Now into their third or fourth year of using the model, most organizations have a significant number of loyal individual donors. They see the possibility of developing an endowment to sustain their operating needs into the future. Before they can focus on endowment, the next step is to use the Benevon Model to develop their system for cultivating and asking for major gifts.

Your team will learn to:

• Develop a customized plan for sustainable funding
• Cultivate and ask ten donors for major gifts

Using an informal discussion format and actual case examples from participants, this workshop explores:

• Designing a detailed plan for sustainable funding
• Starting or expanding a major gifts or capital campaign
• Asking for major gifts naturally
• Using the Ask Event^™ to grow major donors
• Keeping the model fresh
• Recruiting and developing the board of your dreams
• Dealing with the ebb and flow caused by staff and board changes
• Fundraising after the “ripened fruit” has been picked

Prerequisites:
This workshop is designed specifically for organizations that have:

• Enrolled in the Five-Year Sustainable Funding Program.
• Attended both the Benevon 101 and Benevon 201 Workshops.
• Been highly successful with the implementation of the Benevon Model.
• A passionate ongoing commitment to the continued transformation of their organization using this approach.

Team Requirements:

• The 301 workshop is for teams of six to eight people from the board, staff and volunteers of a single organization that has already been using the model successfully.
• Your team should consist of two to three staff members; two to three board members; and two to three additional volunteers or board members.
• One staff member must be your CEO, Executive Director, or equivalent position; that person can't be your Team Leader.
• One development staff should also be on the team.
• At least three team members must have attended either the full two-day 101 OR 201 workshop, if not both workshops.
• At least two team members (in addition to the three mentioned above) must have attended the 101 and 201 workshops.
• Once you have met the two requirements above, you are eligible to have new team members attend the workshop, but they must have attended at least the Benevon New Team Member Intensive, if not a full two-day workshop.

Team Benchmarks:
Before attending 301, the team must:

• Have twenty Multiple-Year Giving Society Donors^™.
• Have a Leadership or Challenge Gift that is equal to or greater than the team's five-year pledge at the middle giving level.

If your team does not meet these requirements, please talk to your Regional Representative.

See a complete listing of curriculum benchmarks by workshop level. (Viewing requires the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Benevon 301 includes:

• Two rigorous, fast-paced days of classroom sessions
• Five individual team coaching calls

Benevon New Team Member Intensive:
As an incentive to bring new staff, board, and volunteers up to speed prior to joining your team for the 301 Workshop, we offer the Benevon New Team Member Intensive.

This rigorous session is offered in a three-hour live online format. The session provides the essential nuts and bolts of the Benevon Model for new individual team members so they can join their team and participate in their organization's current Benevon plan.

To Register:
Visit our Calendar of Available Workshops to find out about upcoming Benevon Workshops.

For more information about the Benevon 301 Workshop, please contact us at 206-709-9400 or info@benevon.com.