Welcome! AFP Golden Horseshoe Chapter
Recent News: Did you hear Andrew Watt is coming to our chapter just to have breakfast with you?
If you haven't heard him speak before, you don't want to miss this opportunity. He's and engaging and charismatic speaker. You can register for this breakfast, which is on May 30th, right now by clicking here or you can read more about his session by taking a look at this link - either way - we hope to see you there!
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May 11 - Senior Development Officer: Major Gifts
Reporting to the Director of Development, the Senior Development Officer manages major gift activities for Environmental Defence campaigns. Responsibilities include prospect identification and management, development and implementation of cultivation, solicitation and donor stewardship strategies, follow-up with pledge fulfillment, and maintaining effective volunteer relations. ... more >
May 11 - Associate Director, Stewardship
The University of Waterloo is seeking an Associate Director, Stewardship. Reporting to the Associate Vice-President,Advancement Relations, the Associate Director, Stewardship is responsible for the management and strategic direction of the Stewardship and Donor Relations program. The incumbent will work with development staff in both the central advancement office as well as the faculties, schools and university affiliated colleges across campus to oversee gift acceptance and acknowledgement, donor recognition, donor communications and stewardship. He/she will initiate, implement and evaluate donor relations programs. ... more >
May 8 - Associate Events, Third Party
The Associate, Events manages, develops, cultivates and stewards relationships with third party event donors to assist the donors in achieving, creating, and executing their events to maximize the event potential. The Associate also works with third party event donors to ensure protocols and Foundation core values are integrated in the execution of their events. The Associate reports directly to the Associate Director and will support family and community events. ... more >
May 7 - Fund Development Coordinator
As the Fund Development Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to use your skills to make a meaningful difference in the lives of women with cancer. Using your well-developed Raiser’s Edge database skills, you will provide support for donor information management and research. This will include constituency development, donor database management, relations and stewardship. As an integral member of the Foundation team, you will also use your strong administrative skills to support Fundraising initiatives as it relates to tax receipting, file maintenance and general office administration. ... more >
May 2 - Executive Director of Advancement
We are seeking an Executive Director of Advancement to provide dynamic and energetic leadership to enhance and grow our fundraising and alumni relations programs within the new vision for Shad Valley. In this newly created position, the Executive Director of Advancement will be responsible for defining and implementing our Advancement strategy and plans. The new incumbent will report to and partner closely with the President, and will collaborate with our fundraising, communications and alumni team members, Board members, and volunteers. This position may be based at the Waterloo office, or from a home office within the Greater Toronto Area. ... more >
May 15 - Setting Yourself Up for Social Media Success
(May 15, 2012) It seems like everyone is looking for the key to social media success and, consequently, the key to translating that into fundraising success. Many of those keys lie in the ability to build a community that will work with you—and for you. ... more >
May 15 - Chapter Boards Lead by Example in Achieving 100 Percent Chapter Board Participation
Thirty-three AFP chapters have led by example and achieved 100 percent board participation in the 2012 Every Member Campaign (EMC). These chapter boards serve as motivation and inspiration to chapter members to make their gifts to the EMC. ... more >
May 8 - Majority of Fundraisers See Salary Increases, While Average Salary Flattens
More than half of respondents to AFP’s Compensation and Benefits Study reported salary increases in 2011, even as the average salary for fundraisers remained about the same. ... more >
May 4 - 2012 AFP Compensation & Benefits Report
AFP's Compensation & Benefits Study provides valuable data on the characteristics of individual fundraisers – backgrounds, experience, and responsibilities – and paints a picture of the current state of the profession. ... more >
May 1 - Creating Volunteer Opportunities—The New Role of Fundraisers
(May 1, 2012) Think your organization’s volunteers and its development office are two separate worlds? Think again, says Emily Davis, author of Fundraising and the Next Generation, new from the AFP Fund Development Series. ... more >
