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February Chapter Meeting & Luncheon
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Monday, February 8, 2016
11:30am - 1:00pm
The Fort Worth Club
12th Floor
"Effective Prospect Cultivation Events"
The first step with any prospect is to introduce your organization and projects through a series of cultivation tactics. The Cultivation Event has successfully proven to be a way to initiate new relationships with prospects and donors with board members, volunteers and staff participating. Barbara H. McColm, associate with M. Gale & Associates, LLC, will share the steps of how to conduct host events while Clint Riley, Executive Director of Texas Center for Arts + Academics, will share success stories and outcomes of cultivation events showcasing his organization.
Presenters:
Barbara H. McColm, CFRE
has more than 28 years years of experience in non-profit fundraising. Prior to working as a fundraising consultant, Barbara worked for two non-profit corporations, Harris Methodist Health Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas and Sears Methodist Retirement Foundation in west Texas. Barbara has been a fundraising consultant since 2005 and is currently a consultant with M. Gale & Associates, LLC.
 Clint Riley
has been the Executive Director of Texas Center for Arts + Academics since June, 2012, (formerly Texas Boys Choir, Inc.) overseeing Texas Boys Choir, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, and the Texas School of the Arts located in Fort Worth. Previously he worked at the
Santa Fe Opera
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Dallas Theater Center
and
Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
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President's Message
FEBRUARY 2016
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Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo and cold weather must mean - February is near!
If you joined us January, you learned tried and true networking techniques to introduce yourself to prospective donors. Now, how do you introduce those prospects to our organizations? Join us Monday, February 8, as we learn how to incorporate a successful cultivation event into your annual plan.
Behind the scenes of AFP Fort Worth Metro Chapter, we have been hard at work submitting our AFP International Headquarters (AFP IHQ) online paperwork for the AFP Accord, the first of many online submissions for AFP IHQ. We are officially in Accord to the AFP IHQ standards of an AFP Chapter. So what exactly does that mean? Officially from the AFP IHQ website, here is the rationale for Accord:
In addition to reviewing the activities of all chapters and enabling AFP to assess the services we currently provide, the Accord process is vital to maintaining AFP's ability to offer all U.S. chapters 501(c)(3) status and provide Directors' and Officers' liability insurance and General liability insurance to all chapters.
We are thrilled to remain in Accord!
I look forward to seeing each of you on Monday, February 8, at the Fort Worth Club.
Katherine Curtis, CFRE
Girls Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
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Welcome To Our New Members
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So glad you have joined us! Let us know what we can do for you. That's why we're here!
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Page -
Purpose Drive Youth Empowerment
Mrs. Lynda Gearheart -
Lena Pope
Ms. Lynn Meredith Rogers -
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
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Special Recognition
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In recognition of valued participation in the AFP Fort Worth Metro Chapter, we are grateful to the following for their membership and longstanding commitment to a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life.
Vinsen H. Farris, CFRE - 25 Years
Theresa M. Hocker - 15 Years
Anna Hammonds - 5 Years
Jennifer Kethley Appleman - 5 Years
Dwight Robarts - 5 Years
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Thank you for strengthening your community through your work and volunteerism!
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One of the great benefits of membership in AFP it the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals through the Mentor-Mentee Program.
These personal matches help form relationships that are lasting.
If you're an experienced professional and would like to become a mentor, please let Roger Partridge,CFRE
know and he'll get you matched!
For those interested in being matched with an AFP Mentor, please register through the link below:
Click on
this link and complete the mentoring form, returning it to the AFP office. Matches will be made as soon as possible depending on need and availability.
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2015 AFP Web/Audio Conferences
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