ACADEMIC LIBRARY ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

ALADN 1998 Conference

MARCH 8-11, 1998
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA

DETAILED PROGRAM (planning in progress)

Sunday, March 8, 1998: Preconference

Sunday, March 8, 1998: Conference registration and welcome reception

Monday, March 9, 1998: Conference begins

Tuesday, March 10, 1998: Conference continues

Wednesday, March 11, 1998: Conference concludes

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION: "Starting an Academic Library Development Program - the Basics"

Location: Holiday Inn, Athens

Time: 1:30-4:30

Pre-Conference Registration fee: $45

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1998

5:40-7:30 Welcome Reception

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1998

9:00-10:15 Keynote Address: "Networking with the Affluent" -- Tom Stanley

10:30-11:30 Interaction with Tom Stanley

11:30-11:50 General Session: "Beyond Breaking Even: Setting the Stage for Major Gift Fund Raising"

Plan for Conference

• Major Gift Fund Raising Track
  
• Advanced Library Development Track

Focus: Hands on - How to sessions

12:00-1:20 Welcome Luncheon with comments from U of G Library Director and U of G Athletic Director

1:30-2:30 General Session: "Major Gift Fund Raising - An Overview"

2:45-3:45

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• Identifying Major Gift Prospects
• Role of Annual Fund
• Suspects
• Research
• Qualifying Prospects
• Assignment/Clearance

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign - An Overview

4:00-5:00

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• Getting "THE APPOINTMENT"
• Techniques for "getting in the door"
• What to say
• The role of listening
• How to follow up

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign: Building the Case

5:15-6:30 Optional Hospitality Room Activities & War Stories

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998

Round Table Discussion Topics:

• Corporate Gift Success Stories
• Foundation Gift Success Stories
• In-Kind Gifts - "A Source of Prospective Donors?"
• The Annual Fund
• Friends of the Library Groups - Opportunities & Challenges

8:45-9:45

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• Developing a Cultivation Strategy for a Major Gift Prospect

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign: Setting the Goal and Table of Gifts

10:00-11:00

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• Making the ASK

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign: Developing the Plan & Budget

11:15-12:15

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• The Role of the Library Director and other University Leaders

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign: Developing Prospect Strategies

12:30-2:30 Lunch General Session: "Planned Giving Primer"

2:45-5:00 Free Time & Hospitality Room Open For War Stories

5:30-11:00 An Evening of Much Ado About Manners

5:30-6:30 Everything I Learned About Etiquette I Forgot

6:30-7:30 The Art of Boozing and Smoozing

7:30-9:00 The Art of Dining with Donors

9:00-11:00 Dancing For Dollars

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1998

9:00-10:00

Major Gift Fund Raising Track

• Developing YOUR LIBRARY'S Case for Major Gifts

Advanced Library Development Track

• The Campaign: Strategies for Success

10:15-11:15 General Session: "Advancement: A Broader View of Development"

11:30-12:30 General Session: "Library Director & Library Development Officer"

• Building the Partnership
• Individual and Shared Goals
• Building Relationships Beyond the Library

1:15-3:00 General Session: Lunch, Wrap-up, and Market Place

3:00 Adjourn ALADN 1998

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