2009 NM-AFP Board of Directors Slate (* = Member of Executive Committee)

The 2009 Board of Directors Slate reflects the next step in aligning board structure with the mission and objectives of the NM AFP Chapter to serve the needs of statewide members as effectively and efficiently as possible.

AFP-NM MISSION STATEMENT: The AFP New Mexico Chapter, an association of professionals, advances philanthropy by empowering people and organizations to practice effective and ethical fundraising.

The core activities through which the Chapter fulfills this mission include education and training, promoting credentialing, providing resources, networking, forging alliances, mentoring, advocacy and recognition.

*President: Pamela Chavez, Don Chalmers Ford
(Forging alliances)

*President Elect: Celia Merrill, Golden Apple Foundation of NM
Every Member Campaign

*Past President: Felicia Griffin, The Griffin Group
Chair, Nominating Committee

*Treasurer: Shalini Shanker, Amy Biehl High School
Fiscal Responsibility

*Secretary: Christina Woodlee, United Way of Central NM
Legal Compliance

*VP Advancing Philanthropy: Lisa McCulloch, CNM Foundation
(Advocacy, recognition)

NPD, YIP, Family (Philanthropy): Cindy Ortega, Planned Parenthood
Spirit of Philanthropy
Community/Govt Outreach: Marisa Gay, Bosque School
Marketing/Communications: Betsy Skye Smith, Explora

*VP Education/Training: Kathleen Raskob, Samaritan Counseling Center
(Networking, providing resources)

Program Chair: Tracy Alexis, St. Martin’s Hospitality Center
Diversity/Inclusiveness: Charles Lowery, NM Jazz Workshop
Ethics: Maryle Barber, Casa Esperanza

*VP Membership Development: Jennifer Lowe, Jennifer Lowe Consulting
(Membership, mentoring, hospitality, logistics)

Emerging Leaders: Hazel Tull-Leach, UNM Hospitals
(New Members, Collegiate, High School)
Membership Outreach: Peter Moulson, United Way of Central NM
(Current Members, statewide)
Professional Development: Ken Thompson, Albuquerque Academy
(Advanced Members, credentialing, audio conferences)

Chapter Admin: Melody Mar Johnson

Dear AFP-NM Chapter Member,

As President-Elect and chairman of our chapter's "Every Member Campaign," I am asking for your support to help enhance and expand valuable AFP programs and services offered by the AFP Foundation for all members.

Please join our New Mexico chapter in achieving our goal of raising $2,100 for the "Every Member Campaign". We are currently at only ONE FOURTH of our goal, with a deadline of pledges made and paid by December 31st.

Remember, if our chapter meets our EMC goal of $2,100.00, we will qualify to receive an EMC Chapter Partnership Grant from the Foundation to support activities and scholarship funds that benefit members and your community.

You can go online to our NM chapter website and click on the article about the "Every Member Campaign" for easy, online donation instructions!

Please help us meet our funding goal, and qualify for Partnership Grant funds to support our programs!!!! Thank you for your help!

Sincerely,

AFP October Audio Conference
Ken Ramsay, CFRE, will present, "Marketing Planned Giving - Maybe We Have It All Wrong?" - Thursday, October 2, 2008

Program Summary:
"If planned giving has so much potential why doesn't it happen?"

"The traditional marketing model doesn't work!" - A familiar complaint of gift planners in organizations in which prospects don't readily identify themselves. What can you do about it? The potential for planned gifts is great. However, we have learned and employ marketing models that are productive for only a few select types of organizations. Even these programs leave much on the table.

It really isn't that difficult to create a great planned giving program. Take the right steps in the right order and results will happen immediately

How could we do things differently? How can we re-think the marketing model borrowing proven techniques from other areas of fundraising? Ken Ramsay will answer these questions with actual results from very different planned giving marketing models including results from different types of organizations. Maybe we do have it all wrong!

Learning Objectives
Participants will:

1. Acquire information on available research that will demonstrate the broad-based propensity for planned gifts in North America.
2. Reconsider the traditional reactive approach to planned gift marketing and open their minds to the possibility of radically new approaches.
3. Learn simple, highly practical first steps to implementing new approaches to securing planned gift commitments from their constituency.
4. Be challenged to strategically assessing or reassessing their planned giving programs to fully exploit the significant potential of gifts of assets and be able to immediately integrate such assessments into their programs.

