Workshopping Your Annual Appeal - Medford

About this event

Date

Thursday, October 19, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. Light breakfast provided.

Event Description

Title
Workshopping Your Annual Appeal

Presenter
Doreen O'Skea, CFRE; Director Of Philanthropy, The Peregrine Fund

This highly interactive session will bring fundraisers in your community together for a collective learning experience where each can share their thoughts, challenges, and aspirations. Come prepared to jump right in and contribute to the discussions and activities.

Discussions: Learn from experts and peers about effective strategies and techniques that you can incorporate into your own fundraising – setting you up to craft compelling appeals that resonate with your donors and generate outstanding results. You'll also be able to share success stories and lessons learned from your own experience!

• Tried and True: We'll first discuss direct solicitation best practices, exploring the art of mailed appeals, email campaigns, and more. What strategies have served you well in the past?
• Emerging Trends: We'll analyze the latest trends in fundraising, discovering what works like magic, what doesn't quite hit the mark, and the emerging techniques that will keep you at the forefront of the ever-evolving fundraising world.

Activity: This is your chance to receive valuable feedback, collaborate with fellow fundraisers, and polish your appeals to perfection. We encourage you to bring copies of previous years' appeals or this year's draft if you've already begun!

NAO is committed to creating inclusive learning environments and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Automatic closed captioning via Zoom is turned on by default for all NAO virtual sessions. For other accommodation requests, please contact us at [email protected]. Advanced notice of at least 10 days is appreciated.

About the Presenter

Doreen O'Skea, CFRE; Director Of Philanthropy, The Peregrine Fund Doreen O'Skea, CFRE, is a passionate and skilled senior development professional with over 25 years of experience in philanthropy. Throughout her career, she has generated more than $200 million through her leadership in various fundraising initiatives, including general membership and major gifts programs, legacy and planned giving initiatives, principal gift stewardship, alumni and board relations, and event planning and marketing. Doreen possesses a warm and gregarious personality that enables her to build strong interpersonal connections with donors and stakeholders. In her current role as the Director of Philanthropy at The Peregrine Fund, she furthers the organization's goal of finding innovative ways to connect the work of biologists to the general public. Her focus is on inspiring donors to partner with the organization for world wide preservation opportunities – saving raptors and their habitats. Doreen lives in Ashland, Oregon.

Thank You Funders

Funders: Meyer Memorial Trust & M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Cost

$45 NAO Members
$75 Nonmembers

This event is Member Pass eligible.

If you have any questions or trouble registering, contact [email protected]. 

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