The How, Who and Why of Fund Development in the Arts
Join Business and Arts NL and your colleagues across the arts sector as we spend the day together to focus on fundraising.
Monday, March 28, 2022, 10:00 am – 8:30 pm (NDT)
Online via Webex or in person at Emera Innovation Exchange, 100 Signal Hill Campus.
Registration is required in advance for all events. Our members get 25% off with the coupon code MEMBER2022.
Session 1 – Presentation:
Fundraising in 2022 with Brent Platt
Monday, March 28th at 10:00 – 11:30 am
In-person at Emera Innovation Exchange and online via Webex
Times have changed, and so has how we raise funds. Spend an hour with Brent Platt, VP of RBR Development Associates, to find out what fundraising looks in 2022, including:
- Who is giving? When and how?
- Donor priorities in the last two years – how have they shifted? Where are the opportunities?
- Ingredients for successful fundraising in 2022 – what digital tools and capabilities do we need? And who can help us?
Brent Platt is an accomplished and seasoned fund development professional with a successful track record in strategic planning, organizing, and leading fundraising programs. His expertise includes website design, digital security, leadership development, conceptualizing and executing capital campaign initiatives, designing strategic sponsorship opportunities, and recruiting and engaging senior volunteers.
Brent has spent the last 15 years working in the non-profit sector, most recently with L’Arche Homefires where he introduced AI and machine learning to streamline daily processes and track the community’s outcomes. Brent has completed an EMBA with a specialization in data sciences and advanced statistical inference.
Session 2 – Community Lunch:
Penny For Your Thoughts
Monday, March 28th at 12:00 pm
In-person at Emera Innovation Exchange
Welcoming arts administrators, board members and artistic directors! Join your colleagues for a meal and a chance to trade fundraising tips while you talk about what else your organization needs to fundraise and be financially sustainable.
These lunchtime table sessions will be lightly facilitated by Amy Henderson, Executive Director of Business & Arts NL.
Session 3 – Roundtable:
Corporate Sponsorship in the Arts
Monday, March 28th, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
In-person at Emera Innovation Exchange and online via Webex
Artistic Fraud’s Patrick Foran will sit down to talk with representatives from corporate sponsors big and small. Whether you’re hoping to secure your organization’s first corporate gift, or looking to learn something new about how to maintain these relationships, join us for a conversation with:
- Glenn Bolger, Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Charitable Foundation
- Erika Kelland, Genoa Design
- Pat Thompson, Diamond Design
- Trish Vardy, RBC
So much has changed for all of us these last few years. Join this session to learn more about:
- How sponsors’ priorities are shifting
- How and when to reach out to seek new sponsorships and relationships
- How to build healthy, trustful, and mutually beneficial relationships
- How the arts sector can help businesses be connected and resilient right now
Session 4 – Keynote Presentation: Unleashing the Potential of Reluctant Fundraisers with Cindy Wagman
Monday, March 28th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
In-person at Emera Innovation Exchange and online via Webex
Most organizations have some folks who are reluctant fundraisers. You know, those who would rather “do anything but” fundraise. It could be you, your ED/CEO, board, fundraising committee, or staff. And regardless of how simple you make it for them to help with fundraising, they never take action. Or they get stuck in generating a laundry list of ideas that never get implemented.
Join best-selling author Cindy Wagman as she uncovers what’s really keeping them from fundraising (hint – we leverage some neuroscience) and how you can help guide them towards meaningful action.
Cindy Wagman is the President and Founder of The Good Partnership, a values-driven, social-justice informed consultancy that is working to unlock the potential of small nonprofits through fundraising. Cindy became a Certified Fundraising Executive in 2009 and received her MBA from the Rotman School at the University of Toronto in 2013. Cindy has presented for AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals), CanadaHelps, CharityVillage, Bloomerang, Keela, and Fundraising Everywhere. She is the host of The Small Nonprofit podcast, Canada’s #1 podcast for charities, and the best-selling author of Raise It! The Reluctant Fundraiser’s Guide to Raising Money Without Selling Your Soul.