About the Presenter:
Ken Ramsay, CFRE, one of the most experienced planned giving professionals in North America, joined Legacy Leaders in 1996 as President and CEO. Prior to Legacy, Ken spent seven years as the Special Gifts Officer of the United Church of Canada, responsible for the Planned Giving and Direct Mail programs. That program doubled in size to average $20 million in realized planned gifts annually.

Ken was long-time Chair of the Canadian Association on Charitable Gifts (formerly the Canadian Association on Charitable Gift Annuities). He was the founding Chair of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners and has lectured and taught extensively on Gift Planning in Canada. An original faculty member, Ken co-founded the course on Planned Giving at the Banff School for Management and has taught many of the planned giving professionals in Canada today. He has chaired the North American Conference on Christian Philanthropy, created the first Planned Giving Track for the AFP Congress and acted as Dean of the Pre-Congress/Executive Development Track. Ken has spoken frequently at AFP, NCPG, AHP, and CAGP events throughout North America.

Audio Conferences are held at:

The United Way of Central New Mexico
2340 Alamo SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Free for AFP members. $15 for non-members. Bring your own snacks or a brown bag lunch! (1.5 CFRE hours per session) The registration deadline is September 30th.

To register call 505-239-9106 or email . To pay on-line, please click here.

AFP ANNUAL MEETING and  October Luncheon, Thursday, October 16, 2008
Many of you have requested a special program on Planned Giving. So, here it is!

Carol Mayo Cochran will present "How to Use the Universal Quest for a Meaningful Life to Advance Your Organization"

Carol will link the desire for a meaningful life to your organization's goals:

•  Invest time in learning about stakeholders' passions, skills and interests
•  Have a compelling and clearly articulated mission and vision
•  Be genuine - value stakeholders for more than their financial contribution
•  Never miss an opportunity to thank and recognize contributions (both service and financial)
•  Continuously raise the bar and reinvent the organization
•  Examples of unbelievable changes facing us on all levels (technology, relationships, work life, globalization)
•  Creating a "value proposition" for stakeholders and potential contributors
•  Have a compelling mission and vision
•  Identify personal passion
•  Invest in the relationship
•  Value all contributions - both service and financial
•  Create a strong governing and fundraising board
•  Identify the culture, values and behaviors - never stray
•  Continuously celebrate success!
•  Recognize unique opportunity for not for profits

Why contribute time and resources to your organization?

•  Personal development - the ability to become better than they thought possible
•  Creation of a legacy
•  Personal recognition
•  Desire to make a difference
•  Passion for the cause - ability to envision success
•  Stewardship of resources

Carol Mayo Cochran, CPA/PFS, CEBS, CMA, CMS
Principal

With 24 years of accounting experience (21 of which are in the employee benefits field) Carol has significant expertise in employee benefits, retirement plans, flexible spending accounts, and compensation planning.

As principal in charge of REDW Benefits, LLC, Carol oversees the design and administration of all forms of retirement and welfare benefit plans, including age weighted and cross-tested pension arrangements. She has an extensive background in retirement plan administration, retirement and per capita plan design, problem plan resolution, and client representation before the IRS and Department of Labor. Carol also consults with clients on compensation strategy, job definition and evaluation, salary ranking, and position classification.

Luncheon cost for this meeting is $25 for AFP members and $30 for others. Any reservations received after the deadline will be charged a late registration fee of $5. The deadline to receive lunch reservations is 5 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2008. Please click here for registration details and to pay online. Or call 505-239-9106.

AFP Member Breakfast, Wednesday, November 5, 2008
As a member of AFP you are cordially invited to a "member only" FREE breakfast on November 5, 2008. We will meet for breakfast at 7:30 at the Embassy Suites and have you on your way by 9:00am.

Our presentation will be "Trends in Fundraising: What’s Happening and How It May Be Affecting Your Fundraising." How are donors and their attitudes toward their philanthropy changing? What has been the impact of world events on fundraising? Lori Gusdorf, CAE, AFP’s Vice President of Membership and Chapter Services for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, will present an in-depth look at these questions and the major trends affecting fundraising and fundraisers’ work. Learn about what is happening nationally, and what AFP is doing in response and how you can help influence the future.

Members will benefit from this presentation and there will be an opportunity for discussion at the end. Plan on joining us for this bonus presentation! Just call 505-239-9106 to RSVP. We only have room for 25, so be one of the first to get your name on the list.

