Fundamentals of Fund Development  - Calgary - March 6, 2019 

Location: The Kahnoff Centre 200, 105 12 Ave SE

Time: 9:00-4:00

Fundamentals of Fundraising: Is fundraising an essential part of your revenue? Are you confident that your fundraising practices and policies are setting you up for success?

This full-day workshop will help you build strong, stable, and practical fundraising practices, covering topics such as:

• Accepting gifts and donations
• Stewarding donors 
• Appropriate use of funds
• Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) compliance
• Provincial and CRA fundraising requirements.  

Presented by:

Scott Decksheimer, CFRE: Scott Decksheimer has been a leader in the nonprofit field for more than 20 years. Before co-founding ViTreo Group, a leading Canadian fundraising consultancy, Scott worked in healthcare and education, including leading an $80 million fundraising campaign, which at the time was the largest fundraising campaign in southern Alberta history. Scott is an international trainer, an active board member, an award-winning fundraiser, and is skilled at developing leadership within organizations.

C.Yvonne Chenier, Q.C.: Yvonne is a lawyer and philanthropy consultant. As Board Chair of IntegralOrg, Yvonne brings 35 years of experience helping those in the philanthropic, not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors, acting as general legal counsel and advising on planning, organizational, regulatory and governance matters.

Betty Thompson, FCPA, FCGA: Betty is a chartered professional accountant and President and Board member of IntegralOrg. Betty has over 40 years of entrepreneurial and not-for-profit expertise. Through IntegralOrg, Betty offers coaching services in governance, policy development, financial and management related issues.