PowerPoint for "From Cultivation to Stewardship: Building Long Term Major Giving Relationships." Mini workshop, led by one of the favorite DevCon presenters, Kay Sprinkel Grace, helped define, create, implement and sustain a relationship-based major giving program stations. Group learned learn how to develop donor-centered cultivation, solicitation and stewardship plans and programs to help engage prospects and donors in an investment relationship. Strategies for creating and sustaining a culture of philanthropy were presented.

Session Handouts

Executive Summary of findings related to focus group work on their major giving society.

Development professionals are faced with increasing challenges of securing resources for their organizations. This session presented how it is essential that everyone “play well” together and find ways to maximize the giving potential of donors and prospects. Panelists from Idaho Public Television, KVIE, Vermont Public Television and Nashville Public Television shared how they successfully integrated their development activities and what is happening to their internal cultures and fundraising success as a result.

PowerPoint from KVIE for "The Integrated Development Operation" session at DevCon 2005.

Vermont Public Television PowerPoint presentation for 2005 PBS DevCon session entitled The Integrated Development Operation.

Handouts from the 2005 PBS DevCon session entitled The Integrated Development Operation.

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PowerPoint presented at 2006 DevCon by Susan Meier and Michael Daigneault from BoardSource regarding board governance.

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint for session entitled "Endowment Fundraising for Public Broadcasting." Part 2

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint for session entitled "Endowment Fundraising for Public Broadcasting." Part 1.

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint for session entitled, "Capital Campaigns and Annual Giving: Success on Both Fronts."

From 2006 PBS DevCon session "Endowment Fundraising for Public Broadcasting."

From 2006 PBS DevCon session entitled "Endowment Fundraising for Public Broadcasting."

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from session entitled "In Pursuit of the Ultimate Gift."

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from session entitled "Recruiting, Retaining, Motivating and Evaluating Major Gifts Staff.

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from session entitled, "MGI: Lessons Learned."

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from the Kay Sprinkel Grace session entitled "Mission Vision and Values in Action."

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from session entitled "Moves Management: A Primer."

2006 PBS DevCon MGI Pre-Conference Workshop PowerPoint.

2006 PBS DevCon PowerPoint from session entitled "Strategic Planning and Major Gifts Fundraising."

2006 PBS DevCon handout from session entitled "Strategic Planning and Major Gifts Fundraising." Handout provided by Jim Lewis.

2006 PBS DevCon handout from session entitled "Strategic Planning and Major Gifts Fundraising."

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Session with Robert Altman, Robert Ryan and Deb Turner that reviewed some of the lessons learned from participating MGI stations.

Packet insert for March Conference for Leadership Volunteers and General Managers describing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Packet insert for March Conference for Leadership Volunteers and General Managers describing the Major Giving Initiative.

PowerPoint from the Kay Sprinkel Grace session on achieving productive partnerships between station staff and volunteers.

Agenda for the March 2007 Conference for Leadership Volunteers and General Managers.

PowerPoint presentation by Michael Daigneault and Susan Meier of BoardSource facilitating the discussion of what GMs can do to foster an engaged board.

PowerPoint from the Kay Sprinkel Grace session targeted toward newcomers to the MGI with an opportunity to learn the basics of the MGI mission, vision, values approach.

PowerPoint from the Kay Sprinkel Grace session discussing the challenges and successes experienced and the opportunities expected in station MGI work.

PowerPoint from the Kay Sprinkel Grace session discussing the role of volunteers in taking public television to the next level.

PowerPoint from presentation by Michael Daigneault and Susan Meier from BoardSource regarding how boards of various types might offer more meaningful and consequential work to their volunteers.

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PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon Workshop with Kay Sprinkel Grace. Session clarified role of board members and staff in the world of Development.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Robert Altman, Kay Sprinkel Grace and Deb Turner outlining the major findings from the 3 year MGI Project.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Kurt Mische from KOCE, Jon Miskowski from WPT and Shelley Mitchell from NHPTV.

Handout from 2007 PBS DevCon session, Marketing your Planned Giving Program. Memo, written by Jon Miskowski from WPT, justifies investment in planned giving program.

Handout from 2007 PBS DevCon for Marketing your Planned Giving Program. Plan, created by Jon Miskowski from WPT, justifies the creation and funding of a planned giving program.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Julie Feely from OPB and Louise Gregory from the California Academy of Sciences.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Jeffrey Bell from WNED, Bradley Hurlburt and Ellen Oppenheimer from WPBT and Virginia Thumm from WHRO.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Jim Lewis introducing the new, self-directed curriculum on the MGI Web Site.

PowerPoint from 2007 PBS DevCon session presented by Brian Chapman from Grenzeback Glier and David Howie from WETA.

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Announcement and Registration information for the Board Effectiveness Project being conducted by BoardSource.

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Directions for registering for Phase II of MGI along with registration form for the Workshops to be held in June, 2006.

Notes taken during the January 2006 Regional Leadership Workshops regarding Engagement and Sustainability.

The brief PowerPoint from the Team Leadership Meetings held in June 2006 kicking off Phase 2 for our Round 2 stations.

