Advancement Report to Faculty Council
Date: October 14, 2014
Prepared by: Robin Kester, Senior Development Officer iSchool Strategic Plan 2012-2017
Priority 5: Enrich
Enrich our environment and culture for study, research and work:
Goal 4: Improving our Advancement approaches.
Strategies and Actions a.
Support the continued development of our Advancement Program. b.
Focus on refining and achieving our Advancement targets. c.
Engage all faculty, librarians, staff and students in the Advancement process. d.
Create opportunities for alumni to support the Advancement process.
Major Gifts:
Corporate Proposal: Submitted May 2014
Amount $28,500 received
Funding priority: Semaphore Lab 3D Prosthetic Printing Research
Foundation proposal: To be submitted in November 2014
Amount: $25K (Request for multi-year commitment)
Funding priority: Student Experience, Internships Academic Libraries
Foundation proposal: In progress
Amount: $2.5M USD
Funding priority: Curatorship, Centre for Museology, Information and Culture
Foundation proposal: To be submitted in November 2014
Amount: $3M
Funding priority: Program Support, Centre for Museology, Information and Culture
Gift Planning:
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Gift Planning has been identified as an area with strong future revenue potential for the Faculty and will become a stronger area of focus in the coming years
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Informed Alumni magazine will be mailed to 150 gift planning prospects with gift planning information in October 2014
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Book Binding Gift Planning event to be held in early December, 2014 (12 prospects and donors)
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Visit to Ottawa January 15/16 2015. 30 Gift Planning prospects live in the region and an alumni event will also be held in conjunction with Museum Studies Students.
Volunteer Leadership:
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Volunteer, David Nostbakken, has been engaged to assist with McLuhan fundraising priorities, cultivating and soliciting prospects. Goal to have individual meetings and a small group of influential prospects involved on an advisory council by February 2015
Community Engagement:
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Continuing to meet with organizations, corporations and associations. Recent meeting held with
Ontario Health Libraries Association (OHLA) on September 29, 2014.

Advancement Report to Faculty Council
Date: October 14, 2014
Prepared by: Robin Kester, Senior Development Officer
 President’s Circle Event
October 22 recognizing annual donors at the $1,827+ level by invitation
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Boundless Campaign Update Event November 10 by invitation
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I.P. Sharp Lecture Irina Bokova Director-General of UNESCO
Safeguarding the Past, Shaping a Better Future: UNESCO Soft Power in the Digital Age
November 18, 2014 Doors open at 6:30PM Lecture begins at 7:00PM
Toronto Reference Library Bram and Bluma Appel Salon 789 Yonge Street
Registration required: https://ipsharp-lecture.eventbrite.ca

Cultural Roundtable November 18, 2014 , iSchool ‘ Protecting our Heritage and Fostering
Creativity’
Room 728 by invitation

PwC event for UofT alumni working at PwC November 24 by invitation
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Museum Mixer and TIFF Stanley Kubrick Exhibit for alumni, 2nd year MMSt students and cultural leaders November 26, 2014
Registration required: https://museummixer.eventbrite.ca
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Bertha Bassam Lecture March 11, 2015 6:30 p.m. at Innis College featuring R. David Lankes