Transitioning from Staff Driven Special Event Fundraising to Volunteer Driven Event Fundraising - Hattie Johnson

Session Summary: This session will recount the success Camp Ta-Kum-Ta has experienced with volunteer managed events (dinners, 5k runs, golf tournaments, car shows, bingo events and many more).

Session Objectives: We will share the approaches used in these events to engage the community and how we work to retain them over multiple years. Some approaches were more successful than others; we will explore why that was and so provide participants the benefits of our lessons learned. The tools we used within our events will be disclosed, with suggestions as to how they can be enhanced. We will also discuss how staff members were transitioned from a management role to more of a director role as related to their volunteer projects- what elements of the projects were retained by staff, which were released to volunteers, and the risks associated with each.

Bio(s): Hattie Johnson is currently Director of Development for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero, VT. Camp Ta-Kum-Ta is a year-round camp for children with cancer. Hattie works with individuals, organizations, event organizers and civic groups to raise funds for camp programs and their capital campaign.

Prior to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta Hattie was the Director of Development for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Vermont and the Program Coordinator for fundraising and volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House of Burlington, VT.

Hattie is a graduate of Saint Michael's College where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business & Psychology and later received a Masters of Science & Administration Degree in from Saint Michael’s College in May 2011. Hattie also holds a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Saint Michael’s College. Hattie is active in the Vermont community.

Hattie currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Northern New England and is a steering committee member for the Burlington Young Professionals.

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