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• Social Media – WHAT’S NEW, USEFUL, OR A WASTE OF YOUR TIME

  • When
    09/12/2018
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    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Sam's of Gedney Way, 52 Gedney Way, White Plains

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  Marketing on social media is a bit more complex than you may think. Different platforms have different idiosyncrasies to succeed. Learn about what’s useful, what’s new, and what’s a waste of your time in the world of social media.
  

  Key Takeaways

  • Which platforms work for certain audiences
    
  • How to inspire and grow engagement
    
  • When to post and how often by platform for the best results
    
  • The truth about social advertising and organic reach
    

  Speaker:  Jennifer Shaheen, Technology Therapy
  

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• "Ask the Experts" Roundtable Workshop

  • When
    10/10/2018
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    8:15 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Scarsdale Golf Club, 1 Club Way, Hartsdale

  Roundtable discussions with fundraising, philanthropy and nonprofit experts

  ADO will assemble some of the region’s foremost authorities who will answer crucial questions on a wide range of topics such as legal issues, annual giving, donor prospecting, capital campaigns, major gifts, grant writing, planned giving, marketing & PR, social media, and more.

  This interactive event is useful for development directors, executive directors, finance officers, volunteer coordinators, board members, and others in your organization. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in up to four roundtable discussions during workshop.

  
  

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• Prospect Research: Google & Beyond

  • When
    11/14/2018
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Sam's of Gedney Way, 52 Gedney Way, White Plains

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  Speaker:  Rebecca Snyder, Greenburgh Nature Center
  

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• Cultivating Donors: Major Gift Success

  • When
    12/12/2018
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Sam's of Gedney Way, 52 Gedney Way, White Plains

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  So you’ve researched and produced a list of prospective donors to your organization! Now what? How do you turn them into engaged, generous supporters of your cause? This presentation explores both the art and the science of major gift fundraising. We’ll focus on the three steps to successful major gift fundraising: getting organized, scheduling meetings, and making the “ask.” Attendees will leave with a process and tools for major gift success, as well as ideas for engaging donors and strengthening their relationship to your organization.

  Key Takeaways

  Attendees will leave with….

  • ideas for building and strengthening relationships with donors;
    
  • tools to organize their major gift work for success;
    
  • techniques for making phone calls and sending emails to secure major gift meetings;
    
  • powerful strategies for structuring a major gift donor meeting that includes an “ask”.
    

  Speaker:  Betsy Steward, Heller Fundraising Group
  

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