Monday, June 14 I 1:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Great Plains

CRM Therapy: Real Talk, Tips, and Tricks for Navigating a Successful CRM Conversion

Change can be a difficult thing. And a CRM conversion is a BIG change for an organization to go through. Understanding your role in the process can be as clear as mud sometimes, but our panel of professionals share their tips and tricks that will hopefully provide you the tools to get through whatever stage of the process you are in. Or at least show you that you are not alone in how you’re feeling!

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Monday, June 14 I 3:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Rocky Mountains

Gift Planning; Gifts-in-Kind

From basic definitions and examples, to the more complex nature of appraisals, internal processing, and tax laws, this comprehensive look examines the tools for non-profits, through research to acceptance of Gifts-in-Kind.

Presented by Brett Befus, Associate Vice President for Development, University of Wyoming

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Tuesday, June 15 I 12:00 p.m. EST

Live Webinar by Apra Utah and SWARO

Starting a New Apra Chapter / Revitalizing an Existing Chapter

Presented by Timothy Wilson, Apra Utah Chapter; Drew Krewer, SWARO

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YBEMC1f7QyOuuKz_kS20nw/

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Apra SWARO

SWARO is a regional chapter of Apra, an international organization for people in the field of prospect development. Its mission is to provide educational and networking opportunities to fundraising professionals in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. It is intended to be a forum to share best practices and to advance cooperation among its members.

Apra Utah

Apra Utah welcomes any prospect development officer who works for a Beehive State institution, or how works remotely in Utah. We strive to connect our members with valuable content and knowledge-sharing opportunities via semi-annual chapter conferences and our new chapter website.

Session Description: Share the Knowledge Roundtable

“Please join Apra SWARO and Apra Utah chapter leaders for our Share the Knowledge Roundtable topic “Starting a New Chapter, or Revitalizing an Existing Chapter”! Drew Krewer (University of Arizona), Jess Channell-Iler (UNLV), Tim Wilson (Intermountain Healthcare), and Masha McFadden (University of Utah) will excitedly share how they have led efforts to start a new Apra chapter (SWARO) or take an existing chapter to the next level (Utah). Their leadership efforts have included initial chapter incorporation and developing bylaws, more robust programming, cross-Apra chapter initiatives and conferences, revamped chapter websites, and outreach to recruit and retain chapter members and institutions.”

Tuesday, June 15 I 1:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Metro D.C.

International Prospecting: Tips and Tricks

Prospect Research is hard enough. You spend hours sifting through databases and web searches to find every scrap of information. But if that prospect lives internationally, absolutely forget about it. Just wave the white flag.

Or you could join Apra Metro DC for a webinar on International Prospecting: Tips and Tricks. Our two speakers will cover their best practices for international prospecting with an alumni base and without an alumni base.

Edward (Ted) Wynne - Officer, Prospect Research, Advancement at the National Geographic Society

Thomas Turner - Regional Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics at the International Justice Mission

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Wednesday, June 16 I 12:00 p.m. EST

Twitter Chat with Apra Indiana

Join Apra Indiana for a Twitter Chat about diversity, equity, and inclusion by following #apraembracesdiversity.

Wednesday, June 16 I 1:00 p.m. EST

Live Webinar by Apra Canada

An Overview of Apra Canada’s New Website!

Presented by Elanna Giang, Apra Canada Director of Special Projects – Website and Prospect Development Officer with Covenant House Vancouver. Elanna will present on their general process, timelines, what to expect with a new website. Elanna will also highlight their final product / what is planned for the future.

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l8Q0h2iGQ0S1CXVv3VyFqQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Wednesday, June 16 I 3:00 p.m. EST

Live Webinar by Apra Georgia

If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Improve It: How to Measure the Ongoing Effectiveness of Your Team by Implementing a Researcher Scorecard

Presented by Matthew McCauley, Development Analyst, University of Georgia and Prisca Zaccaria, Senior Director of Prospect Development, University of Georgia

Measuring prospect research productivity, value, and impact is a challenging endeavor. Determining the success of a project is one thing, but measuring an employee's output and impact without micromanaging, is another. No one cares if you identified 200 proactive prospects in one week if you can't turn them into referrals. No one cares if you referred 100 major gift prospects if none of them turned into a visit. No. One. Cares. All you want to care about when talking about Research team productivity is how much quality work is produced and how it's being used. As Albert Einstein said, "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

In this session, we will explore how an easily refreshable database-driven productivity visualization can optimize research metrics, establish trust, and highlight impact.

