Resources for Your Success
Advancement Resources is your partner to drive meaningful philanthropy for your donors, for your organization, and for your career.
Discover what motivates transformational giving and elevate your organization’s mindset towards individual donors and major gifts philanthropy.
Individual Workshop Experiences
About Advancement Resources
Advancement Resources is a global leader in research-based professional education, implementation services, and breakthrough thinking in philanthropy. Our company has been in practice for 20 years and has trained over 80,000 professional fundraisers and partners during this time. Leveraging expertise in medical, academic, and nonprofit philanthropy, we partner with organizations to help them realize their full philanthropic potential.
The Art and Science of Donor Development
Ideal for seasoned and newer major gifts development professionals, The Art and Science of Donor Development is a powerful means of connecting to the heart of philanthropy. This workshop helps participants understand donor motivations and how to meet the needs of donors as well as those of their organizations.
Professional Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders
Nonprofit CEOs and directors are encouraged to attend this intense, one-day workshop with their development directors. Together, participants focus on principles for enhancing their major gifts programs, with a focus on sharing the organization’s mission and vision as a compelling Opportunity Story that inspires philanthropic support. Participants also explore donor motivation and the roles that all organizational stakeholders play in helping potential donors make significant contributions to the organization.
Dynamics of Clinician Engagement
This highly interactive workshop prepares medical development professionals to optimize engagement of physicians and other health professionals as development partners. Emphasis is on concepts, processes, and skills for building strong working relationships with health professionals that lead to increased philanthropic contributions. Participants also explore high-level, strategic concepts for building a robust grateful patient program.
Coaching! An Intense Workshop for Development Leaders
Nonprofit managers and leaders are encouraged to attend this rigorous, one-day workshop uniquely designed with a major gifts fundraising focus. In a highly interactive format, the workshop offers tools and techniques to managers of all experience levels that can be applied immediately to coach teams to higher levels of performance.
Pre-requisite
The Art and Science of Donor Development
Hi-Po Immersion
This intense, total immersion workshop is designed for high-potential development professionals and represents a major investment in building their interpersonal skills and capabilities. Participants engage in three video-recorded exercises that highlight critical conversations in the donor cultivation process, including the Process for Locating Philanthropic Passion™. To provide adequate personal attention and coaching, Hi-Po Immersion is limited to 12 participants.
Pre-requisite
The Art and Science of Donor Development
Professional Fundraising for Deans and Academic Leaders
Designed for deans and other academic leaders to attend along with their development partner, this highly interactive workshop explores the essential roles that deans and academic leaders play in helping donors and potential donors make significant contributions to their institutions. In addition to gaining valuable tools and strategies, participants will have the opportunity to practice articulating their funding priorities as compelling Opportunity Stories to donors and potential donors.