The AFP December Luncheon will take place on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Please save-the-date for this exciting presentation by our 2008 National Philanthropy Day - Outstanding Fundraising Professional, Jan Hosea!

National Philanthropy Day 2008 - Change the World with a Giving Heart - Wednesday, November 12, 2008

It is our pleasure to announce our 2008 awardees:

Outstanding Fundraising Professional:
Jan Hosea, Presbyterian Health Care Foundation

Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation/Service Organization:
Sandia Civitan

Outstanding Leader in Philanthropy:
Jim and Carol Hinton, Presbyterian Health Care Services

Outstanding Business in Philanthropy:
Clear Channel Outdoor

Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser:
Melanie Burns

Outstanding Family in Philanthropy:
The Kathy and Mike Mechenbier Family

AFP Youth in Philanthropy
On National Philanthropy Day, Youth in Philanthropy awards will honor young philanthropists all across New Mexico. Awardees will be announced in the next newsletter.

The AFP National Philanthropy Day 22nd Anniversary Awards Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at Sandia Resort and Casino. For more information or to register for this exciting event, please click here or call 505-239-9106.

Special thanks to our title sponsor, Wells Fargo and our distinguished sponsor, New Mexico Business Weekly for their support of this important community event.

Title Sponsor

Distinguished Sponsor

Be a Part of the Inaugural "Spirit of Philanthropy" Awards!
You are invited to participate in the inaugural Spirit of Philanthropy Awards program to be held at this year's National Philanthropy Day awards banquet. The Spirit of Philanthropy Award is not a competitive process. The goal of the program is to make our NPD celebration even more diverse and inclusive by recognizing the many individuals - staff, board members, donors, clients, volunteers, etc. - whose combined efforts make an extraordinary difference in our community!

We hope that you take advantage of this opportunity by selecting someone you feel is deserving of this special acknowledgement. Selected individuals will be recognized collectively with all Spirit of Philanthropy award recipients during the event. The awardee's name, and that of your organization, will be printed in the program. Finally, your awardee will receive a gift commemorating their recognition at NPD.

Please E-mail NPD Chair, Phelosha Collaros at  for details or call 505-239-9106.

AFP and New Mexico Business Weekly's Giving Guide
Announcing a new opportunity to showcase your nonprofit to potential donors! The new Giving Guide by New Mexico Business Weekly will help community leaders make informed decisions about philanthropic opportunities in our state. Nonprofits may purchase space themselves or work with a sponsoring company. Guides will be sent to all NMBW subscribers during the holiday season, and given to all attendees of National Philanthropy Day this November 12th. The space reservation deadline has been moved up to 10/10/08 with art work turned in by 10/16/08. For more information on how to reserve your space, please click here.

The AFP National Philanthropy Day 22nd Anniversary Awards Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at Sandia Resort and Casino. For more information on this exciting event, please click here

Lynne Twist Event October 13 & 14, 2008

FUNDRAISING FROM THE HEART
A WORKSHOP TO TRANSFORM YOUR NONPROFIT

Participate in this invigorating workshop and discover innovative new strategies to achieve extraordinary fundraising results!

Presented by Lynne Twist, international fundraiser, activist and author of The Soul of Money-this workshop is designed to empower Board Members, Executive Directors, Fundraising Staff and Volunteers!

Addressing the practical side of fundraising, you will learn to:

• Design Successful Fundraising Strategies
• Discover the Essence & Heart of Your Organization's Message
• Build an Effective, Inspired and Winning Team
• Take Care of Investors so they stay with you for Life

Through the support of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, ACCION New Mexico, CNM Foundation, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals – New Mexico Chapter and Con Alma Health Foundation, this workshop is being offered at a reduced rate.

WHEN: October 13 & 14, 2008 from 9:00-4:00 each day.
WHERE: The Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque
COST: $200 by October 1
TO REGISTER: www.centerfornonprofitexcellence.org  and click on Lynne Twist!

Job Postings - Development Opportunities

Arthritis Foundation, Greater Southwest Chapter - Advancement Director - Fundraising
The Advancement Director is responsible for creating, implementing managing, and fundraising for special events, direct mail campaign and other development projects annually that generate unrestricted funds for the Arthritis Foundation-Greater Southwest Chapter, Albuquerque branch office. This position will also recruit and manage high profile volunteers, develop the plan for donor relations and recognition, and maintain the development database.

The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related illnesses.

The Greater Southwest Chapter serves Arizona, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas with offices located in Phoenix, Tucson and Albuquerque.

