The free webinar scheduled to be held on 31 October 2012 has now been rescheduled. We will update all registered participants about the new date. – fundsforngos.org team
Ask Questions and Get Answers on Fundraising from an Expert
Do you have questions on how to raise funds for your NGO? Are you confused about your fundraising strategy? Do you think that you have no idea on how to contact the right donors that can support your NGO? Do you need tips on writing an effective proposal?
If you grapple with these or other questions, then here is your opportunity to get answers from a fundraising expert.
fundsforngos.org is organizing a free webinar called “All You Ever Wanted to Know about Fundraising but were Afraid to Ask” on 31 October 2012 from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM GMT. You can check the exact local time of this event in your country at this link.
The free webinar will have our expert trainer answer some of your questions on raising funds for your organization. Whether it is about identifying donors, knowing about donor landscape, developing fundraising strategy for your organization, contacting grantmaking foundations or writing proposals, you can get answers to these and many other questions related to fundraising. Our expert trainer will answer them live directly to you through this free webinar.
About the Expert Trainer
Erik Detiger (Managing Director of Philantropia, New York, USA) is an independent consultant and trainer, with over a decade of experience working in the field of international philanthropy and fundraising. A highly successful international project manager and fundraising professional, Erik has raised over US $100 million for numerous international projects from a wide variety of institutions. He has a wealth of first-hand knowledge and expertise on what it takes to successfully raise funds.
Participation to our Free Webinar is limited!
We are able to accommodate up to a maximum of 90 participants only in this free webinar. So you need to apply to participate in it. We have a selection process outlined below to select these participants.
In order for you to apply to participate in this webinar you will need to:
- Register at the fundsforngos.org Forum
- After registering, you can post your question related to fundraising (Please read guidelines below on posting questions) on the Forum
After you post your question, our moderators will review it and if found relevant, we will shortlist it for possible discussion on it by our expert in the free webinar. If your question is selected, we will send you out a webinar invitation by email.
We are able to select a maximum of 90 participants only for the webinar. Since the webinar will run for only one hour, very few selected questions out of the 90 shortlisted questions will be answered by our fundraising expert. For remaining questions, our trainer or moderators may respond to them through the Forum only.
Before posting your questions, please read the following guidelines:
- This free Q&A session is suited to fundsforngos.org users from all countries and at all levels.
- Please post only specific questions. Our expert will not be able to answer vague and general questions like “How can I get funding?”
- Our expert can best answer questions that are relevant to a wider audience. Please avoid posting questions specific to your NGO only.
- Make sure that you provide a proper title to your question.
- Please don’t include profiles of your NGO. Our moderators do not have time to review these, unless they are relevant to the question at hand.
- Moderators will select the most relevant questions.
- You are welcome to post as many questions as you want.
- The more relevant your fundraising question is, there are better chances of you winning your participation for the free webinar. So please make sure that your question adheres to our guidelines and it is relevant and useful enough.
- The last date to post questions is 25 October 2012.
- We will send out webinar invitations to selected participants by 29 October 2012. Please make sure that you are available to participate in the free webinar on 31 October 2012 from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM GMT. You can check the exact local time of this event in your country at this link.
- You may be selected as a participant, but it may not be necessary that your question will also be answered because of the time limit in running the webinar.
- Don’t ask for funds at the Forum. If you make comments like “Give me fund” or “I need funds” your participation will be automatically rejected and you may also be banned from our Forum.
The Q & A will be delivered through a webinar platform, offered entirely through the internet. Registered participants will be get invitations to visit the webinar website, where they can attend the course program. Participants from any part of the world can attend it live. To know more about webinars, visit our FAQ.
The free webinar scheduled to be held on 31 October 2012 has now been rescheduled. We will update all registered participants about the new date. – fundsforngos.org team
