Don't miss this year's Apra Indiana 2018 Spring Conference which will take place Tuesday, March 13, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Registration is now open and is only $55 for members and $70 for non-members. Registration closes March 7, so don't delay!  Session topics include Managing Your Career - Develop Your Plan for Action, Building Your Development and Campaign Pipeline, and a Speed Networking session to network and create a platform for peer and advisory relationships. We have some amazing speakers lined up, including Michele Miller, Executive Director of Advancement Service and past Apra Indiana president, and Abby Relue, Director of Prospect Development and current Apra Indiana board member. 

Not an Apra Indiana member? Check out the registration options to renew or start your membership! Hope to see you all there!

Apra Indiana members - check out our newly updated Resource Portal in our Members Only section for the latest links to free research sites! Not a member? Join Apra Indiana to receive access to our members only section and discounts on our upcoming events!

Check out the new job posting for an Advancement Researcher at Butler University on our jobs page!

Check out the new job posting for a research analyst at the Purdue Research Foundation on our jobs page!

Thank you to the board members who are rolling off the Apra Indiana board at the end of 2017. Your service has been invaluable!

Abby Christensen

Neal Quandt

Sarah Johnson

Zach King

Stacia Pea

Please join us in welcoming our new board members for 2018!

From left to right: Rob Rexing, Cheryl Smith, Josephina Latuszek, and Phil Garrett

United Way of Central Indiana is hiring a Research Associate! Check out the details on our Jobs Page.

Congratulations to Kelly Coffee with the Community Health Network Foundation for correctly answering the questions in the previous Apra Indiana Newsletter! Your chance to win starts today with the most recent newsletter. One member who answers the questions will correctly will receive a $5 gift card to Starbucks! 

Share your knowledge and expertise at the 2018 NEDRA Conference, to be held Thursday April 26th and Friday April 27th, 2018 at the Hotel Viking in Newport, RI.

Proposal guidelines:

• Proposed presentations should be on a topic related to fundraising research, prospect management, fundraising data, or analytics and fit within the conference’s four tracks: Prospect Research, Prospect Management, Fundraising Data Science, and Innovations & Trends.
• Educational sessions will be 60 minutes in length.
• Full presentations will be due to NEDRA in late March.
• Presentations from organizations of all sizes and types are welcome.
• For-profit vendors/consultants are eligible to submit proposals for educational conference sessions. However, educational sessions must not include any marketing or product demonstration. NOTE: To present a product-related session, please contact Sponsorship Chairs Ian Wells (ian@iantwells.com) or Bill Gotfredson (william.gotfredson@chtrust.org).

This is a great opportunity to share your unique skills, expertise and best practices with our community. Please submit a short summary of your proposed presentation and a brief speaker bio here: http://www.nedra.org/conference_speaker_proposals.

The proposal deadline is Friday, January 12, 2018.

Questions? Contact NEDRA Conference Co-Chairs Susan Grivno (susan.grivno@unh.edu) or Erin Dupuis (dupuise@merrimack.edu). 

Don't miss this year's Apra Indiana Annual Meeting which will take place Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis.

Registration is now open and is only $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Registration closes November 28, so don't delay!  Join us at for a year in review and a chance to network with your research peers. There will be great presentations on public speaking from Graham Honaker of Toastmasters and women's philanthropy from Michele Boillotat and Helen Ksiazek of the IU Foundation, in addition to a small-shop panel. We hope to see you there!