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Successful Rural Healthcare Philanthropy

 

Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (EST)

Sponsor: Healthcare Georgia Foundation and Georgia Rural Health Association

Presenters:
Jim Lyons - Senior Partner, Pride Philanthropy

Jim Lyons is the principal and senior partner of Pride Philanthropy, a Georgia-based fundraising consultancy, and has 35 years of experience in the field. He has taught seminars for over 400 institutions and their staff and boards. Jim has worked on an extended basis with over one hundred non-profit clients. During that time his clients have achieved over $325 million in fundraising goals. Jim has spoken at numerous professional meetings with an emphasis on board recruitment, motivation and strategic planning. He also brings to his clients many years of financial and organizational management experience. He is a member of the Association of Health Care Philanthropy and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Jim is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado.

Patti Lyons - Senior Partner, Pride Philanthropy

Patti was Foundation Director for the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia, for five years. She has been consulting for the last 25 years in fundraising for non-profit institutions. Her emphasis is on major gifts and prospect assessment and strategies for development staff and volunteers. Patti has been a motivational speaker for numerous non-profit boards. Her organizational skills have brought a high level of success to her many clients through the years. Patti is a long time member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

Session Description:
An effective fundraising program holds the potential to significantly impact the bottom line of healthcare providers in rural communities, advancing programs and services, enhancing facilities and technology, and actively engaging community leadership. Efficient allocation of staff and resources, and the purposeful engagement of volunteer leadership, can position even small organizations to successfully enlist the charitable support of the communities they serve. Join us for this exclusive presentation for our membership, and an overview of how you can establish a development program at your institution.

Session Objectives:

  • The potential impact of philanthropy
  • An understanding of the components of a comprehensive development program
  • How to engage staff and community leadership to advance fundraising

Registration: Pre-registration is required to attend this event via the internet.

 

 

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