Events Fundraising: Strategy & Planning (Management Level) (30 & 31-Oct-24)

Events FundraisingStrategy
30 - 31 October 2024
10:00AM to 04:30PM

Individual Prices

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Package Type Available To Price
Individual Member Fee All Days Individual Members £305
Non-Individual Member Fee All Days Non Individual Members £363

This engaging course is designed to help you to evaluate the performance of your current portfolio of events, drive forward your events.

Standard Content

Being able to run a great fundraising event is the first step towards realising potential of events for your organisation. Knowing which should stay in the schedule, how long they will remain effective and where you should make investment in new events comes down to your strategy and planning skills. This course will enable you to set clear objectives, work effectively across fundraising functions and deliver a balanced portfolio of events to appeal to the right audiences at the right time.

Initially I was apprehensive about attending a two day online course, but the content and delivery was engaging and informative, and the group exercises were a great opportunity to share ideas with colleagues across the sector. I feel I have come away with a deeper understanding of the event planning process and the different aspects to consider in terms of maximising income and creatively capturing relevant data.

Georgia Watson, Events & Products Lead at Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance

Who should attend?

This course is designed for people who have been working in an event fundraising capacity for 2 years plus. The course includes content related to people management and therefore learners should either be new managers or aspiring to a managerial role within the event fundraising field.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Develop your events strategy for the year ahead
  • Use your strategy to review, measure and analyse your success in terms of return on investment
  • Construct a balanced portfolio of events
  • Effectively manage your events fundraising budget including preparation of annual budgets
  • Differentiate between marketing techniques and know how and when to effectively apply them
  • Identify event sponsorship opportunities and how they can be implemented successfully
  • Select appropriate management techniques and styles to ensure positive internal and external relationships are created and maintained
  • Prepare effective reports using your plans and key results for use internally and externally
  • Identify and apply the key learning points from your completed events to help your future planning

The Live Virtual Training Experience

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising's live virtual training is delivered by trainers who are leading experts in their chosen discipline. Each virtual course has been especially designed to deliver a rich virtual learning experience. Your course will feature:

  • Zoom platform learning environment
  • Interactive engagement with the trainer and peers
  • Group discussions and exercises
  • Real-life case studies and examples
  • Ample Q&A opportunities throughout the sessions

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

The course is being delivered via the online platform zoom. To enable you to interact with your tutor and your class you will need to have access to a microphone (or access to a landline phone) and ideally have a working video link via a camera. To test compatibility with your system, you can join a test meeting via this link https://zoom.us/test

About your trainer

AmickyCarol Akiwumi is a serial entrepreneur, consultant, trainer and inspirational speaker with a passion for Stewardship and Justice; helping individuals and organisations to unlock their potential in those areas. Her expertise includes creating bespoke strategies, programmes and tools for capacity building and resource mobilisation, as well as developing high level partnerships with major donors, community groups and business leaders, on four continents. 

Carol is the founder and CEO of Money4YOU, an organisation delivering financial education, entrepreneurship and capacity building training across the world. Carol is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals USA and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIoF). From 2011 to 2021, she held various roles with the CIoF including Chair of Black Fundraisers UK, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is the host and executive producer of two podcasts: Four minutes in Fundraising and BonsaïBriefs, and is a highly sought after inspirational speaker and trainer. In 2021, she was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen Elizabeth the Great’s New Year Honours List 2021 for services to Financial Education during Covid-19.

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