Salary $30,000-35,000/year plus full benefits package.

Applications accepted for this position through 10/03/2008.

Position Qualifications:

•  Bachelor's degree required (major in business or marketing is preferred).
•  Three or more years of progressive fundraising experience (or seven years without a degree).
•  Experience in a nonprofit environment required.
•  Large event planning experience mandatory.
•  Demonstrated experience in recruiting and working with high profile community volunteers.
•  Must have ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written.
•  Proficiency in MS Office required.

Please send resume to Dee Nortman, EVP of Administration at:  or mail to 1313 East Osborn Road, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85014. No phone calls please.

Ronald McDonald House NM - Development/Marketing Associate
Main areas: Manage Special Events; implement marketing/PR plan to increase revenue and support; oversee web-site and newsletter production; solicit donations; promote all programs of RMHC; manage development volunteers.

Qualifications: BA in related field plus 2 years fundraising and event management experience; knowledge of web-based fundraising; clear writing style and public speaking ability.

Other areas: Experienced in solicitation of cash and in-kind gifts.
Familiar w/fundraising code of ethics.

Other information: Competitive salary with paid medical/dental benefits.

How to apply: Send resume, references, and salary history to:
Development/Marketing Associate, 1011 Yale NE, Albuquerque 87106. RMHC a Home away from Home for families with ill or injured children.

Ronald McDonald House Charities NM - Development Assistant
Main areas: Responsibilities: Provide clerical & administrative support for fundraising activities, including events; donor database administration; prepare donor correspondence; coordinate development volunteer activities; support the goals of the Development Office.

Other areas: RMHC a Home away from Home for families with ill or injured children.

Other information: Qualifications: 2 yrs. administrative experience preferably in a non-profit environment; database management, 60 wpm typing; excellent communication skills.

How to apply: Send resume, references, and salary history to: Development Assistant, 1011 Yale NE, Albuquerque 87106. RMHC a Home away from Home for families with ill or injured children.

Boys & Girls Clubs del Norte - Director of Development and Communication
Main areas: Establish fundraising strategies and calendar.
Identify and contact new individual donors. Keep donor data base current.
Help plan and manage special events. Develop and implement marketing and public relations strategies and materials.

Other areas: Plan and execute fundraising mailings and newsletter.
Research grant opportunities.

Other information: Our geographic area is southern Rio Arriba and northern Santa Fe Counties. Must live in area or be willing to travel from home 2-3 times per week.

How to apply: Send resume and letter of interest to .

Best Friends Animal Society - Director of Development
Based in Angel Canyon, Utah
Our client is Best Friends Animal Society, a world renowned animal sanctuary located in Angel Canyon, UT. On any given day, Best Friends is home to about 2,000 dogs, cats, and other animals that come from shelters and rescue groups across the country.

The Director of Development is responsible for leading a world class Development department to advance the Best Friends' mission. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of fundraising. This position reports directly to the CEO and will lead a 10 member development team.

Visit www.mrmhv.com - Current Opportunities for a detailed profile

Position Qualifications:

•  Bachelor's degree.
•  A minimum of 5 years development experience within a large non profit organization.
•  Excellent record in fundraising.
•  Strong interpersonal skills.
•  Able to maintain clear communication with internal staff on all levels.
•  Employee development and performance management skills.
•  Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
•  Willing and able to travel.

If the welfare of animals is a cause that resonates with you, this will be a truly fulfilling opportunity!

Best Friends offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including relocation. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your resume to:

Tom Damewood
Management Recruiters Mid Hudson Valley
 
Office 845-227-3161

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central NM - Development Associate

•  Managing the agency's largest fundraiser, Bowl for Kids Sake (BFKS), to raise $110,000.
•  Manage events to support the Leadership and Legacy Circle donor engagement, cultivation and stewardship; includes planning and hosting many small events throughout the year.
•  Manage Corporate Contributions. This includes creating and implementing strategic plans to manage all steps of corporate prospecting, cultivation, and stewardship, under the direction of the CDO and in concert with the CEO, Board of Directors, Fund Development team and program staff.

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Some evenings and weekends
• Work with diverse populations in diverse territories
• Valid NM driver s license and proof of insurance

Preferred:

• Two years of successful fund development or sales experience
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish
• Knowledgeable of community businesses and organizations

For complete job description and applications instructions go to http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.iuLPJ5MTKxH/b.3880701/k.B8C3/Careers.htm

Please click here for more opportunities.