How to Engage Volunteers and Inspire Major Gifts: Workshop for Nonprofit Organizations

Every nonprofit leader knows the feeling: a mission worth believing in, a to-do list longer than the staff roster, and the persistent question of who will help carry the work forward. The answer is almost always the same: people. The right volunteers who are ready to step in and stay engaged, and the donors who are ready to invest more deeply in your mission. Join Dawn Robinson, CFRE, and Angie Hartley, MBA, of Cramer & Associates for a practical working lunch focused on two skills that can make an immediate difference for your organization: identifying and recruiting a strong volunteer team and confidently asking for major gifts. Drawing on decades of frontline fundraising and consulting experience, Dawn and Angie will share practical strategies for finding the right volunteers, crafting invitations people want to say yes to, and moving donor relationships from cultivation to a confident, gracious ask. In 90 minutes, you'll learn how to recognize the people already in your organization's orbit, engage them more intentionally, and approach important conversations about both time and treasure with greater confidence. You don't need a large development team or an elaborate system. You need clarity about who to engage, confidence in how to ask, and a plan for what comes next. You'll leave this session with: A simple framework for identifying and recruiting the right volunteers Practical language for making the "ask" . . . For both time and treasure Strategies for moving