1. School Fundraising Capacity Building Midpoint Meeting Kay Sprinkel Grace, Facilitator March 4, 20148:30 – 11:30 a.m.

2.  8:15 – 9:00Welcome, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Purpose, Introductions  9:00 – 9:30Recap of first 2 webinars + overview of next 4: questions/comments  9:30 – 10:15Participant questions/concerns/problems/successes  10:15 – 10:30Break  10:30 – 11:25 Building your internal team: work sessions by school  11:25 – Noon Closing comments, feedback and adjournment

3. A quick review

4.  Demystifying Fundraising – key ideas – did we do it? What else can we do?  Mission, Vision, Values and Case – the bedrock of our work – did the “homework” help? Did you engage your volunteers in a review?

5.  March 6 and 18 – Volunteer leadership  April 8 and 29 – Grant writing/growing foundation investment  May 6 and 20 – Creating, implementing and growing an annual fund  June 2 and 4 – Effective solicitation and stewardship for major and planned giving

6.  June 25, 8 – Noon  For that meeting, expected completion of the following: ◦ Revised/refreshed mission, vision, values and a case expression that can be used for foundation and other funding proposals ◦ Aspirations for the impact of this program as expressed in your initial planning worksheet ◦ Identification, enlistment, training and encouragement of a leadership team for donor development and fundraising at your school

7. You will want to hear from each other, not just from me… *Share Our Success

8.  What are your Top 10 Big Ideas from the Webinars so far?  How do these ideas get implemented in schools of varying size and experience?

9. Progress report Questions/counsel Planning time for schools, full group reporting

10. Feedback, discussion, adjournment

11.  “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs  “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. “ – William Pollard

12. School Fundraising Capacity Building Midpoint Meeting Kay Sprinkel Grace, Facilitator kaysprinkelgrace@aol.com www.kaygrace.org