Instructor: Tim Sweeny, Senior Fellow of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership and founding partner in Praxis Nonprofit Strategies

Reluctant volunteers can transform into fearless fundraisers. This two-part program will show you how you can shift your volunteers’ approach to fundraising from dread to enthusiasm.

The pre-recorded session will explore concepts and components related to fundraising with volunteers, including the giving landscape in the United States, the motivational underpinnings of fundraising, and how volunteers and staff can effectively support the fundraising cycle. (Video recording – 1 hour 16 minutes)

The live virtual session on April 19, 2024 (9-11am), will include a practical and tailored discussion of how volunteers can support fundraising in participants’ organizations. (Live session – 2 hours)

What You Will Learn

  • explore the philosophical and motivational underpinnings behind fundraising
  • examine the basic fundraising cycle and how volunteers can support it
  • begin identifying the fundraising support most needed from volunteers at their designated organizations; and
  • begin defining the systems needed to support volunteer fundraising.

Program Details

Refund Policy
No refunds will be made after receiving access to the pre-recorded lecture session.

Photo and Video Release
By attending the event, you are giving MCNL permission to use photos and videos from the workshop in future promotional materials.

The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership reserves the right to cancel courses and seminars when circumstances require.