Course Overview
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Summary
Seed Foundations is the first of three courses designed to guide participants towards an elite career in fundraising. This course on the foundations of fundraising looks at fundraising as a craft rather than a series of activities. It provides essential tools for new fundraising professionals who need to raise significant revenue in their first 90 days.
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Learning Outcome
Participants in Seed Foundations will build the knowledge and skills necessary to play a stronger role in their organization’s fundraising efforts and gain a greater sense of occupational purpose.
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Delivery Method
Nine modules are delivered in an online learning platform that incorporates presentation, reflection, and supplemental materials. The entire course is designed to be completed within 15 hours.
Included in Seed Foundations
Enroll in the course for $997 and benefit from the following:
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Instructional Training
$1,075 value
Over 4 hours of audio instruction proven to accelerate your fundraising effectiveness, includes an additional 3 hours of interviews with fundraising specialists in: annual giving, events, and development operations
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Guided Reflection and Assignments
$1,800 value
9 units of guided personal reflection and targeted skill-development assignments designed to deepen your learning experience. Includes 18 downloadable resources aligned with instruction including: proposal templates, grant calendar templates, samples, recommendations, and major gift portfolio templates
You will learn how to:
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Approach fundraising as a craft rather than a series of activities so that you can claim greater occupational purpose
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Speak to donors about your organization with clarity and inspiration
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Transition your donor relationships from transactional to missional
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Select strategies that work for your organization
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Use segmentation, messaging, and mediums in annual giving strategies
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Balance the science and art of major gift fundraising
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Compose strategic grant applications so that the return on investment is greater than the effort required to acquire and manage the award.
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Create transformative events
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Maximize development operations for frontline efficiency
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Create habits that elevate you as an elite vocational fundraiser
Your Instructor
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Dan Reed
CEO, Seed Fundraisers
With a desire to actively unite people with stories beyond themselves, Dan has served as a professional fundraiser for over 15 years. For causes ranging from public education to the advancement of free enterprise to animal health, he’s helped organizations raise over $50 million dollars in private philanthropy. Regardless of the cause, Dan’s core conviction remains: fundraisers serve culture as intentional catalysts for generosity. In 2015, he launched Seed Fundraisers to re-orient, train, and coach fundraisers to achieve organizational results, greater occupational satisfaction, and ultimately, lasting cultural impact. Previously, Dan worked in a variety of fundraising roles for National Right to Work Committee, Denver Public Schools Foundation, and as Chief Development Officer for Morris Animal Foundation. Dan’s passion for philanthropy has guided his conviction for the occupation of fundraisers and the belief that fundraisers serve the world as intentional catalysts of generosity. After calling Denver home for the last 15 years, Dan and his family have returned to his hometown in Pittsburgh. He loves poetry, spirited discussions, the crafts of Kentucky, hockey, cocktails, and big dogs.
What they're saying...
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Incredible Depth
Amanda Hockmuth
Incredible & thought provoking! I am amazed by the depth of insight & call to introspection this provided. Thank you for calling to the deeper places!! I am a better version of myself after walking through just 1 module of this course!
Incredible & thought provoking! I am amazed by the depth of insight & call to introspection this provided. Thank you for calling to the deeper places!! I am a better version of myself after walking through just 1 module of this course!
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i'm jumping out of my socks in appreciation for the quality and quantity of your deliverables.
Garth Warren
incredible!
incredible!
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Awesome information and super helpful for donor relationships
Joe Arioto
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Major Gifts
Lori Arfsten
Excellent. Helpful information for general relationship building in the community as well.
Excellent. Helpful information for general relationship building in the community as well.
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