Greenville Nonprofits Talk Fundraising at Shine the Light
November 30, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – DNA Creative Communications (DNA), in partnership with the Hollingsworth Funds, the Community Foundation of Greenville, United Way of Greenville County, The Graham Foundation, The Daniel-Mickel Foundation and the Jolley Foundation recently hosted “Leading for Sustainability,” the final session of the 2014 Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums (STL) Leadership Academy.
“A huge thank you to my community partners for making this year’s Leadership Academy a success. With their support I was able to bring four outstanding national speakers to Greenville to share their nonprofit expertise. More than 150 local nonprofit leaders participated in one or more of the sessions,” shared Debbie Nelson, President of DNA and founder of STL. “I am in the midst of planning our 2015 curriculum and look forward to announcing our programming in early January.”
On November 19th nearly 100 nonprofit leaders gather at the Kroc Center to hear national speaker Kathy Hedge. Kathy serves as the Executive Director of Parent Encouragement Program, a nonprofit organization in the Washington DC area. She brought more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, strategic planning and board development to the Shine the Light audience. The inspiration for her presentation was her recent book Engaging Your Board in Fundraising: A Staff’s Guide, which was published by BoardSource in early 2014. Her platform is to provide nonprofit professionals with the tools to incorporate board members into the fundraising process.
In addition to Kathy’s keynote, a panel of local leaders shared some personal fundraising success stories. Panelists included:
- Ann Robinson, Senior VP at Park Sterling Bank
- Bill Tiller, President and CEO of Make A Wish South Carolina
- Coby Hennecy, Executive Director of the South Carolina ETV Endowment
Shine the Light Panelists Ann Robinson (Park Sterling Bank), Coby Hennecy (SC ETV Endowment) and Bill Tiller (Make A Wish of SC) share nonprofit success stories
For more information about Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums and the programming for 2015, please visit www.NonprofitForums.org or call (864)235-0959.
Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums
Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums is an annual series of educational workshops presented by DNA Creative Communications in Greenville, SC. Each session is designed exclusively for nonprofit professionals, executive directors and board members to provide insight and training in operating a successful nonprofit organization. Since its launch in 2010, more than 1,300 participants and 375 nonprofit organizations have attended a Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums.
