AFP Deep Dive: Customizing Your Stellar Fundraising Stories to Succeed in Grant Seeking

June 25, 2024
1:00 – 5:00 PM ET
$199 USD (Members); $259 USD (Non-Members)

You likely have a favorite story to use whether in annual appeal letters or social media. Yet do you struggle with naturally integrating the story into your grants? We will take successful fundraising stories, and walk through how to successfully customize and integrate the stories into your grants.

Presented by: Beth Archer, GPC, RSM and Diane Leonard, GPC, RST

Beth Archer has been a grant professional for six years and has enjoyed supporting the fundraising initiatives of a wide array of nonprofit organizations. She has experience with government, foundation, and corporate grants and, through her experiences, has successfully obtained funding for everything from repointing bricks on the façade of a hundred-year-old building, to covering medical expenses for rescue cats in Philadelphia. Beth also has extensive experience in nonprofit management and leadership and is passionate about helping mission-driven organizations make a difference in their communities.

Beth received her BS in Exercise Science from the University of Scranton and her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy from Drexel University.

Beth loves the outdoors and is an avid hiker, camper, runner, and cyclist; often accompanied by her husband and two children. 

Diane Leonard, GPC, RST is a Grant Professional Certified, Approved Trainer of the Grant Professionals Association, and a Registered Scrum Trainer. Diane began her career as a Program Officer for a state-wide grantmaking organization. Since 2006, when she formed DH Leonard Consulting, Diane and her team have secured more than $99 million dollars in competitive grant awards and Diane has personally trained more than 70,000 nonprofit professionals.

Eligible for 4 CFRE points.

Course is limited to 30 participants. A wait list will be maintained.

*Course recordings will not be available.