Fundraising consultants  Andrea McManus, CFRE President 2944 University Place N.W. Calgary, AB T2N 4H5 Toll Free: 1 866 951-3157 Phone: (403) 210-3157 Fax: (403) 289-7485 mcmanusa@thedevelopmentgroup.ca www.thedevelopmentgroup.ca Over the past 14 years The Development Group has helped a diverse cross section of clients in Alberta and across the country build their fundraising capacity, nurture an internal philanthropic culture and, with an eye to the bottom line, increase and expand their philanthropic support. Human resource challenges, changing donor motivations, shifting public expectations for accountability: the environment within which charities and non-profit organizations work is evolving rapidly. Fundraising is an integral part of fulfilling the mission of almost every non-profit organization. It requires the same degree of thoughtful planning, professional management and investment of resources as other priorities. Our team of seven Associates and our extensive experience combines with the skills and resources of your board, staff and volunteers to meet your immediate needs and to build your long term fundraising capacity. We will help you to strengthen your organization as a whole by creating and sustaining an organization-wide philanthropic culture as well as integrating more innovative and entrepreneurial fundraising initiatives into your current programs. The Development Group delivers a unique package of services, tailored to meet your specific needs. Encompassing traditional and entrepreneurial fund development approaches, The Development Group focuses on three key strategic areas: Strategic Development Planning & Assessment: Strategic Plans, Capacity and Feasibility Studies, Organizational Assessments & Program Evaluation Fund Development Services: Annual Development Plans, Campaign Plans, Case Development, Sponsorship Program Development & Structuring, e-philanthropy and Social Marketing Programs, Prospect Research Leadership Development: Governance Models and Development, Coaching and Mentoring, Recruitment Counsel, Customized Seminars, Workshop and Training  Experienced, effective, creative... Dree Thomson-Diamond is an Advanced Certified Fund Raising Professional with over twenty (20) years in the charitable sector. Whether you are creating a new organization, thinking about a new fund raising campaign, considering how to strengthen and improve an existing development program or ready to grow to a new organizational level, Dree’s proven experience and effective counsel can help. Specializing in Non-Profit & Charity: Strategic Planning Organizational Development Audit & Feasibility Studies Campaign & Periodic Counsel Major, Planned & Annual Gifts Board Development Recruiting, Seminars & Workshops Clients in western Canada and the USA include education, health, public broadcast, social service, heritage, environment, arts and agriculture organizations. Duckworth & AssociatesVINCENT E DUCKWORTH, BSC, CFREPrincipal & Senior Consultant Phone: 403.973.9696 vincent.duckworth@gmail.com Experience Vincent Duckworth is a senior fundraising professional with over 15 years experience fundraising in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Vincent has directed and facilitated over 20 major fundraising campaigns totaling in excess of $120 million in the academic, health, arts and recreation sectors. Services Offered: Duckworth & Associates offers a wide range of fundraising and development expertise in the areas of: • capital campaigns • major gifts • planned giving • non-profit management • development audits • feasibility studies • strategic planning • leadership development • board development Additionally, Duckworth & Associates specializes in the following areas: • facilities development • philanthropic naming • strategic technology partnerships • donor database analysis • fundraising market analysis Clients & Partners (2008): • Academic Impressions, USA • Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) • City of Leduc • EMMEDIA • Haymarket Workers’ Co-operative • Lethbridge College • Partnership Group, Calgary • Quickdraw Animation Society (QAS), Calgary • Ross W. Marsh & Associates, Calgary • South Fish Creek Recreation Association, Calgary • The New Gallery • Untitled Art Association  Fund Raising Consultants of Alberta© Suite 615, 13910 Stony Plain Road NW Edmonton, Alberta T5N 3R2 Tel: 780.455.3338 and 866.420.3888 (toll-free) rbreault@telus.net Mr. Roger Breault, President of the company, has a Masters in Communication Studies. He is a certified professional fundraiser (CFRE). He is also the owner/manager of the Speakers' Bureau of Alberta©, an agency that provides expert articulate speakers for seminars, workshops and keynotes for non-profits. Roger has over twenty-five years of successful fundraising experience. He has raised millions for charities in the arts, recreation, social services, historical preservation, health and education. The distinguishing quality of FRCA is superior writing, clear and concise communication and an ability to motivate volunteers to become engaged in the fundraising process. Although Roger and his staff are qualified to provide counsel in all aspects of fundraising, FRCA specializes in the following:
