This workshop will be postponed and rescheduled at a later date. We will provide updates on options in the coming days.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact MNA at [email protected] or 406-449-3717
Join acclaimed fundraising expert and author Brian Saber to find and develop your personal Asking Style. Whether you are a development director, board member, program manager, or major gifts officer, this hands-on workshop can help you take the anxiety out of the ask by honing in on your natural strengths.
Participants will identify their own asking styles and learn to work with a team to feel more comfortable - and be more successful - in fundraising asks. This interactive workshop prepares attendees to actually implement their fundraising plans, with a more focused approach on how to make comfortable and successful asks. If you want to build your development dream team, this workshop will help your entire organization - development experts to program heroes - master the art of the ask.
Hear from past participants:
"As a board member, I found it difficult to ask. But it certainly makes it easier to know that I can ask in the style that suits my personality and not try to be someone I’m not."
"In these early stages of using Asking Matters, we’re understanding ourselves better as a fundraising team. We’re learning that everybody’s Asking Style works – for them. We’re also becoming more purposeful -- and having fun at the same time! "
"One of my team members applied what she had learned on a site visit with a prospective donor the very next day! It’s rare to have such an immediate and measurable return..."
The workshops will take place at the following locations from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, lunch included:
April 15 | BillingsApril 16 | BozemanApril 17 | Missoula
Lunch included.
MNA Members$119 Before April 8th$150 After April 8th
Not-Yet MNA Members$240 Before April 8th$300 After April 8th
Brian is one of the field’s preeminent experts on the art and science of asking for charitable gifts face-to-face. He has spent more than 30 years working in the non-profit world and has personally solicited thousands of donors as a director of development, executive director, board member, and consultant. In 2008, Brian co-founded Asking Matters, the most comprehensive online resource on asking in the field. Asking Matters is home to the Asking Styles, a revolutionary concept in the field that helps people understand and embrace their unique strengths as fundraisers.
Brian has led training programs and presented at conferences for Prevent Child Abuse America, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Social Venture Partners International, National Public Radio, Volunteers of America, the U.S. Olympic Committee, The Salvation Army, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, AFP International, numerous AFP chapters, the North American YMCA Development Conference, and others.
