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Winning the Fundraising Game
A Creative Think Tank for Movers and Shakers

If you are a mover and a shaker for a non-profit, arts organization, start up, or other capital-constrained enterprise, chances are good that you spend way too much time thinking about the "F" word — fundraising. While the mission of your organization may be highly expansive, the money is takes to support that mission is, all too often, highly contracted — especially these days, with government cut backs and an uncertain economy.

Enter Idea Champions' Winning the Fundraising Game, a thought provoking, custom designed, 4 – 8 hour creative thinking session that cuts through the "same old same old" syndrome and catalyzes bold, new, actionable possibilities.

Unlike most brainstorming sessions, Winning the Fundraising Game does not just focus on the generation of ideas — or what some innovation mavens refer to as divergence. It also focuses on convergence — what it takes to turn those bold, new ideas into measureable results.

How We Get Results

1. Needs Assessment: The first thing we do is learn about your organization's past and current fundraising efforts — what's worked, what hasn't, and why. At the same time, we also learn about your organization's culture, so the design of our session is appropriate to the mood and mindset of participants. Our needs assessment process includes one-on-one phone interviews with a cross section of key stakeholders, as well as an online poll that gives all participants a chance to share their perspective.

2. Custom Design: Once we're clear about your hoped for outcomes, we design the session. Variables that impact the design include the number of attendees, length of session, meeting space, collective sense of urgency, goals, and the willingness of participants to go beyond the status quo.

3. Facilitation: Idea Champions consultants are highly experienced facilitators of group process. Since 1987, we have been designing and leading dynamic creative thinking, teambuilding, visioning, and leadership development sessions for almost every industry on planet earth, including telecommunications, media, retail, pharmaceutical, health care, high tech, government, education, public relations, manufacturing, and non-profit.

4. Follow-Up: Our support for your team of fundraising mavens does not necessarily end when the last person leaves the room. We offer all our clients a variety of simple ways to ensure that meaningful follow-up happens. This includes the generation of a post-session brainstorm report, reality check conference calls, and coaching.

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