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Before You Attend the Fund Raising School

On this page, we recommend articles you should read before attending courses at The Fund Raising School. The articles are also available as Adobe Acrobat documents, which require the Acrobat Reader software, available free at the Adobe web site. The Dynamics of Women's Giving, Leading for Results: A Workshop for New CEO's and Faith and Fundraising do not have pre-course readings.

Class	Readings
Fundraising for Small Nonprofits	Roadmap to Fundraising Success (HTML) Roadmap to Fundraising Success (PDF)
Principles & Techniques of Fundraising	Roadmap to Fundraising Success (HTML) Roadmap to Fundraising Success (PDF)
Planned Giving: Getting the Proper Start	Establishing a Planned Giving Program (HTML) Establishing a Planned Giving Program (PDF)
Preparing Successful Grant Proposals	Writing the Proposal of the Future (HTML) Writing the Proposal of the Future (PDF)
Developing Annual Sustainability	Annual Fund, Building Block for Fund Raising by Rosso (HTML) Annual Fund, Building Block for Fund Raising by Rosso (PDF)
Managing the Capital Campaign	Capital Campaigns by Pierpont (HTML) Capital Campaigns by Pierpont (PDF)
Developing Major Gifts	Gifts of Significance by Hodge (HTML) Gifts of Significance by Hodge (PDF)
Interpersonal Communication for Fundraising	Quality Communication in Achieving Fund Raising Excellence by Ragsdale (HTML) Quality Communication in Achieving Fund Raising Excellence by Ragsdale (PDF)