Do you seminar?

This post will be all about doing seminars and workshops as a means to augment your fundraising income or increasing your ministry's exposure.

A lot of non-profit organizations can already be considered as experts in their field. Some can be called authorities in disaster relief, community transformation, livelihood training, adoption, health care, a host of other things.

So ask yourself, what is your organization's asset that you can make a seminar out of? CBN Asia's humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing Philippines has been invited to disaster management conferences. CBN Asia's missionary training arm, Asian Center for Missions, has been doing conferences on how to take care of missionaries. It provides these organizations with awareness and networking opportunities.

You need to evaluate yourself to find out what your organization's strengths are and you feel that it is unique or not so many are are teaching or sharing it, then you may have something that may be worth selling to other organizations.

News for the Pinoy Fundraiser

Hello again from Siquijor!

I'm posting an announcement from the Christian Stewardship Association's Zenet Maramara about a seminar that they will be holding at ATS.

RAISING MONEY FOR YOUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

Resource Speaker: Ms. Chill Fortunado, Resource Development Manager, Food for the Hungry

Raising money for non profit organization discusses the essentials of resource development, the infrastructures of resource mobilization, relationship building with donors, leadership team, fund raising planning, sources of funds for NGOs. Other topics that will be discussed includes fundraising events, solicitation and GIK (gifts in kind) partnership, facilitating a volunteer program and grants opportunities. The importance of monitoring and evaluating the RD initiatives will also be tackled to determine its effectiveness. It will also be a time to share some of the best practices of resource development staff of other NGOs. We hope that the participants of the workshop will leave with a gladness in their hearts that they are instruments of bridging the gap of the needs and the resource sharing where the giver and receiver are reciprocally benefiting.

WHEN: June 20, 2009, Saturday, 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

WHERE: Asian Theological Seminary, 2nd flr. Stewardship Center
54 Scout Mardinan St., Quezon City

Fee: P350.00 (includes snacks and handouts)

Contact for details: Luz Ellen Mendoza: 9297806, 0917-8459709
stewardship@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Zenet Maramara
Chairman, Christian Stewardship Association