Masterclass highlights

Fantastic results! Last year 96% of delegates rated their Masterclass good/excellent. Click here to find out the different Masterclass types we have on offer this year including the 'hands-on' Masterclasses.

Here are just a few of the highlights of this year's Masterclass programme.

• New IFC speaker, Beth Kanter
  Not on Flickr or YouTube yet? Don’t worry! Speaking for the first time at the IFC, you’ll get up to speed with Beth Kanter, a professional blogger and highly sought after trainer on social networking to support non-profits. Find out how social media tools can enhance your organisation’s fundraising plan and set up your own online community in this hands-on Masterclass.  
  
• Branding with top expert Todd Baker
  Not just another branding session, this Masterclass goes beyond the “nuts and bolts” to look at how you can LIVE the brand, making it the life and soul of your organisation. Recognised internationally for his work as an author, speaker and strategist in the non-profit sector, Baker has more than 20 years of marketing and fundraising experience to offer. 
  
• Coaching the Ask with major donor guru, Karen Osborne
  15 lucky delegates will get a unique, personal coaching experience with Karen Osborne. Practice and receive feedback through role-plays, exercises and scenarios to assess your own personal solicitation style. Guaranteed to sell out quickly, book now if you want to learn how to make the Ask so that you never get a “no” again. Sold out!
  
• New ‘Hands-on’ Masterclass format  
  These new format Masterclasses focus on experiential learning where you get real-time, hands-on experience of working on a subject. Topics covered in this format including raising funds from major gifts, institutional fundraising and social networking.
  
• Direct Marketing 'copy clinic' with Mal Warwick
  Learn first hand the secrets of writing for results by Mal Warwick who has gained worldwide recognition as a fundraising author and has published his newly-issued Second Edition international bestseller ‘How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters’. With only limited places, make sure you secure your place fast! Plus if you register on this Masterclass, you get a free copy of Mal's latest book 'How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters' (2nd edition)
• CSR comes alive in an off-site visit
  Back by popular demand, this special Masterclass will take you off-site to visit Corporate Social Responsibility departments in companies and meet with their NGO partners. Get on the road with Zoltan Valcsicsak who funds partnerships and Tony Myers who forges partnerships! Once again, places are limited.
  
• Integration Laboratory
  Highlighted at the IFC as a hot topic right now, we’ve put on a Masterclass with Norma Galafassi (in2action) and Alfredo Botti (Greenpeace Argentina) to help you truly understand what it means to create a successfully integrated fundraising and communication strategy and identifying the main challenges to achieve a systematic “integration culture”.