We are delighted to be welcoming back to Boston independent film fundraising guru and consultant Morrie Warshawski.
Morrie will be coming to present three workshops on December 6 & 7, 2008 at our new facility at 93 Border Street in West Newton, MA. Tickets for each workshop are limited and are now on sale. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to brush up your fundraising skills and to jumpstart your career! Descriptions for all three workshops follow–registrations for each workshop are separate.
JUMPSTARTING YOUR CAREER: A CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 2008
9:30-10am Registration 10am-4pm workshop
Tickets are $45 for members and $55 for non-members
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Where are you going professionally, and how are you going to get there? This workshop helps participants develop powerful strategies, tools and approaches supporting long range career planning. For this workshop, Warshawski draws on his extensive experience consulting on strategic planning to introduce a series of highly participatory exercises designed specifically for individuals. Participants will work on:
· Indentifying core values;
· Defining a personal mission;
· Examining professional strengths and weaknesses,;
· Creating a vision for the future;
· Identifying circles of influence;
· Identifying significant goals, and strategies to achieve those goals;
· Marketing with integrity.
THE FUNDRAISING HOUSEPARTY:
HOW TO PARTY WITH A PURPOSE AND RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CAUSE
Saturday December 6, 2008
6:30-9pm
Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for non-members
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This highly participatory workshop gives a complete deconstruction of the Fundraising Houseparty – a very powerful and flexible way to raise donations from individuals for noncommercial projects media both large and small. Topics covered include:
What projects are appropriate for houseparties;
- Finding and preparing the Host;
- Timeline for and design of invitations;
- Program sequence for the formal presentation;
- What type of program clip to show;
- How to make the “ask” and who should do it;
Participants are encouraged to bring in samples of their own houseparty invitations and pledge cards (actual or proposed). For an audio clip about houseparties from Warshawski’s appearance on Marketplace Radio, just go to his website: www.warshawski.com
SHAKING THE MONEY TREE:
HOW TO GET GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR YOUR FILM/VIDEO PROJECT
SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2008
9:30am- 5pm
Tickets are $45 for members and $55 for non-members
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Nationally recognized consultant MORRIE WARSHAWSKI returns to Boston to present his popular full-day workshop full of patented street-savvy, in-the-trenches advice on how to gets grants and donations for noncommercial independent film and video projects. Looking for funding while maintaining a career as a media maker can be a competitive, elusive and overwhelming proposition. Warshawski provides practical advice based on real experience to get filmmakers focused and effective at getting money for their projects.
The workshop completely demystifies the world of donations and grants by providing an introduction to all the basic principles of successful fundraising including:
- Ways to approach individuals for donations (houseparties, direct mail, etc.);
- How to get money from foundations and corporations;
- Designing your project to make it attractive to funders;
- Adopting the proper mindset;
- Laying the groundwork for and conducting research;
- Creating the perfect written grant proposal.
Warshawski’s class includes exercises, lecture, video clip examples, and an extensive handout packet full of information and references on fundraising. A must for the beginning, emerging or experienced filmmaker who has any qualms about fundraising.
MORRIE WARSHAWSKI, noted writer and media consultant, is the former Executive Director of Bay Area Video Coalition and The Media Project, Inc. His clients over the last 30 years include the American Film Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, MacArthur Foundation, WGBH-TV, President’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and many others. Warshawski has served on numerous grant panels, has written over 500 proposals, and is the author of THE FUNDRAISING HOUSEPARTY, and SHAKING THE MONEY TREE: HOW TO GET GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR FILM AND VIDEO- 2nd Edition. You can find Warshawski and an audio clip on fundraising houseparties in cyberspace: www.warshawski.com.
QUOTES:
“I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your AFI workshop. It really clarified and supported my thinking on grant writing and fundraising in general. It was nice to sit down for a day and just have all the steps outlined and discussed logically!”
- Rusty E. Frank, Los Angeles
“Your seminar is really amazing and so incredibly full of such useful information. We funders ought to have a preliminary requirement that applicants attend your workshop before submitting their proposals.”
- Mary Smith, National Endowment for the Arts
“Packed with good info; good speaker; receptive to questions; obviously very experienced.”
- Boston Participant
“Your presentation was just terrific. I am truly impressed with the wealth of information, articulately and logically presented in just a few hours time.”
- Bill Goetz, Portland, OR
“I took your SHAKING THE MONEY TREE class at AIVF in New York about 3 years ago, and I’m happy to report that my documentary is not only finished, but aired as part of a Father’s Day Special on Cinemax this year. I know of at least one other student in that class whose film is now complete and was picked up by HBO. Your class was very instrumental in getting the first grants and donations. So thank you !!”
- Cynthia Syrett, NYC
“A note of thanks to Morrie for his Shaking the Money Tree workshops. After attending one last year, I finally got the guts to approach my first private funder — someone wealthy who had funded a doc I’d worked on previously (one in which I was hired as co-producer in post, well after she’d funded it).”
“Using the chutzpah and the tools I gained in the workshop and from the book, I wrote her a heartfelt letter. She immediately called, and wrote a check soon thereafter. With a serious donation now in hand, I felt “legit” and then wrote a different heartfelt letter to 100 friends asking for tax-free donations. I got a 20% return, with amounts ranging from $25 to $1000+. A real lifesaver to the project.”
- Danielle Beverly
“Thank you for your excellent workshops in NYC this weekend. It’s always good, especially for an old hand like me, to be reminded of what it takes and to be inspired anew. I especially need that now as I’m working independently, on a film, and not for a performing arts organization and need to be prepared to get money from individuals. The Zen tools you worked through with us are tremendous. Thank you, sincerely.
- Sharon Levy, Dovetail Productions, Inc, New York
