Philip Deely

Thursday, March 26	Friday, March 27
Workshop Code FR1 9am — noon  Northwest CT Community College Park Place, Winsted, CT	Workshop Code FR3 9am — noon New Horizons Resources 123 West Road, Pleasant Valley, NY
Workshop Code FR2 2pm — 5pm Lichtenstein Center for the Arts 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, MA	Workshop Code FR4 2pm — 5pm Ulster Savings Bank 180 Schwenk Drive, Kingston, NY

Cost per participant: $20

The Greeks had a word for it.  Named for their quirky god, Pan, panic is mysterious, strange, and totally unpredictable.  Recently it seems that the ‘fear index’ is the only measurement on the rise.  News stories about non-profits implementing layoffs and program cutbacks spread gloom and fundraising faces obstacles rivaling the worst economic periods of the 20th Century.

‘Is it Time to Panic Yet?’ is a three-hour, intensive session designed to give participants some practical tools to help their fundraising in a recession.  The program introduces participants to research into past economic crises and gives an overview of some of the most innovative and effective development practices today.  The session will address the changing nature of annual fundraising and the question of organizing and ‘timing’ the announcement of capital campaigns.

In advance of the session, participants will be invited to share ideas, suggestions, questions, or concerns on a newly established blog, www.isittimetopanicyet.blogspot.com. Moderated by seminar presenter Phil Deely, registrants will be polled about the issues they are facing and non-confidential data will shared.

Topics for inclusion:

• The state of fund raising today-reality versus illusion
• Launching a campaign in a recession
• Recalibrating your fund raising plan
• Addressing donors’ fears
• Opportunities in a recession

Phil Deely has spent forty years as a development professional, educator, headmaster of private schools, and principal consultant with Philip Sedgwick Deely & Associates.  He is experienced in strategic planning, pre-fundraising readiness assessments, board and staff retreats, volunteer training and capital campaign coordination.  Phil’s blog “Strategic Governance” has been syndicated by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.  In the course of his career Phil has raised over $45.0 million in capital campaigns.