Kenya: Africa fund raising symposium

Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetsafrica.org), is a premier development training brand in Africa which endeavors to build and enhance the skills development needs of public benefit organizations to improve performance and results. We are pleased to announce the following symposium set to take place in December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Conference Name: AFRICA FUND RAISING SYMPOSIUM

Date: 9^th -11^th December 2015

Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

Cost: USD 625-(discounts for group registration applicable)

Need for Symposium

Has your organization been struggling to attract and keep new donors? Are you persistently faced with the challenge of getting funds for longer term (more than 3 year) projects? Do you need more funds for your organization for the 2016 financial year?Every organization hopes to acquire long-term supportfrom a range of donors and establishing strong relationships with donors can help an organization achieve its fund raising goals much faster. This unique experience ,an opportunity to have a one on one platform to engage and network with a cross section of donors, managers of key foundations, managers of leading NGOs, INGOs and other institutions, provides an excellent opportunity to create effective and result oriented networks!

Indeed, as an internationally oriented organization, you have to pay close attention when traditional ways of fund raising are shifting and new opportunities open up to embrace new strategies which help will unlock donors’ full potential.

The good news for you is that charitable giving is expanding with web technology and innovative fund raising techniques catalyzing fund raising in ways never seen before resulting in tremendous benefits for communities: diseases prevented ,decreasing mortality rates, more disadvantaged children in school, more meals delivered, more farmers trained, more programs funded, etc . You too can reorient your organization’s fund raising strategies to affect more of the change that motivates your mission.

Organizations are always faced with competing priorities regarding donor opportunities. The purpose of this symposium is to provide organizations with a road map or criteria for assessing whether and how to *respondto a donor opportunity,***equip you with skills to proactively seek out***new sources of funding***from a***range of donors***, enable organizations identify**strategic networking and marketing opportunities, positioning your organization as a sub or prime and know how to sequentially and effectively develop an articulate fund raising plan. This symposium is the first step in the process that ties legacy and strategic priorities to fund raising\*.*

Additionally, this global forumenables you to creatively design, implement and maintain communication systems which apply advances in communication technology to raise more funds for your organization: accessing cloud-based donor management software for more funding and securing your institutional memory\*,*Use of digital wallets, mobile apps to make it easier for your organization to receive donor funds from international forums, blogging and optimization of*the online donation experience!***

Overall Objective

By the end of the symposium, you will be able to decide on the strategic priorities for your organization and model fund raising strategies and plans that are most critical to the vision and mission of the organization through 1) deepening technical expertise in fund raising 2) broadening geographic area of fund raising 3) developing expertise in a new program area; and 4) replicating or expanding promising models or approaches.

Benefits of attending the symposium

·Whether new or already receiving donor funding, a one on one interaction with key donors will help you find out what matters most to donorsand assess how your organization can address their priorities within your fund raising strategies and plans

·You will evaluate your organization’s current fund raising systems to develop practical and simple systems for organizing, managing and tracking fund raising activities that are more likely to achieve their goals.

·Identify the criteria used in assessing priority donors

·Strengthen your ability to improve and critically assess the effectiveness of corporate
capabilities statements

·Get to know the paperwork of key donors

·Become better equipped to negotiate your budget based on your defined scope of work.

·Identify the link between your organization’s legacy and fund raising and importance of having strategic priorities

·Appreciate the role of strategic networking and marketing to fund raising

·Improve decision-making, name some responsibilities of a prime organization and questions to consider when responding to an RFA as a sub or a prime

·Identify the documents, templates and systems you need to support fund raising efforts

·Familiarize yourself with Fund Raising module learning approach

·Get additional resources for practical information, tools and guidance for your fund raising plans

Symposium discussion themes

·Understanding fundraising systems, the donor environment, Donor Characteristics and Donor Research Tools and Criteria for donor assessment

·Strategic Networking and Marketing Guidelines - Strengthening the Building Blocks

·Maximizing the power of IT in fund raising

·Understanding role & strategies for Negotiating as a Prime or Sub

·Positioning your organization for (RFA)

·Why proposal get funded while others don’t

·How to Raise Funds from European and USA Foundations – 5 Steps to Success

·Donor Expectations, Donor Cultivation Guidelines & Strategies for approaching donors -***how make your organization a valued and trusted resource to your donor***

·***Re-positioning your organization for new funding***

·Organization legacy & Organization Strategic Priorities-“What is the relationship between strategic priorities and fund raising and why it is important?”

·Corporate Giving, Corporate Foundations & Corporate Capability Statements

·Partner Meetings: Brainstorming the Approach

·***Putting it All Together***: Grant winning fund raising strategies & plans, Fund raising plan development guidelines & Action Steps,***Fundraising documents & systems to support the Fund raising plan***

·Donor round-table-a plenary question and answer session with donors

Symposium Methodology

Overall approach of the symposium: This will entirelybe a***discussion based***symposium***with sessions build upon one another, combining knowledge and hands-on practice with reflection and evaluation [adult learning cycle], with facilitators using small group interactive exercises, large group discussions, role plays and examples from organizations and drawing upon participants’ own experience, knowledge and ideas to help them identify the people, networks, tools, strategies and systems they need to develop to implement a***successful***fund raising strategy.

Added Benefits of Participating in the Symposium

·A free CD copy of the revised International Donor Directory 2016

·Fund Raising Action Plan Guidelines

·Criteria for donor assessment -CD

·Selected Donor screen shots, Donor Grid, Strategic networking & Donor cultivation guidelines

·Facilitators and participants develop a list of key points that NGO representatives should communicate to donors including a plan for follow-up

·Proposal Coordinator Template -CD

·Fund Raising Systems Checklist Template-CD

·A fully paid for aftersymposium diner***at the***world famous Carnivore restaurant***in Nairobi

About the Organization

Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.org)-AAI- is a top training brand based in Kenya which specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a consultant base of more than 110 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, Consultants at AAI have been sought by such reputable organizations as: African Institute for Capacity Development(AICAD), Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, Samaritan’s Purse-DRC, Search for Common Ground-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Save the Children-Somali, The First Bank of Nigeria, Islamic Relief-Somalia, Diamond Development Initiatives-Nigeria, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia among others. Our more than 10 years experience enables AAI to identify and effectively meet your staffs’ skills development needs.

For more information regarding the training workshop, Contact:

Lillian Ateng’

Training Coordinator

Asset Africa Institute

Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street

P.O. Box 12903 - 00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 722 469454/+254 720986965

Email: info@assetsafrica.org/assetafrika@gmail.com

www.assetsafrica.org

To enable us make a reservation for you, fill in the registration form attached and email it back to us at:

Lillian Ateng’

Training Coordinator

Asset Africa Institute

Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street

P.O. Box 12903 - 00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 722 469454/+254 720986965

Email: info@assetsafrica.org/assetafrika@gmail.com

www.assetsafrica.org