I’m thrilled to announce that registration is formally open for the 2012 Course in Exponential Fundraising at Harvard. Please go to http://www.hks.harvard.edu/
A Course in Exponential Fundraising is a year-long engagement during which I work with 20 visionary leaders from the nonprofit sector who want to both dramatically improve their organization’s approach to fundraising and results, and who want to be on the vanguard of a new approach to partnerships and philanthropy.
In this short video some of the members of the 2011 cohort describe how the course fundamentally altered the way they viewed and practiced fundraising. The Course participants in the video include Charles Best, CEO and Founder of Donorschoose.org, Joi Ito, Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab and others.
Here’s a full list of 2011 participants. Check out the broad range of missions of the various organizations:
• Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, Executive Director, WITNESS
• Aviva Argote, Executive Director, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard
• Jeremy Barnicle, Chief Development Officer/Chief Communications Officer, Mercy Corps
• Charles Best, CEO, DonorsChoose.org
• Valerie Broadie, Director of Development, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
• Roger Brown, President, Berklee College of Music
• Richard Buery, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Children¹s Aid Society
• Alexander Chanoff, Founder and Executive Director, RefugePoint
• Nick Ehrmann, CEO and Founder, Blue Engine
• Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, President and CEO, YWCA Boston
• Matt Goldman, Co-Founder and Board Treasurer, Blue Man Group and Blue School
• Suzanne Helm, Vice President, Development, Council on Foreign Relations
• Sarah Holewinski, Executive Director, CIVIC
• Joi Ito, Executive Director, MIT Media Lab
• Audrey Levitin, Director of Development, Innocence Project
• John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design
• Alexander McLean, Director General, African Prisons Project
• Kate Roberts, Founder and Vice President, YouthAIDS/PSI
• Kenneth Watkins, Director of Philanthropy, The Australian Ballet
• Robert Weiss, Vice Chairman and President, X PRIZE Foundation
• David Wish, Executive Director, Founder, Little Kids Rock
The course is designed for Executive Directors/CEOs, Chief Development Officers, Chief Marketing Officers everyone with key leadership responsibility for mobilizing external partnerships and resources.
CEF 2012
Beginning with 3 immersive days (June 6-8, 2012) on the Harvard Campus, participants are exposed to the unique principles of Exponential Fundraising and its ability to fundamentally transform organizations and the people associated with them. Then, over the course of a full year, there are multiple follow-up sessions including a one-day session on the Harvard Campus at the 6-month mark and another session at the end of the year. Additionally, I personally work with participants all year to ensure that the core principles of the program are being successfully implemented. Deadline for applications is March 31, 2012.
For more information please contact: cefinfo@hausercenter.org or contact me here
