RAISE workshops are hands-on opportunities to learn from our experts, practice new skills, and apply learnings directly to your real-time needs. We offer virtual and in-person workshops on the following topics:

01

The RAISE Recipe:

Fundraising Success

What is the RAISE recipe, the “secret sauce” that distinguishes sustainable, successful fundraising? 

The shift from being reactive to being proactive! In this session, we explore thoughtful, mission-focused planning and assessment tips; techniques for improving rigorous, relationship based fundraising; and keeping your colleagues, lay leaders, and donors alike excited and engaged.

Leveraging over fifteen years of experience as a former development professional, consultant to dozens of organizations, and lay leader, Rachel will share strategies and lessons learned that go beyond fundraising 101 and explore dependable approaches to development that help you break the cycle of playing catch-up to your goals and instead position you to achieve new goals and long-term growth.


“Rachel’s insights, tools and experiences provide nonprofit organizations with the resources to coordinate a successful campaign. Her expertise is valuable to an organization that is just preparing to take its first fundraising steps as well as to provide a more seasoned fundraising operation with a refreshing reflection of its own practices. This session helped our organization better evaluate our readiness to embark on a new campaign.”

Shana Frydman, Executive Director. Shalom Task Force

02

Stand Out from the Crowd:

Today’s nonprofits compete in a crowded marketplace, one in which a typical donor is bombarded with dozens of messages and requests from multiple organizations each day. 

This session will explore how to capture donors’ limited attention by understanding 21st century mindsets and analyzing what motivates giving. We will explore strategies for countering donor distraction by focusing on offering meaning and impact and by building authentic relationships.

03

To Build or Not to Build:

Are You Ready for a Second Line Campaign?

Fundraising Success

In this session, we will identify the pre-conditions your organization should have in place before making the decision to launch a campaign – capital, endowment, milestone, other, or combined

– including a needs assessment, fundraising and governance health, how your prospective campaign fits into the goals and objectives of your school’s strategic plan, and what your community is ready and able to support.

This program can be presented as a single session, or a three session series with expanded opportunities for practice and individualized support. Content includes:

  • Fundraising Basics – Theory and healthy fundraising habits of nonprofits.
  • Cultivation/Solicitation Training and Practice – Overview of donor engagement cycle, recognizing and leveraging cultivation opportunities, appealing to the mind and the heart, and strategies for successfully closing gifts.
  • Implementation – Preparing professional staff to manage a campaign, and guiding and supporting lay leaders in their role.

“Rachel’s insights, tools and experiences provide nonprofit organizations with the resources to coordinate a successful campaign. Her expertise is valuable to an organization that is just preparing to take its first fundraising steps as well as to provide a more seasoned fundraising operation with a refreshing reflection of its own practices. This session helped our organization better evaluate our readiness to embark on a new campaign.”

Joey Small, Director of Development, The Frisch School

04

Mission Accomplished!

The Power of Strategic Fundraising

This session focuses on using mission and vision as the lens through which to assess choices and make decisions regarding resource development.

We will familiarize ourselves with concepts of mission and vision and practice crafting compelling mission and vision statements. We will also learn to prioritize fundraising activities by how much they support and further the organization’s mission and vision.

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Ready, Set, Go!