EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
Conferences
The next Rural Philanthropy
Conference is scheduled for September 10-12, 2008 in Nebraska City,
Nebraska. Check the 2008
Rural Philanthropy Conference page for more information as it
becomes available.
The Nebraska Community
Foundation, with support from the W .K. Kellogg Foundation, hosted the inaugural
Rural Philanthropy Conference February 7-9, 2007 in Nebraska City,
Nebraska. More information on the 2007 Rural Philanthropy Conference
is available on the Conference highlights
page.
Training Sessions
A
number of upcoming training sessions are planned for Fundraisers, Financial
Planners and Affiliated Funds.
See
the Foundation Calendar for other scheduled
trainings.
The Nebraska
Community
Foundation is committed to empowering Nebraskans to raise
funds for their own community betterment projects. The Foundation offers
training sessions across the state on topics such as building
public/private partnerships and general fundraising.
The sessions
aim to build community capacity to engage philanthropic giving as a
community betterment strategy; and to educate and train community
activists and financial planners to better understand techniques and
technologies of fundraising.
The following
training sessions are offered for those interested in learning more
about fundraising, planned giving, and the role the Nebraska Community
Foundation can play with community activists and financial planners. For
more information or to
register for these sessions, contact Jeff Yost,
President and CEO, or call the Foundation
office at (402) 323-7330.
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The
Art of Charitable Planning - A Workshop for Financial Planning
Professionals
Are
you looking for ways to maximize your client's tax savings?
Would you like to help your clients turn involuntary social
capital into voluntary social capital?
At
this workshop find out how to better serve your clients
through charitable planning. The Art of Charitable Planning
workshop has been specifically designed for the financial planners, attorneys,
CPAs insurance agents, bankers, brokers and realtors.
This
workshop will offer practical scenarios and ideas that can lead you
into discussions about charitable planning with your clients.
The single most important factor in community success is the
involvement of citizens in their community. Your gift of time,
talent and dollars make all the difference. Have you asked
your clients to consider a charitable gift in their plans?
Upcoming
workshops and locations are listed on the Calendar.
You must pre-register to attend these workshops. Submit name,
organization and phone number here
to be contacted for registration.
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The
Art of Charitable Planning Workshop II - Charitable Gifts That Solve
Problems
At
this workshop find out how to better serve your clients
through charitable planning. The Art of Charitable Planning
Workshop II has been specifically designed for the financial planners, attorneys,
CPAs insurance agents, bankers, brokers and realtors.
This
workshop offer practical scenarios and ideas that can lead you
into discussions about charitable planning with your clients. In
addition, this workshop will discuss new charitable planning
opportunities created by recently revised minimum distribution rules for
retirement plans.
Workshop
topics:
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Tax
Cursed Property |
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How
to Provide for Family and Charity |
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College
Annuity |
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Retirement
Plan Supplement |
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Charitable
Planning Resources |
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By-pass
Capital Gains |
How
many financials planners have attended these workshops and
just what are they saying about it? Find out here.
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Fundraiser's
Training Session: Building Community Endowment Funds
This
training empowers the community volunteer to harness the charitable
resources of your community. This training will help you better
understand how to educate community leaders and donors about the
importance of anticipated wealth transfer, how to start, build,
educate, market and manage endowments; and ultimately how to
successfully engage donors in funding endowments through personal
visitation.
Topics
of the training include:
Open to Foundation Affiliated
Funds ONLY. Pre-registration required. [E-mail your
information to webmaster@nebcommfound.org
or call 402/323-7330 to register.]
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