 John A. Phin, CFRE The Goldie Company 1519 Sunvista Way SE, Calgary, Alberta T2X 3G3 Phone: 1.888.492.6181 Cell: 403.808.1655 john@thegoldiecompany.com Do you need to raise funds? Build organizational capacity? As Canada’s longest-established consultancy serving the non-profit sector, The Goldie Company offers a full range of client-oriented, cost-effective services to help you meet your challenges and your goals. Our team consists wholly of seasoned, senior-level personnel who all share a dedication to the philanthropic sector and a deep commitment to ‘making a difference’. We are a founding member of Skystone International, an alliance of like-minded firms with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Moncton, Halifax, Mexico and across the United States. Our consultants will help you assess your needs, create a winning plan and work with you to ensure its success. The Goldie Company offers a full range of fundraising and management services to drive campaigns and build organizational capacity, including:
For more information, please visit www.thegoldiecompany.com Let us help you shape your future.  What does it take to be outstanding? Successful non-profit organizations are those with vision. They understand deeply who they are, where they are going and how to get there. In this increasingly competitive environment, however, it is becoming difficult to reach the height of one’s potential. For over 20 years KCI has been providing custom solutions for non-profit organizations to help them become outstanding. In that time we have served 700+ clients across Canada in all areas of the non-profit sector. Whether your needs are for short-term strategic guidance or full-time counsel, our team of consultants, research professionals and management provides expert solutions. We offer a complete suite of services to benefit all facets of your organization from core fundraising and campaign management to broader organizational health programs to branding and communications. Custom solutions for extraordinary organizations. Advancing your team. We understand that a winning team is built from the ground up. You need a talented and dedicated team in place before your fundraising initiatives can begin. KCI offers a number of customizable solutions to help your organization: Building a Winning Strategy Advancing your message. Reaching your target audience with a compelling message that is authentic to your organization is central to success. At KCI, we provide a full array of branding and communication services: Creating Organizational Narratives Advancing your goals. With an expert understanding of what it takes to achieve your goals in this competitive market, KCI can prepare you for all facets of advancement with our uniquely designed programs: Creating Innovative Campaigns Contacting KCI. As the philanthropic world changes, our goal has remained the same – to create custom solutions for extraordinary organizations like yours. For more information please contact Stu Reid, Vice President at:  COMMUNICATIONS You know you do good work in our community. How do you tell that story to motivate support? FUND DEVELOPMENT To whom do you tell your story? How do you create a sense of urgency? How and when do you attach "an ask" to your story? Through strategic communications and fund development planning, your organization can garner support beyond your current success. With 18 years of professional experience; access to creative, experienced partners; and practical recommendations and support that fit your organization, Leona can help you answer the important questions of: Who is the right prospect? Who does the asking? How to ask? When is the right time? What is the right project? How much to ask for? Why support your organization? SERVICES All services are tailored to fit the needs of individual clients: Fund Development Planning – clarifies where and how development work fits within the larger organizational Strategic and/or Business Plan. Planning is critical to the success of any comprehensive Fund Development program, ensuring time and resources are allocated for the best possible return on investment over the long term. Case Documents – succinctly summarize what the organization is and outline investment opportunities. These documents form a valuable cornerstone for development work. The Case Documents provide a simple to use "cut and paste" model for grant applications, funding proposals and annual gift campaigns as well as a formal, printed document with easy to alter fact sheets for use in major gift proposals. Communications Planning – clarifies where and how communications work fits within the larger organizational Strategic and/or Business Plan and what type of resources are required, both human and financial, to create a successful program. Annual Reports/Newsletters/Websites/Annual Fund Letters/Grant Proposals – are all tools used to communicate with your donors, prospects, clients, members, sponsors and volunteers; it is important to make the best use of these tools to tell your story, create a sense of urgency and garner support for your organization. Leona has a number of technical partners and years of experience in project management to take her work in writing and editing to the finished product. Other services provided in partnership with Dree Thomson-Diamond, ACFRE: Audit Study – provides an extensive professional overview of an organizations current position, identifying strengths and pinpointing areas that require strategic focus in preparation for increased fund development work. Strategic Planning – clarifies where an