Transcript AFP Chapter Leaders Call A Conversation With AFP’s Chair and President/CEO April 30, 2012

AFP Chapter Leaders Call
A Conversation With
AFP’s Chair and President/CEO
April 30, 2012
Andrea McManus, CFRE
Chair
Andrew Watt, FInstF
President and CEO
The Past 12 Months
 Meeting with leaders from over 100 AFP chapters
 Taking your feedback to create new goals and strengthen
existing ones
 Developing a new business plan to ensure we meet those
goals
2012 and Beyond
 The Three C’s: Communications, Connections, Collaborations
 Member Recruitment and Retention
 Engaging the Next Generation
 Serving the Broader Community
2011 – 2013 Strategic Plan
1) Skills and knowledge
2) Ethics
3) Public policy
4) Optimal value to members
5) Diversity and inclusion
6) International community
7) Young professionals/next generation
Strategic Plan Context Statement
To fulfill our mission, AFP must recognize that in an increasingly
global community, the association and its members are evolving
from a focus on fundraising tools and techniques to a more
comprehensive focus on philanthropy.
Changes in the Profession
 Donors seeking a philanthropic experience
 Fundraisers now directors of engagement
 Wide array of new skills and knowledge needed
Rethinking
 What skills and knowledge fundraisers need
 What information we provide to members
 How we provide information to members
 How our members connect with each other
Goals and Programming
 New Membership Categories
 TechKnow
 Awards
 Government Relations
 New Database/Conversion
 Research
What Can We Do BETTER?
 Continue to solicit feedback from chapters
 Develop new ways to communicate and meet
 Questions/Comments?