The Details:
Date:     Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Time:    11:45am to 1:15pm Central Time
Location: NebraskaLand National Bank Husker Room
Cost: $0 (the North Platte Area Chamber will sponsor those in attendance)
RSVP: Contact Megan if you have any questions
**Feel free to bring in your lunch as lunch is not provided**

About the Training
Many downtown organizations already rely on fundraising events to supply operating funds, but more towns should!  Learn about different types of fundraising events designed to raise revenue for downtown organizations.  This presentation organizes these ideas into 10 different categories to see the wide variety and creativity of downtown organizations who use these events to raise money.  We will delve into the component parts of these events so that attendees will leave with new ideas to expand donations, sponsorships, in-kind gifts, and sales to boost the net profits of your existing events.  Case studies will be presented and you’ll learn from audience members too, who will be encouraged to add suggestions throughout the session. Freshen up your tired events or get some new ideas by participating in this webinar.  We will provide handouts, relevant articles, and a handful of work plans for distribution after the webinar along with the collected fundraising ideas from webinar attendees. 

About Our Presenter
Donna Ann Harris is the principal of Heritage Consulting Inc., a twelve year old Philadelphia-based consulting firm that works nationwide providing training, research, coaching and consulting services on organizational development, historic preservation, volunteer management and heritage tourism planning for downtown organizations. Formerly State Main Street Coordinator in Illinois, Donna has been consulting with downtown organizations for more than a dozen years, including 23 coordinating programs and more than 50 local programs. Donna has considerable expertise in organizational development issues, fundraising and strategic planning.  Prior to her Main Street career, Donna spent 15 years as an executive director of three start-up and two mature historic preservation organizations in NJ, IL and Philadelphia. Donna is a Certified Main Street Manager.

Registration Instructions & Cost
This unique 90-minute online training is being hosted in Main Street member communities and you may choose the location where you would like to attend.  Attendees will participate as a group and will be able to interact with others and the presenter for a more enriched learning experience. To acheive a higher level of educational value and experience and as a benefit to Network members, the webinar is not available for individuals to login from their desktop.  All attendees interested in attending must register to attend one of the sites. This format also allows each location to hold an optional informal group discussion afterward to talk about how to apply what was learned. All training materials are included in the registration fee. Walk-ins the day of the training are welcome.

•    There is no fee to attend for North Platte residents as the Chamber will sponsor those in attendance.

RSVP to the Megan

**Feel free to bring in your lunch as lunch is not provided**