Fundraising in Cultural Organizations, May 25-30

The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the following professional development course:

Fundraising in Cultural Organizations (HA488M)

May 25- 30, 2015; on-campus offering

Instructor: Dianne Lister

Museums and heritage sites are increasingly being asked to generate operating revenue through philanthropy, sponsorship, private-public partnerships, in-kind gifts, and other various fundraising activities.  This course will build your knowledge and understanding of the range of tools and strategies to engage communities, staff, board members, and private sector resources in co-creating sustainable museum and heritage programs. Through this course, you will consider donors as investors in the community-building capacity of your organization. New trends in private sector philanthropy will be explored in relation to the strategic vision and management of heritage and museum organizations.

This course will develop your ability to:
•Recognize the role of fundraising in the sustainability of museum and heritage site programming
•Develop and use tools and strategies for future fundraising activities
•Understand legal and governance issues
•Attract and retain donors  as investors and partners
•Plan your fundraising strategies
•Market and communicate your mission statement to potential donors
•Engage your staff and board members in planning short and long term fundraising activities

Instructor: Dianne Lister, B.A. (Hon), LL.B., is the Principal of The Dianne Lister Group, a consulting practice offering services to the charitable and volunteer sectors.  She is the immediate past President & CEO of the ROM Governors, and led a robust private sector Board and a team of 27 professionals responsible for philanthropic, sponsorship, donor relations and stewardship programs (2011- 2014)  on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum.  Dianne has previously held roles as Vice President, External Relations & Advancement at Trent University (2006 - 2011) and as President & CEO of Sickkids Foundation (1991-2003).  In 2014 Dianne became the first Canadian to receive the Founders' Medallion from the international Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for national leadership.   Currently, Dianne is on the Board of the Canadian Canoe Museum, a member of the Marketing & Communications Committee of the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, a volunteer and exhibitor for the 2015 SPARK Photo Festival, and a volunteer with the Kawartha Lakes Arts Council.  She is a contributor to three books, including "Excellence in Fundraising in Canada," published in 2011.

Registration Deadline: April 27, 2015, late registrations accepted if space permits.

For more information contact crmcoord@uvic.ca