General Description:
Organizational Fundraising is designed to provide essentials skills and insights for staff of Palestinian non-profit organizations in their search for project funding.
This course will focus on: identifying potential funding partners; composing written proposals; approaches to follow-up correspondence; closing the deal. The course provides a strong theoretical foundation and involves interactive practical activities, with the goal of enhancing participants negotiating skills and ability to secure project funding.
Importantly, the approach used by AMIDEAST’s expert trainer is that NGO’s and project staff in search of funding are in a position of influence, offering appropriate donors accountable and transparent outcomes for in-need projects.
Learning Objectives:
- Comprehend the core process needed for fundraising;
- Reliably identify potential sources of funding.
- Write professional, effective, persuasive requests for funding;
- Confidently "pitch" your case for funding orally;
- Effectively handle any "closing" aspects of the negotiation