Calendar of Past Events from 2004-2005:

Launching Strategic Revolutions in the Development Office

Date: May 18, 2005
Location: The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue (at 16th Street)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Speakers in the morning session:
Keynote Speaker:
Alyssa Herman
Director of Development
Doctors Without Borders, USA/Medecins Sans Frontieres
Alyssa will speak about the overwhelming response to the tsunami disaster in South Asia and her organization's decision to cap donations.

David M. Lawson
Senior Vice President, (Major Gifts & Marketing)
Kintera, Inc., and
Ilana Lester
Senior Consultant
Prospect Information Network, a service of Kintera
"The Role of Research in Stewardship"
What we do between the gifts ensures that those gifts will not only continue, but grow. How can research help stewardship programs foster long-term relationships that are meaningful to donors? From thanking their potential (not just their current giving) to matching up organization needs to donors' interests, research can be the difference between a nice thank you letter and delivering what donors really want to know.

Christopher Hughes
Deputy Chief Development Officer for Prospect Research & Strategic Planning
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Researcher and Strategist as One: Maintaining Momentum in a Campaign"
This session will focus on the proactive research methods used to maintain momentum in a major ongoing campaign. Learn how one Research office has attempted to better understand its constituency, expand its audience and maximize the help of its volunteers, while being a key contributor to the overall vision of its campaign.

An optional tour of the Foundation Center will be offered at this time.

Speakers in the afternoon session:
Jay Frost
President and CEO
Wealth ID
"Launching Positive Revolutions in Your Fundraising Office"
Join a thoughtful exploration into re-positioning the research function on the organizational chart, and in the fundraising office, for maximum impact. Is it controlling the research communications message to get what you want? Is it encouraging Development Research Officers to participate in formulating prospect strategy? Learn what the value of research is and how to make a case for greater influence.

David Shanton, Executive Director, Baruch College
Christian John Lillis, Associate Director of Development Research, NYU Medical Center
Lekha Menon, Director of Research and Donor Relations, New York University
Pamela Poland, Director of Research, Metropolitan Opera
"Different Strokes, Different Shops"
Researchers from different organizations share their commonalities and their differences. Learn from their experiences and join in the discussion. Gain practical applications that you can bring back to your own organization.

Join us in APRA Greater New York's first all-day workshop with featured speakers and relevant topics guaranteed to provide a unique learning forum and networking session for researchers at all levels and from all facets of the fundraising world.

Fee: All day $90 non-members, $75 members. Half-day $50 non-members, $40 members
Print out and fill in the attached document and MAIL TO LINDA GORNEY, Membership Director, 700 Northern Boulevard, LIU - Bush-Brown Hall, Greenvale, NY 11548.
Please RSVP by May 11, 2005