Making Your Non-Profit Profitable

February 29th - 9:30 am to 3:30 pm

(Combine this course with the Feb 28th Raising Money One Donor at a Time Workshop and save... Call us at 740-674-4300 for combination discounts and group discounts)

Why is it that we tend to think that non-profit means no profit?  AND why do we ignore the need to market, market, market our cause?  The only difference between non-profits and for-profits is the motivation behind the enterprise.  

It is this mind set that creates a continual struggle to meet the budget and raise the funds to keep the doors open.

Join Annie and Jay Warmke, two former successful non-profit executive directors to learn how to do two things – 1) market your non-profit to potential donors (or keep those donors participating) and 2) create a successful fundraising plan that puts money in the bank for the future.

This workshop is a continuation of the “Raising Money One Donor at a Time” workshop that Annie teaches.  She will go into depth to show how to create a planned giving campaign, how to use a Website to raise money, and a fundraising plan that builds on “friendraisers”.  Jay will talk about the basics of successful marketing, and assist in helping each participant develop a plan that will enable them to hit the ground running when they return to their work.

For best results please bring along a board member or another staff person.  Sharing the knowledge is a better way to take the information back to the organization

This is an opportunity to learn from someone who has successfully raised money from individuals and corporations over the past two decades.  

Annie Warmke (Candice Slaughter Warmke) started raising money for non-profits in 1980 in Athens, Ohio.  Over the years she has founded and led several non-profits including Sunrise of Pasco County and Women’s Peacepower Foundation – an international women’s fund.  She has taught various forms of this workshop throughout the U.S., Germany, Russia, Ireland and England.

Jay Warmke has been success in both for-profit and non-profit industries.  Early in his career he served as general manager of  Diamond Comic Distributors - increasing sales to well over $50 million per year.  He then moved over to the non-profit world, taking a small telecommunications association from annual revenues of $215,000 to over $15 million - and each year making a profit!

Fee:

The fee for the day is $79 for the first person from the organization and $65 for each additional attendee from the same organization.   Fees include all materials and a hearty lunch created from locally grown and produced food.   For more information or to register please send an email to annie@bluerockstation.com or telephone Annie Warmke (740) 674-4300.