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Registration Information - Tuesday, April 8 2008 Events
Professional Development Seminar
Innovation in Campaign Communications
Connie Maguire & Elizabeth Nesbitt
Netzel Associates, Inc.
10:15 to 11:45 a.m.
Luncheon Program
The Challenges of Decision-Making for Grantmakers Today
Ray Reisler, Ed.D.
Executive Director
The S. Mark Taper Foundation
Noon to 1:30 p.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 Deadline Was Friday, April 4.
Parking at Cathedral Center is included in the meeting fee.
On-site registration is an additional $10.00 per person.
Professional Development Seminar - 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.
Innovation in Campaign Communications
Connie Maguire & Elizabeth Nesbitt of Netzel Associates, Inc.
How do you communicate with your volunteers, donors, potential donors and the broader community before, during, and after a campaign? Connie Maguire and Elizabeth Nesbitt of
Netzel Associates, Inc. will talk about recruiting volunteers and enlisting staff to form a creative team to help shape your communications plan.
They’ll explore ways to communicate from pre-campaign messaging to soliciting gifts to stewarding and thanking donors. They will share great ideas and examples for creative communications—from low-cost and low-tech to high-end and high-tech—tactics that can be used for a capital, annual or a special project campaign. They will step beyond the perfunctory brochure or video to show you ways to unlock your organization’s potential and engage your donors.
Constance S. Maguire, CFRE
Connie is a senior vice president with Netzel Associates, Inc. She has a 25-year history in the field of nonprofit management and has been with
Netzel Associates since 2000. Prior to that, she enjoyed a 17-year career with the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles in various management and executive positions.
Her responsibilities with Netzel Associates include the management of capital, major gift, endowment and annual giving programs, feasibility studies, strategic and development planning and board development programs.
Connie is an active member of the charitable fundraising field. She serves as Treasurer of SCAHD, and a member of CASE, AFP-GLAC and NAYDO. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Santa Monica Family YMCA and the Santa Monica Rotary Club.
Connie is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach.
Elizabeth G. Nesbitt, CFRE
A vice president for Netzel Associates, Inc., Elizabeth has more than 15 years work experience in the nonprofit arena. She joined the firm in 1996 and has served clients in preservation, education, religious, youth and social service organizations. Her work includes successful multi-million dollar campaigns, feasibility studies, and strategic and development plans.
Elizabeth came to us from College Art Association, a national association of artists and art historians in higher education based in New York. As director of development, she managed an endowment campaign to raise funds for fellowships and special projects. She brings experience in fundraising, budget development, volunteer management, public relations, and special events planning.
Elizabeth earned her bachelor’s degree in art history from Duke University and a master’s degree in art history and museum studies from the University of Southern California. She is a vice president of membership for AFP-GLAC. Elizabeth is also a sustaining member of the Junior League of Pasadena, the Circle of Friends of Kidspace Museum, and the Duke University Alumni Admissions Committee.
Monthly Luncheon - Noon to 1:30 p.m.
The Challenges of Decision-Making for Grantmakers Today
Ray Reisler, Ed.D., Executive Director, The S. Mark Taper Foundation
Dr. Ray Reisler will discuss the current funding priorities of the S. Mark Taper Foundation, as well as changes he sees in funding preferences within the grant-making community. Additionally, he will provide insights into the decision-making process and will offer suggestions for creating successful grant proposals.
Ray Reisler, Ed.D.
Ray Reisler, Ed.D., is Executive Director of the S. Mark Taper Foundation, which was founded in 1989 as a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by supporting nonprofit organizations and their work in our communities. Prior to joining the S. Mark Taper Foundation, Dr. Reisler served as Associate Director of Policy Planning and Public Responsibility for the American Can Company Foundation, one of the more progressive corporate foundations in areas of public policy.
Prior to this venture into the corporate world, Dr. Reisler had been in the public and non-profit sectors. In New Jersey, he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Labor with responsibility for the Job Training Partnership Act, the Employment Service and Vocational Rehabilitation. In Washington, DC, as a senior professional staff member of the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, he wrote the Education section of the Commission’s report. As a staff associate at the National Commission for Employment Policy and a special assistant in the Office of the U.S. Commissioner of Education, Dr. Reisler was thrust into the heart of federal education and youth employment policy deliberations and legislation.
Dr. Reisler received his doctorate in Educational Planning and Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, after which he became an Assistant Professor of Management on the Faculty of Business at the University of Calgary.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction at Cornell University. During the early 1970’s, he was one of the planners and co-administrators of a public alternative junior high school in Ithaca, New York, a junior high school teacher in East Harlem in New York City, and a VISTA Volunteer in one of New York’s economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Additionally, he has authored a book and several published articles, as well as numerous reports and working papers.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 1989 to lead the S. Mark Taper Foundation, Dr. Reisler has served on a variety of philanthropic committees and was Chairman of the 1999 Annual Conference for the Southern California Association for Philanthropy. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee for Citizens in Education and has served as a member of a statewide education project entitled “Leaders for the New Century: Challenging California K-12 Education to Realize its Promise in a Multicultural Democracy.”
He is the founder, and now co-leader, of the Education Funders Group in Los Angeles. In 2002, Dr. Reisler served as a member of the Los Angeles County Arts Education Advisory Group to develop an action plan for the expansion of arts education. In 2006, Dr. Reisler was elected to the Board of Directors of the Southern California Grantmakers, and the S. Mark Taper Foundation received “Foundation of the Year” award at National Philanthropy Day, sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Greater Los Angeles.
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