ProfDev: Tools and Tips for Successful Fundraising Events

Socializing for Justice is proud to be a City Awake partner and host this event during the 2015 10-day City Awake Festival. Learn more at www.cityawake.is/festival.

Ready to move from hosting “friendraisers” to hosting fundraisers? Join Socializing for Justice for a ProfDev (Professional Development) training on Tools and Tips for Successful Fundraising Events on Monday, November 9, 6:00 - 8:30 PM.

Fee: $10 advance/$20 door - split with trainer

Limited space - register ahead of time: www.sojust.org

Credit cards accepted online. Cash only at the door (if space available).

Newcomers always welcomed!

Tools and Tips for Successful Fundraising Events

This training will focus on the choreography and best practices needed to solicit at an event. You’ll learn many different ways to raise money through events: tickets, sponsorships, on-site ask, live auction, silent auction, and raffles. To stay on track as you plan and build on past successes, you’ll receive training on how to use an event timeline, event strategy form, and write an event summary. Participants will receive a handout filled with resources to help them run their own successful fundraising event.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER

Robbie Samuels has been recognized as a networking expert by Inc. and Lifehacker, and profiled in “Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It” by Dorie Clark. Since 2009, his engaging and fun presentations have helped a wide array of audiences increase their confidence when it comes to relationship-building - whether through networking, fundraising, or sales. He passionately believes everyone should stop wasting time networking and shares how through his signature session, “Art of the Schmooze.”

Over the last decade, as Senior Manager of Events and Donor Engagement at GLAD, Robbie coordinated up to 25 fundraisers and donor cultivation events a year. These fundraisers raised nearly one million dollars annually (25% of GLAD’s budget).

In 2006, he founded Socializing for Justice (SoJust.org) to build a cross-cultural, cross-issue progressive community and network in Boston based on the philosophies of abundance and radical inclusion. In recognition of his social justice work, Boston City Council named his birthday “Robbie Samuels Day” in 2011. Learn about Robbie and his work at www.RobbieSamuels.com

SCHEDULE

6:00-6:30 Socializing - bring your own dinner

6:30-8:30 Training and Q&A

* DIRECTIONS - The NonProfit Center is located one block from South Station at 89 South Street. The Center is physically accessible through the main lobby.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

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Join the SoJust Facebook group: http://on.fb.me/SoJust

On Twitter? Follow @SoJust and SoJust’s Co-Founder @RobbieSamuels #sojust

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Socializing for Justice - www.sojust.org

Since 2006, we’ve been building this great sandbox where we can bring progressives of all stripes together and try out new ideas in this “Movement Moment”. Spaces like this are crucial as we start to reframe and build new visions for our movement(s).

SoJust hosts events that draw progressives of all stripes that share common values but may work on different issues. We host monthly socials that allow for the possibility of cross-issue connections and run a monthly ProfDev Series, hosted by The NonProfit Center, which provides access to affordable professional development to increase our individual capacity for movement building.

With over 2800 members and 9 years of creating a diverse cross-issue community in Boston (200+ events!), Socializing for Justice is the best place to find the great people, organizations and community you’re looking for while putting the SOCIAL back in social justice.

YES, WE MEAN YOU. We’ve got members of all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, levels of activism and professions. We hope you see someone like yourself and meet someone you otherwise wouldn’t have.