2007-2012 AFP Professional Development Calendar
Title of Session: 10 Things You Can Do Today to Be a More Effective Fundraiser
Presenter: Pat Scharr, CFRE, Director, Major Gifts, American Red Cross Mid-Fairfield County Chapter
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/11/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: You Want Me to Work with Who? Eleven Keys to Stress-Free, Satisfying, and
Successful Relationships at Work ... No Matter Who You Work With
Presenter: Julie Jansen, Career Coach, Consultant and Author
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/1/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Securing Major Gifts: How to Organize for Success
Presenters: Marjorie Wren, VP Development and Kat Gloor-Wacowska, Major Gift Officer - both of Planned
Parenthood of CT
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/1/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: How to Create a Board That Loves Fundraising
Presenter: Patti Russo
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 4/5/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Cultivating Diversity: Creating a Successful Multicultural Fundraising Program
Presenters: From The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven: Vilandria Turner - Director of
Community Philanthropy, Angel Fernandez-Chavero - Senior Philanthropic Officer, Deborah Wright Philanthropic Officer, Donor Services
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 5/3/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: U.S. Corporations Contribute Over $13 Billion to Charities Annually – Are You Missing Out?
Presenters: Lucy Ball - Executive Director of the Lone Pine Foundation; Alice Ferreira - Director of
Corporate Communications, HealthNet of the Northeast; Kim Healey - Executive Director, NewAlliance
Foundation and Mary Pat Healy - External Affairs, AT&T
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 6/7/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Proven Strategies to Increase Annual Giving Donors and Dollars
Presenters: Diane Briggs - Assistant Director of Development at the Brunswick School in Greenwich; Debra
Greenwood - President and CEO of the Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport; David Obedzinski,
Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of Institutional Advancement for the Hospital of Central
Connecticut in New Britain
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 9/6/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: The Buck Stops at the Top: Five Things Your Nonprofit Organization Needs to Know about
Ethical Fundraising
Presenters: Linda Hartley - President of Hartley Consulting, Inc.; Reid J. Parrington, Esq., Staff Attorney to
the Public Charities Unit in the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 10/4/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: 2007 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference
Various Presenters
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 11/5/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 8
Points: 8
Title of Session: Fundraising for the 21st Century: Innovative, Dynamic, Fun and Focused
Presenter: Jay Goulart - Interim Headmaster at Cheshire Academy
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 12/6/07
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: A Wealth of Opportunity: Major Gifts
Presenter: Jacqueline Venable - Vice President of Brakeley Briscoe, Inc.
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/10/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Leave A Legacy
Presenters: Jennifer King - Statewide Co-Chair for LEAVE A LEGACY® Connecticut and
Date: 6/5/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Giving Group of CT; Sharon Reiss - Director of Development, Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF);
Patricia Borghesan - Director of Planned Giving at Hopkins School
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/7/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Prospect Research in a Small Shop
Presenter: David Sterling -Director of Advancement Research at Western New England College
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/6/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Women as an Emerging Force in Philanthropy
Presenters: Sondra Shaw-Hardy - Co-Founder – Women’s Philanthropy Institute; Lori Price - President, Price
Financial Group, LLC; Ann Sheffer; Christine Lobeck Lodewick
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 5/1/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is Good Business and Good for Business and Good for
Non Profits, too
Presenters: Tim Hodges - President of People’s United Bank Foundation; Carol Johnson - VP Community
Relations, Fairfield County Bank; Kim Healey - Executive Director, The NewAlliance Foundation; Mary Beth
McGuire and Christine Chan - Corporate Communications, Boehringer Ingelheim
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 6/5/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: How to Thrive and Survive in Economic Uncertainty!
Presenters: Terry O’Connor – Executive Director, Cardinal Shehan Center; Sharon J. Danosky - Founder and
President of Danosky & Associates
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 9/4/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Six Ethical Issues Your Non Profit Should Discuss Now!