organization is going, how it intends to get there, and creates a foundation from which sound budgeting and forward planning can occur. Fund Development Policies & Procedures – custom tailored to the needs and philosophy of your organization, these documents provide guidelines and a framework in order to achieve success. Governance Roles, Responsibilities & Terms of Reference – an organization's governance is only as strong as the people involved, the clarity with which these people come to their responsibilities and the organization's documentation. Workshops – a series of half and full-day workshops tailored to address your organization's needs in order to strengthen operations, enhance board and staff resources, gain valuable information and move into active fundraising. EXPERIENCE: 18 years experience in fund development and communications Partnering with Dree Thomson-Diamond, ACFRE Consulting clients include: • Alberta Emerald Foundation • Terra Centre for Pregnant & Parenting Teens • Centre for Family Literacy • Edmonton Community Foundation • Selections Career Support Services • Boys & Girls Clubs of Edmonton • Fringe Theatre Adventures  Meeting the challenges of today's competitive fundraising marketplace can be difficult! Newman Consulting provides consulting services to those organizations seeking to develop and strengthen their fund development potential. Services include:
Rhonda Newman has over 15 years experience in the non for profit sector. She has a demonstrated track record at a senior management level managing development programs with all aspects of fundraising. Rhonda’s hands on experience with staff, volunteers and diverse operational issues equip her with implementation and planning expertise. After 10 years employed in the industry, Rhonda formed Newman Consulting. Since that time, she has worked with many clients on Capital Campaigns, Development Audits, Strategic Planning, and Feasibility Studies. She is a graduate of Grant MacEwan’s Advertising and Public Relations Program. To discuss your organization’s fundraising needs, please call Rhonda Newman at (780) 709-4450 or email: newmanconsulting@shaw.ca  Brent Barootes President and Senior Consultant Partnership Group - Sponsorship Specialists RPO 72103 Glenmore Landing SW Calgary, Alberta T2V 5H9 Calgary Office: 403-255-5074 Toll Free: 1-888-588-9559 Cell: 403-617-9553 Fax: 403-208-7892 brent@partnershipgroup.ca www.partnershipgroup.ca Brent Barootes and the Partnership Group The Partnership Group is a Western Canada based sponsorship consulting agency. With offices in both Regina and Calgary, The Partnership Group provides sponsorship expertise throughout western Canada with clients in Edmonton, Comox, Regina, Calgary and Lethbridge. The company provides sponsorship services to both buyers of sponsorship programs (sponsors) such as large and small business who invest in sponsorships, as well as to those property owners who sell sponsorships, such as non profits, associations, charities, event operators, sports organizations or other property owners. The Partnership Group delivers a wide range of sponsorship services to these two client groups including corporate sponsorship audits, valuations, measurements of ROI and activation counsel and delivers for property owners inventory development and valuation, proposal building, fulfillment management, negotiation expertise and sponsorship management. Recently The Partnership Group has completed work with the University of Regina and the 2005 Canada Summer Games in assisting them to raise over $9 million in core plus enhanced revenue as well as providing sponsorship counsel to CKUA Radio and Grant MacEwan College. The Partnership Group continues to provide inventory and package development and coaching services to the Canadian Cancer Society - Saskatchewan, Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society, the MS Society of Canada - Calgary Branch, the Federation of Calgary Communities, The Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club, Youth Emergency Shelter Society, Globe Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, Light Up the World Foundation, Alberta Amateur Baseball Council, Red Cross Saskatchewan and the Human Resources Association of Calgary to name a few. The Partnership Group and specifically Brent Barootes deliver workshops, keynote presentations and group and individual training and mentoring on all aspects of sponsorship. Brent is President and the Senior Consultant of The Partnership Group and has over 15 years of sports marketing and sponsorship background in addition to his positions in the not for profit industry both as a volunteer and as a past Director of Development. Seminar specific sessions in the recent past include: AFP Regina - Lunch Plenary Speaker Tourism Regina - Half day training sessions Host at Home Conference - Key-note Session AFP Toronto Congress - Half day workshop AFP Western Fundraising Conference - Training workshops Alberta Sport and Recreation Council AGM Alberta Amateur Baseball Council AGM Calgary Centre for Non-Profit Management - Half day training session Human Resources Association of Calgary - Training Session Western Sponsorship Congress - Opening Plenary Session Airdrie Chamber of Commerce - Training Workshop International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - Training Workshops For more information please visit www.partnershipgroup.ca. |