Worksheet used for station group planning session at the January and June 2006 Team Leadership Meetings.

Affinity Group Coalition station imagining exercise and worksheets conducted at the January and June 2006 Team Leadership Workshops.

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Hear a final perspective on the Major Giving Initiative by Robert Altman and Kay Sprinkel Grace in this archived audio conversation recorded on June 12, 2007.

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Davida Isaacson, one of our implementation consultants, provided this information bulletin regarding recent legislation allowing donors to make tax advantaged gifts from their IRAs.

Davida Isaacson, one of our implementation consultants provided this sample buckslip language to promote the tax advantages of giving a gift from pensions or IRAs.

Davida Isaacson provided this template receipt letter for gifts made as a result of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Davida Isaacson provided another template for MGI stations. This one for the donor to use to instruct IRA administrators to send a distribution to your station.

As discussed during the December 2006 Planned Giving Conference call. These are scripts for spots the station used at year end to encourage year-end planned gifts including charitable gifts from IRAs.

Samples gift policies from KUED as discussed during Feb. 2007 conference call on Gift Acceptance Policies.

Samples gift policies from KUED as discussed during Feb. 2007 conference call on Gift Acceptance Policies.

Samples gift policies from KUED as discussed during Feb. 2007 conference call on Gift Acceptance Policies.

Samples gift policies from KUED as discussed during Feb. 2007 conference call on Gift Acceptance Policies.

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Planned giving topic-based conference calls regarding the new Charitable IRA Rollover. Guest speaker is Davida Isaacson, one of our implementation consultants.

Planned Giving Conference call on the topic of gifts of real estate.

Planned Giving call discussing the topic of gift acceptance policies. Presentations made by Rob Hilbert, Iowa Public Television, Debbie Eliason, WHRO, and Gay Cookson, KUED.

Planned Giving conference call on the topic of working with planned giving committees and allied professionals. Presentations made by Kelly McCoullough of KAET, Tom Taggert of WEDU and Debbie Eliason from WHRO.

Planned giving topic based conference call regarding gift annuities. Presentations by Davida Isaacson, one of our implementation consultants, David Clough from WNET and Julie Feely from OPB.

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Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Jack Eardley.

Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Martha Jane Friedrich.

Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Ed Mapp.

Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Jacque LaVista.

Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Jim Stavrakakis.

Downloadable 60 second planned giving spot formatted for web site useage featuring Mark Welter.

Planned Giving Print Ads and Guidelines. PDF document.

LARGE FILE: This document includes the production quality images and templates for print ads to accompany the planned giving spots.

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Topic-based conference call with presentations by TPT, KET and WILL.

Topic-based conference call with presentations from Detroit Public Television, WTVP, WNED, WPTD and Bob Marovich from Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt.

Topic-based conference call with presentations from Vermont Public Television, WVIA and WETA.

Topic-based conference call with presentations from WPT and Maine Public Broadcasting.

Topic-based conference call with presentations by KUED, KTCS and WPBT on September 15, 2005.

Topic-based conference call with presentations by OPB, WITF and Grenzebach Glier & Associates

Topic-based conference call with presentations by WPBT, Miami and WPSX.

Susan Galler of the Galler Group, one of our implementation consultants and an executive recruiter, shares strategies regarding recruitment and retention of development staff.

Topic-based conference call introducing new tools developed for the MGI web site designed to help development integrate outreach and project related fundraising into their work.

Rob Hilbert from Iowa Public Television, Gay Cookson from KUED and Kathy Russell from WXXI talk about their efforts on establishing and growing planned giving programs at their stations.

Susanna Grady from WEDU and Anne Kerns from KIXE talk about their success in cultivating, soliciting and stewarding large gifts to their stations.

In this call, we review all the MGI related sessions at DevCon 2006 and hear from stations about their highlights from the conference.

WEDU appeal letters referenced in the conference call.

MGI Topic based conference call regarding change management. Presenters include: Walter Parson, MGI Team Member and Change Expert, and stories about change from Wisconsin Public Television and Kentucky Educational Television.

Monthly Conference call on the topic of ethics as it relates to major gifts work, recognition, planned giving and other issues related to development.

As part of the March 2007 MGI topic-based conference call on Ethics, WPBT in Miami talked about this document in relation to their internal ethics practices.

As part of the March 2007 MGI topic-based conference call on Ethics, WPBT in Miami talked about this document in relation to their internal ethics practices.

Topic based conference call about how to measure progress of a major giving program. Presentations by Jon Miskowski, Wisconsin Public Television, Seth Martin of WKAR, Ed Valles of ThinkTV, and John Brady of Alabama.

Integrated Development Plan from Ed Valles from ThinkTV as discussed in the Metrics, Metrics, Metrics call in April, 2007.

Topic-Based conference call regarding stewardship efforts at stations. Presentations by Kay Tuttle from MPT, WHRO, Jeffrey Bell from WNED, Kevin Smith-Fagan from KVIE, Mary Mayo from MPBN (Maine) and Debbie Eliason from WHRO.

June 2007 final Topic-based conference call where Robert Altman reviews the progress made during MGI and participants share their future plans for major giving efforts.

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