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Resilient Fundraising in 2021: Adjusting Strategies to Today's Reality

Author Darian Rodriguez Heyman

[2021 CFRE]

You can download the webinar slides here.

Is your nonprofit facing increased demand on your services, while struggling to raise funds? Wondering how to replace the revenue from your annual in-person fundraising event? Listen as our expert presenter shares a wide range of practical tips and tools designed to help you navigate these troubled times and secure the support needed to fuel your mission and build resilience.

You will learn:

  • How to maximize revenue from virtual fundraising events
  • Tips for leveraging email, social media, and online fundraising
  • Concrete tactics for deepening board engagement in fundraising

Once you have completed this webinar please email webinars@foundant.com to receive your CFRE certificate of completion. We will send your certificate after we have confirmed your participation.

SPEAKER

Darian Rodriguez Heyman | Facilitator, Fundraiser, Social Entrepreneur, and Author
Darian is an accomplished facilitator, fundraiser, social entrepreneur, and author. His life’s work of “helping people help” began during his five-year tenure as Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation, after which he was appointed as a Commissioner for the Environment in San Francisco, and authored the best-selling Nonprofit Fundraising 101 and edited the best-selling Nonprofit Management 101 (Wiley & Sons). In addition to his active consulting, facilitation, and public speaking work, Heyman currently serves as the part-time Executive Director of Numi Foundation and Co-Founder of the GenderSmart Investing Summit.

About the Author

Darian Rodriguez Heyman is an accomplished fundraiser, nonprofit consultant, philanthropic advisor, and best-selling author. He began his life’s work “helping people help” during his five-year tenure as Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation, where he founded their hugely popular Nonprofit Boot Camp and grew it to the largest nonprofit gathering in San Francisco Bay Area history after only one year. In an effort to build the capacity of even more leaders, Heyman then authored the Nonprofit Fundraising 101 and edited the best-selling Nonprofit Management 101 (now in second edition, with a new foreword from Van Jones), in addition to serving as Editor-in-Chief at the free online nonprofit magazine, Blue Avocado. Heyman specializes in helping companies, philanthropists, and nonprofits maximize impact. Beyond his active consulting practice and frequent keynotes around the globe, he also selectively assumes leadership roles when launching new initiatives. He recently served as the part-time Executive Director of Numi Foundation, where he led their clean water and environmental education work, and Co-Founder of GenderSmart (now 2X Global), an effort to funnel billions to women-led and -serving businesses. A champion of both racial and gender equity, Heyman recently completed his board service at International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere (now Fòs Feminista), is actively working for reproductive justice, and has overseen more than $20M in grants to Black-led and -serving nonprofits through his philanthropic advising practice.

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