Community Announcements

Our featured speaker is Birgit Smith-Burton, president-elect of Global’s board of directors and chair, Global IDEA Committee. Randi Sunshine, member of AFP-GLAC and Global IDEA Committee will moderate Birgit’s presentation entitled: DIVERSITY – FROM A PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE. Learn about the many ways we can include diversity, equity and access in all aspects of our lives. Also, be apprised of Global’s IDEA initiative.   Following this motivational talk we will introduce the 2021 board, recognize Be The Cause & Chapter Fund donors, and provide  holiday treats to some lucky members.

Price: $25 member/$35 non-member

Deadline to register – December 8, 2020

This workshop is pending CFRE International CEs.

AFP Greater Los Angeles Chapter recognizes these times are unprecedented and nonprofit professionals may be missing that sense of community you get when you come to an AFP event. We have a solution for that! We are hosting Afternoons with AFP-GLAC a FREE "Nonprofit Happy Hour" for our GLAC members. Here you can vent, commiserate, get assistance, celebrate successes, or just "hang out" with other like-minded individuals!

This is an informal, bi-weekly, virtual gathering, and each attendee is encouraged to join with their own drink (a GLACtini or Fundraiserita, perhaps?) or favorite treat! There won’t be a set topic, we’ll just a set a space for nonprofit professionals to gather together, support one another and share information.

Mark your calendars, our next Afternoons with AFP-GLAC will be:

When: Thursday, August 20, 2020

What time: 4:00-5:00pm

Where: Your computer, laptop, or smart phone

Click here to RSVP. Membership to be verified by the Membership Committee.

For security reasons, we’ll send out the Zoom ID and password a couple days before event.

This event is presented free with Registration. Please consider making a donation to support further virtual programming from your GLAC chapter. 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

AFP-GLAC Membership Committee

Thank you to Ter Molen, Watkins & Brandt for providing this informative webinar specifically for AFP-GLAC members!

When: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Time: 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Price: Free for AFP-GLAC Members
Register: Opening Soon! Members check your inbox for details.

This event has been pre-approved by CFRE International for 1 CE.

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Annual Fund Assessment: May 5 at 11:00 am

Data is your best friend when it comes to developing your annual fund strategy. In this session, the president and CEO of Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt will reveal his process for evaluating his clients’ annual giving programs. Using case studies to illustrate, Don will show you how he helped two clients—a university and a social service agency—get their programs on track and their boards off their backs!

Presenter:

Don Souhrada
President & CEO
Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt, LLC

Your Pivot to a Virtual Fundraising Event

You CAN do this. We can help.

Silver lining: Your brilliant fundraising peers have been hitting targets via virtual events for several years, and your org can too. So what should you do if your organization needs to host a virtual fundraising event instead of a live one? We’ve got data, inspiration, and some best practices to run virtual events so that all of your fundraising dollars don’t go out the window.

We’ll discuss:

• You’ve canceled or postponed, now what? A checklist for you.
• What a virtual fundraising event looks like
• Various online fundraising components
• BONUS: How to use these tactics to fundraise all year long

Dianne Kleber 
VP of Sales 
GiveSmart

Eric Newman
Director of Event Operations
GiveSmart

Maureen Blandford
VP of Marketing
GiveSmart

Key Elements of Prospect Management

Join your friends from CCS to explore the importance of, and key elements to, prospect management. Given the present circumstances, prospect and donor management has never been more important. How you build your pipeline, steward your donors, engage your prospects, record your data, and build your metrics are all topics to be explored and discussed. Together, we’ll share proven solutions and generate new ideas to bring your prospects closer, keep your donors connected, and build systems and plans that will only serve to advance your philanthropic efforts during this current crisis and when we emerge from it.

Presenters:

Hello AFP-GLAC members and friends,

During these challenging times, when our work lives have changed dramatically, we often turn to our professional associations to provide support and guidance. We want to be a catalyst in this endeavor.

Yesterday, many of us nationwide participated in a webinar hosted by CCS Fundraising entitled "Navigating the Challenges Presented by Coronavirus."   Featuring three senior leaders of CCS,  the presentation was substantive, with ideas about how to navigate fundraising activities in the weeks ahead. Wanting to investigate how this webinar could be available for our chapter (since many could not register due to limited space), I reached out to Chris Looney, Managing Director of CCS Fundraising Southern California and a friend to AFP-GLAC. He generously provided the recording for us HERE.  Just a bit over ½ hour in length, I encourage you to listen.

Another way for us to build community on-line is to send links to interesting articles about fundraising during this pandemic to our Chair of External Communications,  Felicity Palmer (fpalmer@escsc.org) so she can share via social media.

The leaders of our chapter value your membership and wish for you to continue valuing your relationship with AFP! Despite the need for social/physical distancing, we will provide opportunities where you can participate conveniently from a safe place. Stay tuned for information about an exciting webinar coming up in later in the month.

Remember too, we are here for you. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out at communications@afpglac.org. 

Here's wishing all of us patience and good health as we adjust to our new normal. 

Sincerely,

Due to some members’ concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus, we have decided to postpone the Young Professionals Event scheduled for March 12.

Once a new date is announced, there will be no need to register again.  Your current registration will be transferred to the rescheduled event.  If you have any questions please email the office at office@afpglac.org.

Dear Colleagues,

Like you, the AFP Greater Los Angeles Chapter is closely monitoring the latest developments around COVID-19/novel coronavirus.  I wanted to take this opportunity to personally reach out to our loyal members and supporters to address the current situation and our chapter’s response.

Please be assured that the AFP-GLAC is committed to the health and safety of all of our constituents as well as the larger Greater Los Angeles community. You are our top priority. 

You may have seen recent guidance from the Los Angeles Public Health Department about large gatherings of people, specifically the LA Marathon coming up:

“We are not currently recommending the suspension of any large public events, including the LA Marathon,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The public can continue to enjoy all that LA County has to offer, including this historic event. However, we do want people to take enhanced measures to protect themselves from the spread of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19; this includes staying home if you are sick and frequently washing your hands.”

Business continues as usual for AFP-GLAC and all events are still scheduled to operate as planned.

To ensure the health and safety not just of our members, but the larger community, our chapter is implementing the following changes, effective immediately:

1. Monthly luncheons and other planned events will continue as planned, but we encourage all members to enjoy a “handshake free” experience.
    
2. We will avoid communal food service as much as possible.
   
   • At events that provide food, such as monthly luncheons, we will provide individually packaged meals. Condiments and dressings will be individually packaged for service.
      
   • We will not provide communal water jugs or pitchers. At events without hands free water stations, we will provide a limited amount of bottled water. We encourage everyone to bring their own filled reusable water bottle to all AFP-GLAC events.
      
   • To avoid cross contamination from communal coffee pots, we will not provide coffee or tea service until further notice.
     
3. We advise all attendees to wash their hands frequently for at least 20 seconds with soap and warm water, especially before eating. We will also have a multitude of hand sanitizers available for use.
    
4. We insist that anyone who is sick stay home instead of attending an event.   
    
   

We are aware that some local conferences have been canceled, but these conferences had much larger expected attendance than anything conducted by the AFP-GLAC Chapter. 

AFP Global - AFP International Conference (ICON) is still proceeding as planned in Baltimore from March 29 to March 31. Please check the AFP Global website for future updates.

We also ask for all to remain informed by official sources including CDC.gov, PublicHealth.LACounty.gov, and LAMayor.org/Coronavirus.