• What to measure and how to adapt the research visualization scorecard to your metrics and use it to track productivity and promote accountability.
• How to best utilize an internal research scorecard to track the impact of referred prospects and track activity from prospect identification to gift.

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uNCLJdSnShKPqhWxpGGHLg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Thursday, June 17 I 12:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Greater New York

Building Prospect Management Systems

Elizabeth de Velasco’s love of systems and strategy led her to prospect development. Before joining Memorial Sloan Kettering, she led prospect development and was a major gifts officer at UNICEF USA and worked in annual giving and events at Scripps College.

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Thursday, June 17 I 1:00 p.m. EST

Interactive Meeting with Apra Florida

Financial Forms, Terms and Acronyms - Oh My!

Presented by: Jen Filla and Aisha Maddox

Do you really know what those financial terms and acronyms mean? As researchers we often need to comb through and locate wealth, and knowing which SEC form or what those financial acronyms and terms mean is always helpful. Join up in teams to test your knowledge game show style.

The Florida Chapter brings the ideas of fun in the sun to prospect development & research. Our members include various organizations and individuals in the Florida area and now including the Caribbean.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIuc-GgrzwvGNZi_KuzmVdLJLx78szN8wiZ   

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thursday, June 17 I 3:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Maryland

“There must be a better way!” Excel Data Clean‐up Strategies, Formulas, and More

“There must be a better way!" If you’ve said that at one time or another when working in Excel, then this session is for you! Andrea Kennedy, Data Integrity and Training Specialist at Virginia Tech, will share Excel data clean‐up strategies, useful formulas for comparing spreadsheets, and a crowd‐favorite, pivot tables! In addition, we will show a few other Excel tips & tricks that are sure to save you time and energy (and you may just wow your boss in the process!).

Meet the Presenter: Andrea Kennedy is the Data Integrity and Training Specialist at Virginia Tech in the University Advancement division. Her work in higher education has ranged from undergraduate admissions operations, coordinating university assessments, institutional reporting, to professional development and technical training. In her current role with Virginia Tech, she gets to combine her two favorite things—working with data and workplace training. 

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Friday, June 18 

Blog by Apra Carolinas

The Best Things in Life are Free...

Whether you are brand new to prospect research or a veteran of the field, some of the most used tools in our toolkits end up being free resources found online. Apra Carolinas shares the love of our favorite free prospecting tools. The board members were each asked to share their favorite free resource(s) and why they love it. This is what your board had to say…

Click here to read the blog post.

Friday, June 18 I 1:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra Pennsylvania

ID Score

When one gift officer had too many identification prospects to get through or for a researcher to verify, a new score was born. Join Lauren Woodring, Research Analyst at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to learn how she, with the help of gift officers and fellow research staff, came up with a  simple score to rank identification prospects and make everyone’s lives a bit easier. The score allowed everyone to prioritize who to reach out to or who to drop from a portfolio. This session is a half an hour long and is recorded from Apra PA’s virtual fall 2020 conference.

Download the pre-recorded webinar here. 

Friday, June 18 I 3:00 p.m. EST

Pre-recorded Webinar by Apra New York 

Campaigns and Prospect Development, The Adventure Ahead!

In this session, you will learn a general overview of capital campaigns and best practices a prospect development office could and should be doing in their organization. This session focuses on the strategic prospect management in the run up to a campaign, and to be prepared for the adventure of the campaign ahead!

Highlighting our Chapter:

The APRA-NY mantra is Share the Knowledge and we take that to heart. In 2021, are committed to creating robust and affordable programming, both virtually and in-person when it’s safe. We offer a popular monthly webinar series, monthly newsletters for members, and multiple opportunities for folks in our industry to connect and network. We aren’t slowing down this summer as we continue to schedule webinars, plan our multiday conference scheduled for this October, and launch our first book club!

Download the pre-recorded webinar here.