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Nonprofit organizations without a fundraising plan aren’t likely to be as successful as those with an established plan. In a down economy, a fundraising plan is even more critical to success, and Achieve, an Indianapolis-based consulting firm for nonprofits, is offering a new seven-session series to help nonprofit executives develop a strategy for successful fundraising. 

 

“Now is not the time to withdraw,” said Achieve Chairman and Co-founder Ted Grossnickle. “The organizations that continue to thrive are the ones that forge a strategy for success in good and bad times. Our ‘Achieve Your Strategy’ seminar series will provide them with the tools and knowledge to plan their own success.” 

 

With more than 100 years of experience guiding nonprofit organizations, Achieve’s founders are uniquely equipped to help nonprofits through the process of developing a fundraising strategy that complements an organization’s broader strategy and helps raise funds from diverse constituencies. 

 

Each of the seven seminar sessions will include one hour of online training with Achieve principals and peer nonprofit leaders. Those sessions will be complemented by two one-on-one, one-hour sessions for each participating organization. To make these sessions possible, the “Achieve Your Strategy” series is limited to 20 registered participants.

 

“These sessions will provide organizations with a unique plan tailored to their specific challenges and opportunities; a plan that they can actually execute, as opposed to just another plan that gets parked on a shelf,” Grossnickle said. “That’s why we’re catering to nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors, Development Directors, and board members serving organizations in leadership roles in fundraising.”

 

To make sure that the seminars are accessible to organizations of all sizes, Achieve is offering the series of seven sessions at deeply discounted rates, compared to Achieve’s normal consulting fees. “Recognizing the widespread continued needs of our community and the budgetary constraints of nonprofit organizations, making sure that every organization has access to this resource is important to us,” shared Grossnickle.

 

WHAT:                  “Achieve Your Strategy” Seminar Series by Achieve, LLC

 

WHEN:                 Fridays at noon, May 8 through June 26, 2009

 

COST:                  $500 per organization

 

REGISTER:         www.AchieveYourStrategy.com

 

To learn more or register for the “Achieve Your Strategy” series, visit www.AchieveYourStrategy.com.

Achieve CEO Derrick Feldmann was featured a a guest on Inside INdiana Buisness with Gerry Dick on March 8th. Derrick discussed current fundraising trends and offered tips for fundraising in a tough economy. Watch the interview here.

Achieve is pleased to announce Lee Ann Jourdan, Executive Director of Girls Inc. of Monroe County and Nelda Brown, Executive Director of the National Service-Learning Partnership as the recipients of the Achieve scholarships to the BootCamp for New Nonprofit CEO’s hosted by the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management at North Park University in Chicago. The BootCamp is an unparalleled experience in nonprofit leadership for 30 new CEO’s and Executive Directors from across the country.

The BootCamp is an unparalleled experience in nonprofit leadership for 30 new CEO’s and Executive Directors from across the country.

 

Lee Ann Jourdan, Executive Director
Girls Inc. of Monroe County

“I can’t say it any more concise than this – Lee Ann is Girls Inc! She embodies our mission and exemplifies our ideals,” shared Girls Inc. of Monroe County Board President, Steve Jascewsky. We at Achieve agree! And, that’s why Lee Ann Jourdan has been selected as a recipient of the Achieve Scholarship to the Axelson Center BootCamp.

 

Lee Ann’s story is one of a young, ambitious employee, who returned to the organization a few years later to serve as the executive director. Dedicated to the mission of Girls Inc.—Lee Ann worked for the organization from 2002 to 2006, overseeing the agency's after-school program and day camps.

 

Lee Ann most recently served as the associate development director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana and now fills a void left by a highly respected and long-time executive director. Lee Ann recently shared her enthusiasm for her position, energetically stating, "I love the Girls Inc. mission of raising the self-esteem and confidence of girls, fighting against gender inequities, and celebrating girls and womanhood."

 

 

Nelda Brown leads a grassroots network of more than 12,000 members from all 50 states and several U.S. territories that connects youth, teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, education leaders, community partners, businesspeople, and researchers dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s life and education.

Nelda is active in numerous volunteer roles in the communities in which she lives and works. Currently, Nelda is a member of the Voices for National Service and ServiceNation steering committees, serves on the advisory board of The George Washington University’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration, the steering committee for the Civic Mission of Schools Coalition Campaign, and as a troop leader for a Junior Girl Scout Troop in Alexandria, VA.

 

Before joining the Partnership, Nelda was the founding executive director of the State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) and worked for the California Department of Education. In these roles, Nelda contributed to the formation and implementation of policy and practice to promote service-learning in California.