A  BIG THANK YOU to all the speakers who volunteered to share their time and expertise at FUNd during the past year.   FUNd  stands for Fundraisers Using Networking dynamically -  and the series just celebrated ten years (the perfect excuse to get a giant cake shaped like a dollar sign).  

The goal of FUNd is to share useful ideas  that nonprofit workers  can take away in a lunchtime hour.   And it's meant to be a FUN chance for connecting with others in the field.   Thanks to all who participated and contributed!   FUNd takes a break for the rest of the summer, but contact me if you'd like to be notified of future programs.   And please let me know if there are topics that you'd like to see covered in the future.

Thank you to all our FUNd speakers during the past year:

• Get Grant Ready with Linda Butler of Butler Consulting   (September 2009)
• Fundraising in a Challenging Economy with David Holmes of The Foundation Center Cleveland (October 2009)
• Labor of Love: Starting a Nonprofit with Jan Lepore-Jentleson of East End Community Services and Jerri Stanard of K12 Gallery for Young People  (November 2009)
• Writing for a Good Cause with Joy Schwab, Reference Librarian (January 2010)
• Researching Community Needs with Nikima Barnhill of the Ohio Secretary of State, featuring the website  Better Lives, Better Ohio  (February 2010)
• Get Ready to Raise! with Leon Bey, founder of the Grants Information Center, fundraising consultant  and local historian (March 2010)
• Building Blocks of Planned Giving with Kenneth Hershberger of Hershberger Fundraising Consultants (April 2010)
• Faith and Fundraising with Rev. Harold Stockman of United Theological Seminary and Karen Smith of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church (May 2010)
• From Hello to Major Gifts: Building a Corps of Individual Donors, a  special two-hour session with Duanna Osting of Daybreak and Marianne Gorczyca of The Hodge Group (June 2010)