Registration Information - Tuesday, February 19 Events

Professional Development Seminar
10:15a.m. to 11:45a.m.

Luncheon Speaker
Noon to 1:30p.m.

Cathedral Center
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2707

The Professional Development Seminar and Monthly Luncheon
are now one event with one fee.

Members:  $50.00 -- Non-members:  $75.00

On-line registration has closed.
Register On-site At The Event Or By FAX
FAX Deadline is 3:00p.m. Monday February 18

Parking at Cathedral Center is included in the meeting fee.
On-site registration is an additional $10.00 per person.

Please note February 19th is the THIRD Tuesday of the month.

Professional Development Seminar - 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Ink On Paper
What Every Nonprofit Needs To Know

PMS versus four-color process…coated versus uncoated…digital versus offset… standard versus first class presorted…

When you were hired as a development professional, did you know that you would need to understand the jargon of the printing industry as well?

Take the mystery out of buying print. Learn the right questions to ask to make your next direct mail project or annual report stand out, while keeping your budget in line. Learn about postage rates and the related mailing times needed for delivery. Get a glimpse of new services and products that are on the horizon.

Make your next printed project easy, effective, and efficient by attending this Professional Development Seminar on Tuesday, February 19.

Presenter:  Ingrid Steiner

Ingrid Steiner, Account Executive at the Castle Press, has worked in the printing industry for 10 years. She began her industry experience as a Customer Service Representative working with major accounts, such as American Express, MBNA, Coca-Cola, and Geico at one of the largest and most successful printing companies in the United States.

After moving to the West Coast, she broadened her project management skills and industry knowledge. At the Castle Press for the last six years, Ingrid has specialized in development and marketing collateral for nonprofits and educational organizations, such as UCLA and United Cerebral Palsy.

Ingrid holds three Bachelor of Arts degrees (Business Economics, German, and Art History) from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and certificates in Marketing and in Fundraising and Institutional Development from UCLA. Additionally, she is certified as a Mail Quality Control Specialist with the United States Post Office. She is an active member on the Boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Greater Los Angeles and the Reef Check Foundation.

Monthly Luncheon - Noon to 1:30 p.m.

How To Make Major Donors' Dreams Come True
William Watson

William Watson is the Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer of St. John's Medical Center Foundation and the John Wayne Cancer Institute.

Having raised close to $2 billion in his work as a fund-raiser, Bill Watson will analyze the strategies that he has taken to capture and maintain the interest of major donors and some of the issues he has encountered along the way. Additionally, he will talk about funding trends among major donors and their private foundations.

William Watson was previously the Senior Associate Dean for Development at the USC Keck School of Medicine, where he was responsible for soliciting gifts in excess of $10 million. He managed, designed, and executed fund-raising tactics with 31 full-time development staff in major gifts, direct mail, special events, foundation and corporate giving, and planned gifts.