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ADO Day
It Takes a Team: 
Building the Foundation Today for Tomorrow
April 22, 2010

Doubletree Hotel, Tarrytown
7:30 am - 4:15 pm

Now more than ever is the time to hone your professional skills.  Learn from and network at Westchester’s premier fundraising conference.  Bring your development staff, executive director, board members and volunteers – after all, “It Takes a Team.”

The conference will emphasize interactive workshops in three tracks: Fundraising Strategies, Communicating Your Message and Planning for the Future.  There will be three workshops in each track, and the program will close with a panel discussion -- Collaboration & Volunteering:  Essentials to Secure Grants and Create Successful Corporate/Non-Profit Partnerships.

Fundraising Strategies

  1. Techniques in Monthly Giving – A Case Study
  2. How to get EVERYONE on your Fundraising Team
  3. How to integrate e-philanthropy – email, social media and direct mail -- to enhance fundraising results.

Communicating Your Message

  1. Perfect Your Pitch! Rivet Donors with a Powerful 2-Minute Story
  2. Leverage the Web: Marketing your Organization Using Online Tools
  3. Crisis Communications:  Planning for it, Doing it, and Following Up

Planning for the Future

  1. Capitalize on Strategic Alliances and Collaboration
  2. Is There a Campaign in your Future – And are you ready?
  3. Planned Giving Toolkit: The Right Questions and Easy Solutions

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ADO DAY is made possible through generous support from:
Con Edison, TD Bank, OSI Pharmaceuticals Foundation, Danosky & Associates, Executive Printing & Direct Mail, Jill Singer Graphics and O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP

KEYNOTE SPEAKER :
DANIEL T. FORMAN
VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
Fundraising Today: The Ultimate Roller Coaster Thrills, Chills, Highs and Lows – A Veteran Fundraiser Shares His Stories

Devastating loses after the Madoff scandal haven’t thwarted our keynote speaker.  Learn from his experiences! Since 1995 Dan Forman has been responsible for the capital and annual campaigns for Yeshiva University and its sixteen undergraduate and graduate schools including Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Stern College for Women, and Yeshiva College.  Yeshiva University completed a $400 million Capital Campaign two years ahead of schedule in 2003 and is currently in the quiet phase of a $1 billion campaign. 

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Early Bird Registration: by March 22

Payment must be received by March 22.
$75 ADO Member
$95 others

After March 22

$95 ADO Member
$115 others
$125 walk-in rate, based on space availability

NOTE: Payment must be received prior to April 15 to guarantee registration.

Ticket prices are per person. Member rates apply to individual ADO members only, not to organizations.

Bring your team!  Executive directors, development staff, PR staff and board members

Reduced rates for groups of 3 or more registered together from same organization, regardless of membership. (Note: All must register at the same time.)

Team of 3 or more: $80/per person

Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be submitted in writing to info@adoonline.org. Cancellations through April 15: Full refund minus $25 administrative fee. Cancellations on or after April 15 will not be refunded.

For more information, contact ADO DAY Co-Chairs Paula Barbag  or pbarbag@richmondcommserv.org or Grace Ferri  gferri@uhgc.org.

There’s No Excuse Not To Attend
ADO Day
Scholarship Money Still Available…
but not for long
Deadline for ADO Day Conference
Scholarship Applications
Is Set for March 22, 2010

Scholarships are available from ADO for individuals that are in need of financial assistance.

Additional scholarships provided thanks to Con Edison, to organizations involved in environmental education. Apply now!

To be eligible for a scholarship, the candidate, who must either live or work in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland or Dutchess Counties, must currently be employed as a fundraising professional by a 501C3 agency and have a demonstrated need for a scholarship. 

Factors that will be considered when awarding scholarships include, but are not limited to: size of agency’s operating budget, size of development budget, staff size and the number of people served by the agency.

A Scholarship Selection Committee will make an impartial determination of scholarship winners. Both the application process and the award will remain confidential.

To apply for a scholarship, please complete the ADO Scholarship Application Form and mail to:

Sue Cole, ADO Scholarship Committee
Cole Communications
10 Brooklands
Bronxville, NY 10708

ATTENTION POTENTIAL EXHIBITORS
TABLES STILL AVAILABLE

An ExhibitorTable at ADO Day is a great opportunity to showcase your business! Meet, network and demonstrate your product or services to nonprofits in lower Hudson Valley region.
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