Resource Mobilization and Fund -Raising Training Workshop
Cost: USD 395 (Covers Ten o’clock tea/snacks, buffet lunches, water, writing materials, four o’clock tea/snacks. Participants make own travel and accommodation arrangements. Group discounts apply)
Participants: Executive Directors, Directors, Program Coordinators, Finance and Budgeting Managers, Project Managers and Officers, Staff Responsible for Resource Development, Partnership &Policy Managers, and Planning Officers
Training Introduction
The donor landscape is changing, priorities are shifting, and funding opportunities are shrinking amid competing needs and organizations that are unable to position themselves well are likely to lose relevance in the short run.
The purpose of this training is to equip your team with skills and competences to enable them position your organization at the top of every donor’s mind, be innovative in the design and implementation of resource mobilization strategies to increase revenue streams and assure sustainability.
Specific Objectives
- To equip staff responsible for resource mobilization/fund raising with requisite tools, skills and approaches to create conditions for successful resource mobilization/ fundraising, to expand access to diverse sources of donor resources and overall improvement of long-term organization resource sustainability.
- To build/enhance the confidence and skills of those responsible for resource mobilization/fund raising to design and implement results-oriented and measurable resource mobilization strategies to fund programs.
- Identify practical strategies for planning and running impactful resource mobilization & fund-raising campaigns.
- Enhanced capacity among staff to provide more effective leadership in the Resource Mobilization function.
- Demonstrate competences to evaluate and audit RM outcomes
Expected Outputs
By the end of the training, the participants should have developed the following,
- Each organization specific resource mobilization strategy
- Each organization will have developed a pitch, key messages and key donor communication tools
- Each organization will have an action plan on how to implement the Resource mobilization strategy developed during the workshop
- Each organization will walk out with a donor tracking tool and partner analysis tool
- Each organization will walk out with model/ product validation tool
Summary Course Content
- Overview-Definition of Terms & Concepts in RM
- Introduction/Overview of Resource Challenges Facing Organizations/Institutions
- Organization Legacy & Organization Strategic Priorities
- Appreciating The Changing Resource Mobilization Environment
- Understanding Resource Mobilization Systems, The Donor Environment, Donor Characteristics
- Key Observations and Elements in Formulating Convincing Proposals for Resource Mobilization
- Developing A Strong and Effective Resource Mobilization Strategy-Strengthening Institutional Competencies for Resource Mobilization
- Strategic Models for Sustainable Resource Mobilization
- Leveraging The Role of New Media in Resource Mobilization
- Strategies To Map Out Potential and Critical Supporters and Donors
- Re-Positioning Your Organization for New Funding
- The Place of Private –Public Partnerships in RM
- Follow-Up And Cementing Relationships in RM
- Processes to Monitor & Measure the Results/Success of Resource Mobilization Activities
- Ethical Issues in RM – Consolidation of Ethics, Professionalism and Transparency Values Systems in Resource Mobilization
- Action Planning-What does all this mean for my organization?
Sample Feedback from some Participants in the last Workshop
- “The facilitators were knowledge, provided us with expertise skills and I plan to apply each to impact my organization!” H. Sosthenes, Program Director, CORDAID, Central African Republic,
- “My objective evaluation is that this is a very good training and I will recommend my colleagues to participate in the next one. B. George, Program Manager, Kids Care NGO, Mombasa, Kenya
Training Methodology
Dynamic, creative, participant centered, practical, interactive, interesting adult learning methodologies and diverse media are applied to lift the participants to high levels of proficiency. After-training, follow-up and remedial coaching will be offered to interested participants on request for free.
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke) -AAI- specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. Over the years, AAI has provided consultancies and training to such reputable organizations as; Help-ev.de-Zimbabwe, FCA-Kenya, Ministry of Mining-South Sudan, Addis Ababa University-Ethiopia, FHI360-Burundi, Gain-Pakistan, MOI University-Kenya, The Development Fund-Ethiopia/Somalia, eHealth-Nigeria, SolidarMed Zimbabwe, JRS-Thailand, SEND Sierra Leone, SEATINI-Uganda, CABTAL Cameroon, FH Association Rwanda, Abilis Foundation, Manuel Ungo Foundation-El Salvador, IHRD-Guinea, WWF-Tanzania, NCA-Zambia, Islamic Relief-Somalia, CBM, DON BOSCO-Kenya/Tanzania, Solidaridad Network-Zimbabwe, TOCH-South Sudan, NRC-Ethiopia, CORDAID-CAR, CHA -Malawi, Among tens of others
For more information contact:
Lillian Ateng’, Training Coordinator
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720 986965
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke | assetsafrika2@gmail.com