A Look Ahead and A Remembrance Philanthropy Forecast 2012 was once again a great forum for information and predictions in several key areas important to our work. One hundred seventy-five nonprofit fundraisers, executives and volunteers heard from an impressive array of panelists. The speakers were informative and candid in their assessments of corporate and foundation […]
January 2012 President’s Column
It’s a New Year for AFP Triangle – Get Involved in Your Chapter in 2012 As I write this first message as your chapter President for 2012 and reflect on my involvement with AFP Triangle over the last six years, I can think of so many ways that I’ve been enriched through my participation with […]
December President’s Column
Farewell – it’s been a wonderful year for AFP This is my last column as President, and I wanted to point out some of the wonderful strides that our AFP Triangle chapter has made in 2011 and to thank all of you for helping us achieve such great things in this past year! We won […]
November President’s Column
NPD, a chance to celebrate Philanthropy in Community I hope you will join me and nearly 300 of your colleagues in celebrating those philanthropic individuals who support our causes and to celebrate the profession of non-profit fundraising next month. On November 15, we will hold our National Philanthropy Day celebration to honor our donors, volunteers […]
September President’s Column
Our 2011 NC Philanthropy Conference, hosted by the Triangle chapter on August 11, was a stunning success. Presented in combination with the Charlotte and Triad Chapters of AFP, we had 450 attendees from across the state. Our speakers in four time slots led 30 different sessions that received very good reviews on our post-conference surveys. […]
August President’s Column – 2011 Conference A Smashing Success
Our 2011 NC Philanthropy Conference, hosted by the Triangle chapter on August 11, was a stunning success. Presented in combination with the Charlotte and Triad Chapters of AFP, we had 450 attendees from across the state. Our speakers in four time slots led 30 different sessions that received very good reviews on our post-conference surveys. […]
July President’s Column
Summer Greetings! It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through the summer and that the NC Philanthropy Conference is less than a month away – on August 11. We present this conference in conjunction with the Triad and Charlotte Chapters of AFP. This year we are hosting, and it will be at the Sheraton […]
June President’s Column
Nominate your colleagues, favorite funder or volunteer for NPD Awards. “I’m really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding (colleagues).” — Morgan Freeman “Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. — Billy […]
April President’s Column
Mentoring program is valued AFP benefit for members “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” ~ Mother Teresa AFP Triangle’s Mentoring program kicked off last month. We have the largest number in the program since it launched several years ago – 16 pairs and over 30 participants. Special thanks to our […]
February President’s Column
As the new AFP President for 2011, I’d like to welcome you to our new AFP Triangle website. We’ve launched this site in hopes of providing more interactive service to our members and a more complete look at our chapter for our guests. I welcome your comments and suggestions on how we can improve the […]