The Southwest Fundraising Institute is a new school that will provide you and your volunteers with the kind of dynamic fundraising education that will insure an increase in philanthropic income. Fourteen informative fundraising classes, nearly 24-hours of classroom training, are being offered in 2006.

Dates:
Thursday, August 10th & Friday, August 11th
Thursday, August 17th & Friday, August 18th

Times:
9:30 to 4:00 each day

Location:
Western International University at the 101 Freeway and Chaparral Rd. in Scottsdale

August 10th & 11th  9:30 – 4:00
• The Vocabulary of Fundraising
• Creating a Fundraising Case for Support
• Creating a Fundraising Plan
• Creating Successful Special Events
• Direct Mail Fundraising
• Grant Writing Basics
• Thank You! The Art and Science of Donor Recognition

August 17th & 18th  9:30 – 4:00
• Finding and Recruiting Board Members
• Motivating Board Members to be Fundraisers
• Courting Corporate Sponsors
• Building Donor Loyalty
• Focus on Major Gifts
• Creating & Conducting a Successful R.E.C.O.N. Study
• Frauds Flakes and the Fun of Fundraising Ethics

Click here for a description of all classes.

Participants rave about classes presented by Bill J. Harrison, CFRE
All classes have been field-tested in front of countless audiences at Arizona State University and at national and international conferences. Each class has received excellent evaluations. Every class participant is challenged to learn new techniques and methods that will insure future success. Each participant will receive more than one hundred pages of handouts!

Sample comments from participants:
“The best fundraising program I’ve ever attended.”
“Best overall presentation in my 3 years with CADCA.”
“Mr. Harrison was great. The best NMI course I’ve taken.”
“Great presentation. Best of all!”
“This was the #1 best workshop!”
“Bill Harrison made this a wonderful experience. A great instructor.”
“Bill involves the participants and provides solid, basic information.”
“Bring Bill back next year!”
“Excellent course – it exceeded my expectations.”
“Great instructor – his enthusiasm is catching!”
“Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Thank you.”
“Excellent course. It’s obvious Bill loves what he does.”

About Bill J. Harrison, CFRE
The quality, and quantity, of valuable information offered can only come from an instructor who is not only a seasoned fundraising professional, but also an individual who is considered one of the top trainers in the nation.

Bill Harrison is a highly sought-after trainer and captivating speaker. He is a nationally recognized fundraiser with more than thirty years of experience. He’s an award-winning author and respected teacher. He’s well known for his sense of humor, high-energy presentations, unbridled enthusiasm, and providing a valuable experience to all who attend his classes. Bill has presented fundraising classes at eight international conferences and to hundreds of nonprofit employees and board members. Bill has also served as a mentor for nine years, helping individuals and organizations achieve their fundraising goals.

Bill served as an instructor at the Arizona State University Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management for seven years. He has published more than 225 articles on fundraising and non-profit management topics and is the author of the award-winning textbook, FUNDRAISING: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (and how to tell the difference).

Bill is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and is a graduate of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Executive Leadership Institute and the AFP Executive Management Institute. He is also a certified fundraising trainer having graduated from the AFP Faculty Training Academy. He served as the 2004 President of the AFP Greater Arizona Chapter and was honored in 2005 as the Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year.

Participants will receive:

1. Nearly 24-hours of in-depth and intensive training
2. Each participant will receive a copy of the 300-page, award-winning book, FUNDRAISING, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (and how to tell the difference)
3. Each participant will receive a unique CD entitled “Fifty Little Fundraising Articles to Advance Your Career”
4. A Certificate of Completion will be presented to each participant
5. No-charge, three-month follow-up mentoring program for each participant

Registration Fee:

To attend all fourteen classes on four days: $895.00

Is this a good investment?
Attend a two-day fundraising conference and you will invest more than $500 for registration, hotel and travel. If you’re lucky, you will attend eight educational sessions amounting to 10-hours of information.

(You will invest more than $1,000 for 10-hours of training at an international fundraising conference!)

Refund Policy:

Ten days prior to the start of the first session, if an individual is unable to attend, the registration fee will be returned, minus a $100 processing fee.

If, for unavoidable reasons, a participant is unable to complete all fourteen classes after they have begun, the Institute will allow the participant to take the missed classes, at no additional fee, during the next semester.

Participant Substitution Policy:

To obtain maximum benefit from the fourteen classes, it’s highly recommended the participant attends every class. However, should a participant be unable to attend all fourteen classes for unavoidable reasons, the Institute will allow a substitute from the same organization to complete the classes.

Multiple participants coming from the same organization
policy and fee:

The Institute believes the best way to benefit from the fourteen classes offered is for more than one person from the organization to attend. To encourage this, the Institute will provide a 20% discount on the registration fee for all additional participants from the same charitable organization.