7/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Diversity: Among Our Donors, in Our Agencies, at Our Schools

Presenters: Catherine Onyemelukwe, CFRE, and Gloria Fernandez Tearte, Director of Admission and Diversity, Greenwich Academy

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/5/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Effective and Efficient Personal Technology for Fundraisers: Now and in the Future

Presenter: Lee Steuber, Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Applications Director at Save the Children

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/2/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Changing Trends In The Private Foundation Sector and What It Means To Fundraisers

Presenter: Doug Mellinger, Vice Chairman and Founder of Foundation Source

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/8/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Top 10 Pitfalls in a Capital Campaign and How to Avoid Them

Presenters: Elizabeth Lowell and Kimberly Hawkins, Raybin Associates, Inc.

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/6/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: 2005 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference

Various Presenters

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 11/17/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 8

Points: 8


Title of Session: Smart Philanthropy: The Interface Between Major and Planned Gifts

Presenter: Thomas P. Lockerby,Associate Vice President for Capital Giving at Boston College

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/1/05

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Strategic Planning that Works

Presenters from St. Luke's School (New Canaan, CT): Mark Davis, Head of School; Ninette Enrique, Director of Development; Coleen Porcher, Director of Communications; Sally Schenk, Trustee

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 1/5/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and Pending Legislation on Non-Profit Organizations

Presenter: Dr. Robin Ganzert, Senior VP and National Director of Planned Giving at Wachovia Trust

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/2/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


March 2006 Luncheon (Cancelled due to snow)


Title of Session: Making Contacts Count: The Art of Fundraising Networking

Presenter: Patricia Russo - Political Consultant, Board Member, Women's Advocate

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 4/6/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Diversifying Your Donor Base by Developing a Diverse Board

Presenters: Valarie Shultz-Wilson, President of the Urban League of SWCT; Juanita James, Pitney Bowes V.P. and CLC Leadership Council member; Suzanne Brown Peters, CLC Board President; Antonio Acevedo, CLC Vice President

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/4/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: Effective Public Relations for Fundraisers

Presenters:  Richard Foot - Management Consultant, YMCA of the USA; Dianne Wildman - Cablevision’s Director of Editorial Services in Connecticut; Lynn Saltz - Principal, Business Innovative Strategies International of Weston, CT; Jessica Bram - President of Jessica Bram Communications, Westport, CT

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/1/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: The Family Wealth Paradigm:  Integrating Family Values with Wealth Planning for a Lasting Legacy

Presenter:  Thomas C. Rogerson, Senior Director, Mellon’s Private Wealth Management Group

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/7/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Recent Changes in the Connecticut Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act and Other Current Fundraising Issues

Presenter:  Reid J. Parrington, Esq., staff attorney to the Public Charities Unit

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/5/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: 2006 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference

Various Presenters

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 11/9/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 8

Points: 8


Title of Session:  Roundtable Forum

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/7/06

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  10 Things You Can Do Today to Be a More Effective Fundraiser

Presenter:  Pat Scharr, CFRE, Director, Major Gifts, American Red Cross Mid-Fairfield County Chapter

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 1/11/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  You Want Me to Work with Who? Eleven Keys to Stress-Free, Satisfying, and Successful  Relationships at Work ... No Matter Who You Work With

Presenter:  Julie Jansen, Career Coach, Consultant and Author 

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/1/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Securing Major Gifts: How to Organize for Success

Presenters:  Marjorie Wren, VP Development and Kat Gloor-Wacowska, Major Gift Officer - both of Planned Parenthood of CT

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 3/1/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  How to Create a Board That Loves Fundraising

Presenter:  Patti Russo

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 4/5/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Cultivating Diversity: Creating a Successful Multicultural Fundraising Program

Presenters:   From The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven:  Vilandria Turner - Director of Community Philanthropy, Angel Fernandez-Chavero - Senior Philanthropic Officer, Deborah Wright - Philanthropic Officer, Donor Services

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/3/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  U.S. Corporations Contribute Over $13 Billion to Charities Annually – Are You Missing Out?

Presenters:  Lucy Ball - Executive Director of the Lone Pine Foundation; Alice Ferreira - Director of Corporate Communications, HealthNet of the Northeast; Kim Healey - Executive Director, NewAlliance Foundation and Mary Pat Healy - External Affairs, AT&T

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/7/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Proven Strategies to Increase Annual Giving Donors and Dollars

Presenters:  Diane Briggs - Assistant Director of Development at the Brunswick School in Greenwich; Debra Greenwood - President and CEO of the Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport; David Obedzinski, Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of Institutional Advancement for the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 9/6/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  The Buck Stops at the Top: Five Things Your Nonprofit Organization Needs to Know about Ethical Fundraising

Presenters:  Linda Hartley - President of Hartley Consulting, Inc.; Reid J. Parrington, Esq., Staff Attorney to the Public Charities Unit in the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 10/4/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session: 2007 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference

Various Presenters

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 11/5/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 8

Points: 8


Title of Session:  Fundraising for the 21st Century: Innovative, Dynamic, Fun and Focused

Presenter:  Jay Goulart - Interim Headmaster at Cheshire Academy

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 12/6/07

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  A Wealth of Opportunity:  Major Gifts

Presenter:  Jacqueline Venable - Vice President of Brakeley Briscoe, Inc.

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 1/10/08

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Leave A Legacy

Presenters: Jennifer King - Statewide Co-Chair for LEAVE A LEGACY® Connecticut and Board Member of the Planned Giving Group of CT; Sharon Reiss - Director of Development, Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF); Patricia Borghesan - Director of Planned Giving at Hopkins School

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 2/7/08

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Prospect Research in a Small Shop

Presenter: David Sterling -Director of Advancement Research at Western New England College

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 3/6/08

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Women as an Emerging Force in Philanthropy

Presenters:  Sondra Shaw-Hardy - Co-Founder – Women’s Philanthropy Institute; Lori Price - President, Price Financial Group, LLC; Ann Sheffer; Christine Lobeck Lodewick

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 5/1/08

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


Title of Session:  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is Good Business and Good for Business and Good for Non Profits, too

Presenters: Tim Hodges - President of People’s United Bank Foundation; Carol Johnson - VP Community Relations, Fairfield County Bank; Kim Healey - Executive Director, The NewAlliance Foundation; Mary Beth McGuire and Christine Chan - Corporate Communications, Boehringer Ingelheim

Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter

Date: 6/5/08

Total # of Contact Hours: 2

Points: 2


 

 

 

 

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