Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Zoomies: Fundraising vs. Philanthropy - Basics Leadership & Boards Need to Know
About this Webinar
Understanding how your board of directors and staff can work seamlessly together can sometimes be a challenge, especially around fundraising. When people understand philanthropy and how we all participate, things start to change. This fun and informative webinar will look at the underlying principles that help create effective philanthropic teamwork inside your organization. Attendees will come away motivated, educated and with tips that you can use right away!

Takeaways
- Discover how to motivate and inspire your board so they help with fundraising.
- Explore the CEO/executive director’s role in fundraising and how they are an integral piece for donors and community partners.
- Learn how to use a case for support (“The Why Guide”) to articulate why your organization is worthy of donor dollars and what makes you unique.
- Understand how you can raise more money using mission and metrics as your foundation.
- Explore fundraising strategies that are the most effective for your organization and learn how to evaluate each fundraising initiative so that your donor dollars increase each year.
Suited For
Animal welfare leadership, board members and fundraising/development staff in the Northern Tier (Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin), but all are welcome.
Register now and you’ll be notified when the recording is available.

Linda Haley
President and CEO, Let's Build Hope, LLC
Since 1995, Linda B. Haley, CFRE, has successfully worked with nonprofit teams to raise more than $200 million for organizations of all sizes. Realizing a long-time dream, Linda started Let’s Build Hope, LLC, in 2013, where she and her team guide nonprofits by teaching, coaching, and mentoring development teams, senior staff, and Board members. She has also developed and leads a week-long Annual Fundraising Training Camp, and an online training program called the Crush Course, through which LBH has educated almost 2,000 fundraisers and volunteers.

Dawn M.S. Miller, CFRE
Senior Vice President, Let's Build Hope, LLC
Since 1997, Dawn M.S. Miller, CFRE, Senior Vice President of Let's Build Hope, has raised millions for international programs, capital expenditures, social services, disaster relief efforts, annual funds, and comprehensive/special gift campaigns. She has worked closely with nonprofits in 31 states and the District of Columbia with their fundraising efforts, also supporting clients in Canada, Haiti, Mexico, and in Rome, among other locations.Dawn has extensive experience in designing and managing annual fund programs using mission and metrics to drive towards a goal; restructuring development operations so the right people are in the right seats; managing major gift initiatives; assisting in strategic planning/growth for complex organizations; educating Boards; and integrating marketing and communications with fundraising. She has raised more than $150 million with 200+ nonprofit organizations.Dawn is an LBH training camp educator, as well as a featured speaker and frequent contributor to conferences, publications, websites, social media outlets, and blogs. She is former chair of the AFP Advanced Professionals Committee for the St. Louis region and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an emphasis in Communication Theory and Rhetoric from the University of Missouri—St. Louis. Dawn loves podcasts and movies, outdoor music festivals/concerts, theater, and supporting local restaurants/small businesses.