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You can find me on the road in the next few months lecturing, consulting, or teaching workshops at the following places:
January 25, 2010
CompassPoint, San Francisco, CA
Teaching a workshop on "The Fundraising Houseparty: How to Party with a Purpose and Raise Money for your Cause," 9:30 am - Noon. www.compasspoint.org
January 31, 2010
Students Run Oakland, Oakland, CA
Facilitation of an Action Planning meeting with Board and Staff.
February 23/24, 2010
Sedona Film Festival, Sedona, AZ
Teaching two morning workshops for independent filmmakers - "Tranformative Fundraising for Independent Film." http://www.sedonafilmfestival.com/index.php
March 4, 2010
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership, San Rafael, CA
Teaching a FUNDRAISING HOUSEPARTY workshop, 9:30 - 11:30 am. CVNL, 555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, Ca. 415.479.5710. http://www.centerforleadershipmarin.org.
March 17, 2010
CBO Center, Oakland, CA
Facilitation of a Roundtable discussion on fundraising - "The Upside of the Downside." 9:30 - 11 am. Public Health Institute, 555 12th St., 10th Floor, Oakland.
April 6, 2010
San Francisco Film Society
Booksigning for new 3rd Edition of SHAKING THE MONEY TREE, plus workshop for Independent Filmmakers, 7 - 10 pm, topic "The Fundraising Houseparty: How to Party with a Purpose and Raise Money for Your Independent Film."
April 13, 2010
CBO Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, CA
Evening Q&A, Reception, Networking and Book Signing for the new 3rd edition of SHAKING THE MONEY TREE: THE ART OF GETTING GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR FILM AND VIDEO PROJECTS. BAVC, 2727 Mariposa, 2nd Floor, San Francisco. www.bavc.org. 415.558.2114.
April 28, 2010
Wine Country Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professional, Santa Rosa, CA
Guest speaker at monthly luncheon.
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS
I do work with film and video makers individually on a wide range of topics. I prefer to help a filmmaker work on everything that goes into making a
career (focus, long range goals, marketing/p.r., fundraising, distribution, etc.). However, many people, approach me wanting specific advice on fundraising
for a specific project, which I am happy to do as well.
For all new clients I need to begin the relationship with an INITIAL CONSULTATION, for which I charge a flat fee of $500 for the Initial Consultation, or $900 for the Initial Consultation plus 3 hours of follow-up assistance. This consultation consists of the
filmmaker first sending me as much of the following material as possible:
1. Your personal MISSION STATEMENT as a filmmaker (one sentence, and I can provide examples); and a list of what you feel are your CORE VALUES.
2. Brief description of what you want to be doing 5 years from now.
3. Information about the project you are currently making. Just pretend I'm a foundation and either send me a copy of a recent grant proposal or as much of following as you have together: description of project, its audience, your distribution plan, resumés of key people and a detailed BUDGET.
4. Your RESUMÉ.
5. PRESS CLIPPINGS about yourself and/or your project and/or your crew.
6. A list of questions you want to ask me and/or the topics you'd like to cover.
7. List of places that have rejected your proposal, places that are currently considering your proposal, and list of places/people you intend to approach.
8. If you are using a video clip for fundraising, I can look at a 5-10 min. portion.
Your check or money order for $500 must accompany these materials before our first session. After I receive and read the materials I will arrange
a time for you to call me long distance (or meet in person) and we will spend two hours together, during which I will give you my impression of
your materials, suggestions for changes and next steps, and answer your questions.
At the end of this session you will have a good idea of what I think you should be doing next, what kind of help you might need and whether or not
you will want to work with me any further. I also will know whether or not I can be of any further help to you and if your projects fit within
my areas of interest. Any further work can either be done on a per-hour basis or a retainer to be used on a regular basis over a 6-12 month period
of time. More questions? Just e-mail and I promise to get back to you soon.
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