Are you attending Prospect Development next week in Pittsburgh? Apra Indiana is co-hosting a gathering at Bill's Burger & Bar at 6:30pm on Wednesday, August 8 for Apra professionals from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Contact Stephanie Brouwer if you have any questions or would like to attend!

National Wildlife Federation on behalf of the Choose Clean Water Coalition is seeking a seasoned prospect research consultant with demonstrated experience in identifying prospects for special projects or campaigns; preparing detailed biographical, financial, and philanthropic profiles on individual, corporate, and foundation prospects, and wealth-screening services to evaluate donors. 

If you are interested in being considered for this work, please submit a brief statement of your qualifications and your approach by 5pm on August 20, 2018. As a non-profit organization, we are on a tight budget. Your response should include a variety of options and the price point for each. Our budget for this project is $4,500.

Proposals should be submitted via email to Rebecca Neumann at neumannr@nwf.org.

Apra Indiana is looking for an experienced professional who is willing to serve as a mentor, specifically to provide advice and support on gift capacity ratings. If you have experience preparing for wealth screenings and verifying results we'd love to make the connection! Please contact Stephanie Brouwer if you are interested in serving in this capacity, or if you are interested in our mentorship program in general! 

The National FFA Foundation is looking for a Fundraising CRM Data Manager who will provide technical and strategic leadership for the management of the CRM, StratusLIVE (Microsoft Dynamics), and Foundation data needs. To view the job post click here or to apply click here. 

Hanover College is looking for a Prospect Research and Management Director, who will manage prospect research and wealth trends, actively participate in the planning and implementation of fundraising campaigns, and oversee and manages the campus-wide prospect management and tracking systems. To view more information about this position visit our jobs page or click here. All resumes should be sent to hr@hanover.edu. 

Thanks to all who attended our Apra Skills Workshop yesterday at Purdue University! We had a full day of some great sessions including a keynote speech and advanced track sessions with Elizabeth Crabtree, a lively development officer panel, and other great content about planned giving, SEC filings, and data analytics. We will be sending out the conference materials in the next week, and we will also post this information in our members only section! If you did attend please remember to fill out your evaluation. We'll see you all at our next event, our Annual Meeting on December 4 at Indiana University!

There are just 2 days left to register for the Apra Indiana Skills workshop, which will be held on Tuesday, June 19 from 8:30am to 3:45pm at Purdue University. The conference will take place in the Dauch Alumni Center located at 403 W Wood Street in West Lafayette, Indiana. Parking is in the Grant Street Garage across the street from the Purdue Memorial Union (PMU). For more information on parking click here. The conference rooms will be Prusiecki Room 121B & Swanlund Room 121E. Please click here to view the conference agenda and contact Stephanie Brouwer with any questions. 

Prospect Development 2018 is the place to be for professionals in the prospect development industry. Whether your focus is prospect identification and research, relationship management, data analytics roles or anything else prospect development-related, this event has education tailored to your needs.

Conference highlights include:

• 80+ education sessions, all aligned with the Apra Body of Knowledge
• 15+ CFRE certification points
•  5 Pre-conference Workshops
• 5 education tracks
• 3 ways to dive deeper: the New Researchers and Data Analytics Symposia, plus the all new Executive Leadership Cohort, designed for professionals with 10+ years of experience
• 1 impactful keynote speaker: Ron Tite, Branding & Creativity Expert
• Countless ways to connect in the exhibit hall and during Apra Talks

Register by June 22 to maximize your savings!

The University of Chicago is hiring a prospect management analyst to develop mechanisms to enable the management of donors and potential donors (prospects) effectively and proactively. For more information visit our jobs page or to view this position and apply click here. 

Don't miss this year's Apra Indiana Skills Workshop which will take place Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. 

Registration is now open and is only $55 for members and $70 for non-members. Registration closes Wednesday, June 13, so don't delay! The skills workshop provides two tracks of content for everyone from development professionals at small organizations who want to dig deeper into the field, to seasoned researchers from large institutions. 

We are excited to have Elizabeth Crabtree, founder and president of Crabtree Lane LLC, a nonprofit management and consultancy practice. She has over 20 years of senior management experience in fundraising and has been a nonprofit consultant since 2007. Her most recent engagements have included serving as an interim director of development and providing campaign feasibility and strategic planning advice, as well as research, prospect development and database management services to a diverse number of organizations.