donor.com 2009 Community Conference in Atlanta, GA April 16 & 17 2009
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The 2009 donor.com Community Conference is happening April 16 - 17, 2009 at The Holiday Inn Conference Center in Decatur, GA. Decatur is just to the east of Atlanta proper on the Marta Train route from the airport and downtown Atlanta.
Pre-conference workshops are planned for April 14 - 15 at the same location, offering two full days of training on our software and tools.
We think there are lots of good reasons to attend! Here are just a few.
- The focus of the 2009 Community Conference is online strategies that work! Pick up ideas for making progress in 2009 and learn about the tools that you need to make them happen ... all at the same event. Bring your development staff and fundraisers! You won't want to miss out on this valuable information.
- With our focus on development and fundraising strategies, we are encouraging participation from both development and information systems staff. It takes a team effort ... those who plan the strategies and those who help execute them. By participating together, you will enhance your team effort in reaching your common goals.
- The Christian Leadership Alliance (formerly the Christian Management Association) National Conference follows ours in Atlanta: maxamize your budget and attend both!
- As always, we will be encouraging community members to share development ideas and help us plan for future software enhancements.
- Thursday night we will all be going to Feast, a local restaurant for dinner together on their private patio. You know we will have fun!
Keynote Presenter
Larry Yonker from The Elevation Group will be presenting strategies that have worked in the last year and address how to be effective online and with aging databases. You might remember Larry from our 2008 conference in Phoenix.
Here's Larry's bio:
Larry
Yonker, Partner
Strategic Marketing, Organizational Development, Major Donor Programs
Larry’s
experience with major nonprofits and Fortune 100 corporations
gives him the skills and vision required to create successful
programs for fundraising, planned giving, donor relations,
major donors, marketing, and development activities.
A
former Executive Director of Development for Compassion,
where he worked for nearly a decade, Larry also worked for
16 years in the information technology industry, serving
as a Regional Director of the value-added marketing division
of Unisys. Long involved in the Christian Management Association
and the Christian Stewardship Association, Larry is also
an elder at New Life Church in Colorado Springs and a member
of the board of directors for the National Association of
Evangelicals.
http://www.theelevationgroup.com/about.htm
Get the most out of your experience by taking part in the pre-conference workshops April 14-15. Hands on training and interaction with donor.com staff make these workshops an excellent value. The cost for these workshops is a fraction of what you'd pay for on-site training and consulting. Pick from the following workshops :
- dasco3
- WebGui and WebWare
- Getting the Most from donor.com
- ReportWare (subject to level of interest)
Early registration discounts are available by registering before February 16. Group discounts are available for organizations registering six or more individuals. Contact commconference@donor.com for more information.
To book your hotel rooms for the conference, call the The Holiday Inn Conference Center (Decatur) and ask for the 2009 donor.com (DonorWare) Community Conference rate of $109/night. You must reserve your hotel room(s) by March 14.Holiday Inn CONFERENCE CENTER (DECATUR)
130 CLAIREMONT AVE
DECATUR, GA 30030 UNITED STATES
Hotel Front Desk: 1-404-3710204
The hotel is providing free wireless during the conference. Transportation from the airport is available via train to the MARTA - DECATUR station.
