Adult Education

• Event Planning
• Fundraising Essentials
• Grant Proposal Overview
• Grant Writing Workshop
• How to Start a Not for Profit Organization
• Public Relations - A Campaign

Event Planning

Planning a conference, gala, annual meeting, retreat, or reunion does not have to be a nightmare if you do your homework and are organized.  This course offers tips on how to lay the groundwork for a major event, while spicing it up with a theme, motif, and attention to detail.  How to manage all the details is simplified with time lines, lists of responsibilities, staffing, budgets, marketing, and how to pull it all together for the day of the event.

Fundraising Essentials

Students will learn strategies for the annual fund drive, corporate and foundation giving, special events, capital development, deferred giving, and major gifts, and how these strategies are integrated into a comprehensive fundraising plan.  Explore what motivates donors to give to an organization and the skills good development officers need to be successful.  Students will understand what determines organizational readiness for fundraising, the essential involvement of board members, and how to develop a case for support.  Prospect cultivation and gift stewardship will conclude the course. 

Grant Proposal Overview

Volunteers or employees of non-profit agencies, local government, and educational institutions will find this class helpful. Information presented includes research, funding sources, development, and proposal types. This is the prerequisite for taking Grant Writing Workshop.

Grant Writing Workshop

Come prepared to write your grant proposal. Participants should have a funding source identified prior to class so all class time and writing are focused on the interests, requirements, and instructions provided by the funding source. An extra class has been added due to students’ requests.

Public Relations

Need a crash course in the basics of running a Public Relations campaign? Spend two intense, fast-paced class periods learning the process. You will be guided through writing press releases, creating effective pitches, working with the media, and designing creative strategies on how to promote an individual, event, product, or organization.

How to Start a Not for Profit Organization

Creating a not for profit organization can be a daunting process, but this course will help you learn the step by step process.  You will be introduced to the forms and applications necessary to start your new organization.