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Register Online Now for the May 02- 03 , 2008 BASIC
Conference in Chicago, IL
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We have redesigned the Advanced Conference to add value to you and the role you play in coaching others.

Our focus is on “hands on training”. We are asking you to come as a participant willing to work as a team to design and create strategies that will take your coaching to the next level. The basic coaches gave you the basics, valuable input that would reduce the time and fear of raising support. Now the Advanced Conference will allow you to pick up valuable skills that you can take home and apply immediately, making you and your organization far more effective.

By the end of the Advanced Conference you will be able to accomplish the following:

1. Design a program that will put your people on a fast track and reduce the time it takes to raise needed support. Leaving the starting line is a key part of any race.
2. Identify and address specific fears faced by those in fund raising.
3. Formulate multiple strategies to assist staff on expanding their contacts.
4. Practice and redesign role playing the ask for funds and handling objections.
5. Identify different personality types your staff will encounter and develop a strategy to deal with each.
6. Identify when a prospect is ready to be asked.
7. Analyze ways to motivate staff through the fund raising process.
8. Network with others who serve as fund raising coaches.

Who should attend?
Anyone who has completed the Basic Conference. Ministry leaders who raise personal or organizational support. Individuals within organizations who are responsible for training or monitoring those sent out to raise financial support. Ministry representatives responsible for overseeing the raising of funds through personal solicitation.

Conference Location:
Awana Clubs International
Rorheim Training Center
One East Bode Road
Streamwood, IL 60107-9951

Located 30 minutes from Chicago's O'Hare field and 60 minutes from Chicago's Midway airport. (see this map or these directions from the airports)

Schedule:

Friday May 02

12:30-1:30 Registration
1:30-6:00 Afternoon Session
6:00-6:30 Break
6:30-8:00 Dinner and Fellowship

Saturday May 03

07:45-08:30 Breakfast
08:30-12:00 Morning Session
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Afternoon Session

Cost: (two day conference)
$395 Early Bird Registration by Apr 1, 2008
$445 After Apr 1, 2008 (Registration deadline is Apr 15, 2008.)
Fee includes registration and 3 meals (dinner the 1st day, breakfast and lunch the 2nd day).

• Full payment must accompany each registration.
• Spouse Discount! Save $100 when two married couples register (Contact People Raising after registering all four people.)
• Late Registration Fee (after April 15) is $50 additional.

Accommodations:
Special housing is available onsite at the Rorheim Training Center. 20 rooms are available on first-come-first-served basis. A private room is available at the low rate of $55, for any of the following nights:
Thursday (5/1), Friday (5/2), Saturday (5/3)

Participants may also arrange their own housing at hotels in the area.

Cancellations:
No refund will be available for any cancellations after the April 15 registration deadline. Cancellations prior to April 15 will incur a $75 cancellation fee, and the balance of fees paid will be refunded.

Register Online Now for the May 02- 03 , 2008 BASIC
Conference in Chicago, IL
Secure Registration >>>

 

"If there is a bogeyman in the missionary candidate's closet, it is likely the prospect of raising his own support too often seen as begging for money... The seasoned missionary, candidate or entire candidate school will profit from reading and studying this book."

John H. Orme
Executive Director, IFMA