Presenters: Reid J. Parrington, Esq., Staff Attorney to the Public Charities Unit in the Connecticut Attorney
General’s Office; Maurice Segall, Director, New York & Fairfield County Programs, ProBono Partnership
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 10/2/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: 2008 Connecticut Philanthropy Day Conference
Various Presenters
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 11/13/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 8
Points: 8
Title of Session: 2008 Connecticut Fundraiser of the Year
Presenter: Carolyn O'Brien - Senior Vice President Development, AmeriCares
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 12/4/08
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: TRENDS IN FUNDRAISING & AFP'S STATE OF FUNDRAISING SURVEY
Presenter: Mike Winn - AFP Director of Chapter Services, Eastern US
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/8/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: The Art of the Ask
Presenter: Carolyn O'Brien - Senior Vice President Development, AmeriCares; Christine Seaver - Co-Chair of
the St. Luke’s Development Committee; Bridget Murphy - Graham-Pelton Consulting
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/5/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: The Power of Strategic Donor Relations: More than Stewardship
Presenter: Janet L. Hedrick, CFRE, Senior Associate, Bentz Whaley Flessner
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/5/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: 50 Asks in 50 Weeks: How to Jumpstart Your Development Office
Presenter: Amy M. Eisenstein, MPA, CFRE
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 4/2/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Understanding the Philanthropic Biography of Donors: How to Make Giving More Emotionally
Rewarding and Fulfilling (Session One); AND Wealth, Wealth Transfer, and Charitable Giving: What’s
Happening in Today’s Environment…and What This Means for You (Session Two)
Presenter: Paul G. Schervish, Center on Wealth & Philanthropy
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 5/7/09 - Session 1
Total # of Contact Hours: 2.75
Points: 2.75
Date: 5/7/09 - Session 2
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.75
Points: 1.75
Date: 5/7/09 - Both Sessions
Total # of Contact Hours: 4.5
Points: 4.5
Title of Session: Marketing Planned Giving in Tough Economic Times
Presenter: Claudine Donikian, JD, MBA
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 6/4/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Demonstrate Your Value to Donors Through the Use of Financial Statements
Presenters: Alison Warner, Vice President, Financial Services, Easy Office; Christian A. Templeman,
Financial Advisor, The HTC Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney;
Joy Hunter Chaillou, Financial Advisor, The HTC Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 9/10/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Donor Privacy and Institutional Risk: Making the Ethical Choice
Presenter: David Eberly, Director of Prospect Development, Children’s Hospital Boston
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 10/08/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Leadership, Peak Performance & Career Success
Presenter: James M. Citrin, Senior Director, Spencer Stuart
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 12/3/09
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: International Rescue Committee’s Freedom Fund: The Tale of the Ugly Duckling
Presenters: Janet Harris, Vice President of Development, International Rescue Committee; Hugh Dwyer,
Director of Development & Operations, International Rescue Committee; Poonam Prasad, Founder and
President, Prasad Consulting and Research
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/7/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: 50 Things I've Learned in 10,000 Days in Fund-raising
Presenter: Jerry F. Smith
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/4/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: What are the Needs and Wants of Your Donors? How to Use Focus Groups and Surveys to
Get that Information
Presenter: Steve Farkas, President of Farkas Duffett Research Group
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/4/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Communicating the Case for Support in the New “Normal:” Balancing Urgency with
Optimism
Presenter: Alice Roebuck, Director of Reunion Giving, Harvard College Fund
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 4/1/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Looking Ahead: The World After the Recovery – Focusing on the Next Generation of Donors
and Using Social Media
Presenters: Stephen M. Jakab, CFRE, President, Bridgeport Hospital Foundation; J.R. Logan, Director of
New Media Strategies for United Way
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 5/6/10 - Session 1
Total # of Contact Hours: 2.5
Points: 2.5
Date: 5/6/10 - Session 2
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Date: 5/6/10 - Both Sessions
Total # of Contact Hours: 4.0
Points: 4.0
Title of Session: Advancing Your Fundraising Career When Your Budget – and Your Time – is Tight
Presenter: Joseph Staley, CFRE President & CEO, Staley/Robeson
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 6/3/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: It’s the Quality and the Quantity: Donor Retention
Presenter: Jill Westgard, CFRE
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 9/2/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 2
Points: 2
Title of Session: Ethics in Fundraising: How to Avoid Breaching Fiduciary Responsibilities - A Connecticut
Perspective
Presenter: Karen Gano, Connecticut Assistant Attorney General
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 10/7/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Lessons Learned about Personal Leadership Skills
Presenter: Bill Mitchell
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 12/2/10
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Creating and Activating a Campaign Plan
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan H. Spinner
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/6/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: New Year’s Resolution # 7: Develop or Stimulate the Planned Giving Program
Presenter: Pam Wesley-Gomez
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/3/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Keep Your Donors: Creating Extraordinary Experiences
Presenter: Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/3/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Your Donor Communications, Bless Their Hearts: Are They Any Good? The EZ do-it-yourself
Audit
Presenter: Tom Ahern
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 4/7/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of A.M. Session: 50 Things I’ve Learned in 10,000 Days in Fund-Raising
Title of P.M. Session: Rules of the Road to Success
Presenter: Jerry F. Smith, CFRE
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 5/5/11 – A.M. Session
Total # of Contact Hours: 3.0
Points: 3.0
Date: 5/5/11 – P.M. Session
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Date: 5/5/11 - Both Sessions
Total # of Contact Hours: 4.5
Points: 4.5
Title of Session: Effective Ways To Find And Engage Your Volunteers: Getting to Win-Win
Presenters: Terry O'Connor and Anne McCrory, Esq
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 6/2/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Stagnant or Stellar – How is Your Annual Fund Doing?
Presenter: Sharon Danoksy
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 9/8/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Ethical Government and Public Policy
Presenter: Attorney General George Jepsen
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 10/6/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Lessons Learned about Personal Leadership Skills in the Non-Profit Sector
Presenter: Robert J. Trefry
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 12/8/11
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Development Plans That Make a Difference
Presenter: Rebecca Bryan
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 1/5/12
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Responding to the Needs of Your Nonprofit and You
Presenters: Mark Berardi, Maurice Segall and Elaine Mintz
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 2/9/12
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Trends in Fundraising: What’s Happening and How It May Be Affecting Your Fundraising
Presenter: Lori Gusdorf, CAE
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 3/8/12
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5
Title of Session: Rediscovery...How Looking Back Can Create the Best Way Forward
Presenter: Brent Robertson
Activity Organizer: AFP-Fairfield County CT Chapter
Date: 4/5/12
Total # of Contact Hours: 1.5
Points: 1.5