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CLASSACT HR73 BRIDGE TOOLBOX SERIES:
EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING
With Ken Bartels '73 and Nick Sakellariadis '73
Thursday, December 5th, 7:00 - 8:00pm ET
Successful nonprofits can state their mission in one simple and compelling sentence. This mission should not change much over time if at all. A changing mission often signifies an uncompelling mission.
Successful nonprofits make fundraising a core function. And at its core fundraising is about engaging with potential donors. This engagement could be strengthening pre-existing engagement (such as with college alumnae and alumni) or it could be creating new engagement (like that for a new non-profit).
Successful nonprofits are laser-focused on donors who want to engage with its mission. Who these likely donors are will determine which engagement tools will be used. The sets of engagement tools chosen define successful nonprofits’ fundraising strategies.
There are all sorts of engagement tools, from letters/emails to appearing on panels to public relations to events (many sorts!) to personal outreach to donors to ensuring that the board is well-seeded with donors to creating advisory committees composed principally of donors.
Classmates and fundraising experts Ken Bartels and Nick Sakellariadis focused on these engagement tools to show how to successfully fundraise for your organization.
SLIDES: Four Pillars for Successful Non-Profits + Engagement Tools
MORE ON THE BRIDGE TOOLBOX SERIES:
ClassACT HR73 offers pro bono assistance to nonprofits called Bridge Partners, which are either founded or run by classmates, as well as supporting classmates who are involved in organizations that want to change the world.
In order to help our Bridge Partners to further their objectives, we are offering assistance in a variety of skills related to the success of non-profits via the Bridge Toolbox Series. These webinars are recorded and archived on our website for public use.
OUR PANELISTS:
KEN BARTELS
Past President and CEO, Paxton Properties
Ken Bartels was President and Chief Executive Officer of Paxton Properties, a real estate investment firm with a concentration on center-city office buildings in the United States and Europe. Previously Ken spent 17 years on Wall Street where he worked at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup in both New York City and Tokyo.
Ken is Co-Chair of his College and Business School classes; is a member and former Vice Chair of the Harvard College Fund Executive Committee; was Founding Chair and is a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council at the Harvard Ed School, and; is a Trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall. Ken is the former Chair of Sabre Foundation, Cambridge, MA; the former Chair of World Learning, Brattleboro, VT; the former Chair of Youth Service America, Washington, D.C.; the former Vice Chair of the Classic Stage Company in New York City, and; a former Trustee of Wellesley College.
Ken has an A.B. from Harvard (1973) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School (1976). Ken is married to Jane Condon, B.A. Wellesley (1973) and Ed.M. from the Harvard Ed School (1974), a comedian. Ken and Jane have two children, McDonald, Harvard A.B. 2009, Harvard Business School M.B.A. 2016, who works in the sports and entertainment businesses in New York, and Todd, Harvard A.B. 2006, a screenwriter in Los Angeles.
NICK SAKELLARIADIS
Principal Owner, Dayton Dragons
Nick is the Co-Chair and Principal Owner of the Dayton Dragons, a minor league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. The Dragons have the longest consecutive sell-out streak in the history of American sports (23 years). Nick also serves as a member of the Executive Board of Minor League Baseball. Prior to that, he had a 35-year career in investment banking at Citigroup-related companies.
Nick currently serves on the Harvard College Fund Executive Committee, where he was a former Cochair. He is Cochair of the John Harvard Society, fundraising Cochair of the Harvard College Class of 1973, fundraising Cochair of the Harvard Law School Class of 1977, and a member of the Major Gifts Committee of the Harvard Business School Class of 1977. He also served on the Alumni Board of HBS and is a member of the Harvard Alumni Association’s Crimson Society. He has also served in board positions with the New York Botanical Garden, Phoenix Country Day School, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, and the American Board of Athens College.
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