Project Partners offers seminars and workshops, coaching, facilitation, strategic planning and customized instruction. Call on us, too, for personable, professional luncheon and conference speakers.
Prior speaking, coaching, facilitating, and training engagements include:
AFP CFRE Review Course--marketing and communications for fundraising module
AFP DFW Philanthropy Conference
AFP Fundamentals of Fundraising Course
AFP membership luncheons of the Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Midland chapters
Arlington Life Shelter Board of Directors - “The Board’s Role in Fundraising” and staff orientation to development plan
Arlington Public Library Foundation board training
Big 12 Development Conference
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth staffing team planning facilitation for new initiative
Camp Fire USA First Texas Council program staff training, board retreat and development staff coaching
Child Study Center Foundation staff training
Community Conversations facilitation for the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (the T)
Community Storehouse of Keller staff retreat
DOVIA (Directors of Volunteers in Agencies) professional development workshop
Fort Worth Drowning Prevention Coalition
Fort Worth Early Childhood Initiative
Funding Information Center (FIC) special events panel
Gladney Center for Adoption Gladney Family Association volunteer leadership training
Greater Keller Chamber board workshop
HEB ISD Education Foundation strategic planning
Key School in-services for educational team
“Making the Most of Your Fundraising Event” presented by Auctionpay
Meals on Wheels development staff training
MHMR Visions Foundation strategic planning consulting and facilitation
Minority Chamber Workshop at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce
North Texas Clean Air Coalition—from initiative to nonprofit
Nurse-Family Partnership - Western USA program development team
P-16 Council educator/business panel discussion at UTA
Partnership for Philanthropic Planning - Lone Star Council
"Philanthropy in our Town--Today and Tomorrow" workshop, sponsored by FIC and the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation
Presbyterian Foundation (USA) development officer training
Tarrant Independent School Consortium (TISC) membership meeting
Tarrant Literacy Coalition Workshop
TCC Foundation board retreat consulting and facilitation
TCU Alumni Association’s Presidents Council
Texas Pediatrics Society Foundation board retreat consulting and facilitation
Texas State Technical College Women’s Leadership Conference
Women Business Assistance Center’s "Lunch and Learn"
Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County board retreat
Topics include:
"Who do you know? Who needs to know you?”--An introduction to fundraising, prospecting, stewardship and relational marketing. "Beyond the pink napkins - A guide to more purposeful events.”
--Execute splendid events that impress your priority
constituencies—clients, donors, prospects, the media, alumni, members,
sponsors--and learn of the professional tools that help make those
events possible. "Can you hear me now? Communications strategies to inform, inspire and motivate your community.” --Learn the basics and tricks of the trade to improve your community profile, better market your mission and raise more money.
"Volunteers. You can’t live with them. You can’t live without them." --Learn to recruit, train, motivate, manage and retain volunteers that you won’t want to live without! "Mission & major gifts."
--A look at philanthropy in our society and staff & volunteer roles
in developing a mission-minded major gifts program for your important
cause.
"Cooperation and collaboration for the common good."--Discover
the benefits of increased capacity, extraordinary relationships, and
bottom-line results from aligning with others who share your vision for
community and causes.
"The Board’s Role in Fundraising"
--Remove the mystery and add the fun and reward.
"My staff raved about your presentation on volunteer engagement." Mae Ferguson, President/CEO Fort Worth Sister Cities International
"I am new to this, and through your presentation, you gave me the foundation and the empowerment to perhaps demand more from my volunteers and board." Paula Miser, Community Relations & Fundraising Hospice of Lubbock
"The information you shared in your recent presentation on volunteer management has made an immediate positive, impact on our work." Krista Gordon, Assistant Director of Alumni Development UNT Health Science Center
"I have had a number of people share how much they liked and learned from your remarks. Not only did you reaffirm what we have been doing to raise funds, but you re-energized our enthusiasm and necessity to focus strategically on cultivating relationships with sponsors, volunteers, board members and corporate donors." Kristin Vandergriff, Board Chair Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Arlington
