{"product_id":"major-gifts-in-two-hours-a-week-testing","title":"Major Gifts in Two Hours a Week Testing","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0095DA;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Register and Cannot Attend, You Will Get the Webinar Recording, Slides and Bonus Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eDon’t let the phrase “major gifts” scare you off.  Major gifts are the gifts we cultivate and solicit one on one.  Where we think about our donors individually and come up with strategies, communicate one-one, and solicit specific amounts either in person or through phone, video chat, etc. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eNext to planned gifts they’re 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sans-serif;\"\u003eHow to carve out the time so you’re not doing more work but more impactful work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eHow to set goals that are realistic and clearly defined\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eHow to figure out the tools you need…and the ones you don’t (like a super-deluxe data base!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eHow to develop a major gift plan based on your organization’s overall strategies, with the right role for everyone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eHow to identify who to cultivate and 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style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eProspect Selection Chart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eTop 10 Ways to Make Your Donors Feel Special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Slides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Webinar Recording\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eMP3 Audio (Downloadable)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*PLUS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each participant will receive Asking Matters’ eBook – “Top Ten Tips on How to Ask for Donations” - as a bonus for attending this webinar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0C8643;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Attendees Said about This Nonprofit Webinar: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“This webinar was amazing. CharityHowTo found a great speaker that can help fundraisers at organizations of all sizes. 10\/10!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eZac Felty, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e American Legion Auxiliary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Brian brings a fresh yet experienced perspective to his presentations. He provides the nuts \u0026amp; bolts, along with a healthy dose of reality. His worksheets and slides are very useful and I totally agree with his emphasis on getting the most from your board.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eKarla Rodebush.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Major Gifts in Two Hours a Week was a superb webinar that provided great information and supplemental tools to empower even small shops to engage with major donor fundraising effectively. Well worth the modest price of admission and Brian is a charming presenter.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eRobin Wood-Mason, The Delores Project\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Great webinar that covered a lot of details around creating a Major Gift Plan for your organization. I especially appreciated the initial conversation about time.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eElisa Wise, Wagon Wheel Center for Arts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Very specific and oriented towards actions to get a program running or re-energized. Handouts are useful, too. I'd recommend it to clients of mine (I'm a consultant) if they don't have a MG program or are saddled with an uninvolved board.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eRobert Breck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“I thought it was excellent. Brian gave realistic and practical tips for getting a major gifts program started in a non-profit shop.  Really great!  Thank you!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eCheryl Price, Ignite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“I liked the interaction with allowing us to ask questions. It was very personable.   His openness about how he prefers to interact one on one helped me understand his feelings about large groups and special events.  I may change our focus to one or two events a year now.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eSusan Mergen, Center for Human Services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Clear, effective, step by step guide to starting a major gift effort with limited time and resources.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eKatharine Kinsolving, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“This was a great refresher on getting myself organized and confident to prioritize major gift cultivation as a regular, high-value part of my work week.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eDeb Cottin, Pete and Paul Community Services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Brian provides practical tips and resources to help manage a major donor effort - from small to large. It's all scalable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eJono McKinney, Montana Conservation Corps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“This webinar gave me a detailed lesson on how to start, manage and grow the major gifts program at my organization. I was impressed with the knowledge of the presenter as well as the worksheets and other material that can be used to really get started. Would highly recommend it to other fundraising professionals or volunteers on a board or fundraising committee.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eMichele Lofton, Coalition Against Hunger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“I found this webinar to be excellent.  It returned development people to what really matters and where the most effective fundraising can take place in the least amount of time.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eDwayne Aboud, El Paso Border Youth Athletic Association\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Brian Sabar's webinar was a great intro to what you need to do to organize a major gift effort. It's ideal for those new to navigating a system or looking to implement one. Brian is engaging and is great at reminding fundraising professionals to focus on the outcomes down the road, and to call on their passion for their organization\/cause to generate excitement.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eNevah Stevenson,  Rowland Hall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“This webinar gave me a detailed lesson on how to start, manage and grow the major gifts program at my organization. I was impressed with the knowledge of the presenter as well as the worksheets and other material that can be used to really get started. Would highly recommend it to other fundraising professionals or volunteers on a board or fundraising committee.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;background-color:transparent;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eMichele Lofton, Coalition Against Hunger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e“Since our organization is just about to start a Major Gifts effort, this presentation is both timely and extremely helpful.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eSr. Marguerite Bartling, Good Shepherd Gracenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0C8643;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Your Topic Expert:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Saber,\u003c\/strong\u003e president of Asking Matters. Brian has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over 30 years by personally soliciting thousands of donors, coming to understand the art of the ask in a way that few people do. Because of his remarkable experience in asking, Brian has been able to break down the process of asking to its fundamental components, making simple what for many seems daunting. He knows how to persist through his own anxieties, remembering again and again that his success as a fundraiser makes a corner of the world a better place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eBrian has worked in social service, education, and the arts, raising money for his alma mater, Brandeis University, Northwestern University Settlement, and The Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, among others. He is currently a consultant to various organizations around the country and presents, trains, and writes on fundraising and the art of the ask. Recent clients include the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the U.S. Olympics Committee, the St. Louis Planned Giving Council, Volunteers of America, the Utah Society of Fund Raisers, and the Salvation Army National Resource Development Conference.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eHis first book, “Asking Styles: Revolutionize Your Fundraising” is a staple of development offices.  His second book, “Boards and Asking Styles,” will be released this summer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#404040;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eFor more upcoming live webinars, please check \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charityhowto.com\/nonprofit-live-webinars\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0095DA;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0095DA;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;color:#0095DA;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Register and Cannot Attend, You Will Get the Webinar Recording, Slides and Bonus Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Test CharityHowto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39664348397701,"sku":"Saber - Live Webinar","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/testing-charityhowto.myshopify.com\/products\/major-gifts-in-two-hours-a-week-testing","provider":"Test CharityHowto","version":"1.0","type":"link"}