AFP Deep Dive: AFP Faculty Training Academy: Donor Advised Fund Essentials (4-day series) (Aug. 2026)

August 4, 6, 11 & 13, 2026 (4-day series)
12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Each Day
$899 USD (Members); Not eligible for Non-members

Join us for a special AFP Faculty Training Academy (FTA) focused on preparing facilitators to deliver the new AFP Donor-Advised Fund Essentials curriculum.

FTA is AFP’s signature train-the-trainer program, designed to ensure excellence and consistency across our educational offerings. The program provides prospective instructors with comprehensive, hands-on training in adult learning principles, diverse learning styles, effective classroom management, presentation techniques, and the design of engaging, learner-centered experiences.

Throughout the course, participants will apply these concepts by developing and delivering a 10-minute mini-training session from the Donor-Advised Fund Essentials curriculum to their peers, which is recorded for review. Following the program, participants receive individualized written feedback from the instructor on both their training design and delivery, supporting continuous improvement and confidence as AFP facilitators.

Graduates of this program will be certified to facilitate the new Donor-Advised Fund Essentials curriculum in addition to AFP Global’s other curriculum offerings.

Course eligibility requirements & expectations

Participants must:

• Possess extensive experience in the nonprofit sector and thorough knowledge of the fundraising profession.
• Regularly participate in continuing education in fundraising, with a minimum of 45 contact hours within the previous three years.
• Maintain current AFP membership.
• Maintenance of CFRE credential is helpful but not required.
   

Registration is first come, first served. Space for this session is limited to 20 participants. A waitlist will be maintained and waitlist attendees will be notified no less than one week before the session begins if they have been admitted.

Note: Individuals who completed the Faculty Training Academy between 2020–2025 will have the opportunity to participate in a separate facilitation workshop, coming in 2027.

Learn more about the Donor-Advised Fund Essentials curriculum.

Eligible for 15 CFRE points (pending approval).

**Course recordings will not be available. 

Presented by:  Dr. Sandra Ehrlich, CFRE & Ken Miller, CFRE

A preeminent leader in the philanthropic sector, Dr. Sandra G. Ehrlich is a management, leadership, and fund development consultant with more than 35 years of increasing responsibility in the private and public sector. As President of Sandra Ehrlich Consulting, LLC, she assesses, guides, and moves national corporate and nonprofit clients to a higher level of achievement and performance. Working alongside her clients, she has raised more than $100 million for worthy causes. Sandra is a Past President of the AFP Alaska Chapter. For her vital contributions and exemplary leadership, she received the coveted Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy award from the AFP Alaska Chapter. An AFP Certified Facilitator and dedicated nonprofit advocate, Sandra is a catalyst for excellence. As Alaska’s CFRE International Ambassador, she advises, supports, and mentors fundraising professionals across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

A dynamic trainer, speaker and consultant, Ken Miller, CFRE is the president of Denali Fundraising & Grant Consultants, a nonprofit fundraising consultancy he founded in 2014 after a long career in development. Ken was awarded his Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2016 and received his AFP Certified Master Trainer (CMT) certificate in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy by the AFP Alaska Chapter.