2018 Oklahoma Arts Conference

Panchromatic: Spectrum of Possibilities

Edwin D. Crane
Edwin D. Crane is the principal of his own fundraising firm, Edwin D. Crane, LLC, based in Oklahoma City. His typical clients are small- or medium-sized nonprofit organizations with limited financial resources that are seeking to build fundraising capacity. Crane’s areas of expertise include development strategy, major gifts, grant research, development capital and endowment campaigns, special events, volunteer recruitment, board governance, fundraising, communications, prospect research, and donor relations. Throughout a career that began in the 1970s, Crane has worked in fundraising roles at two hospitals and an international adoption agency in Dallas/Ft. Worth, a fine arts museum in Baltimore, and an international community development organization in Oklahoma City. Crane is a member of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He is registered as a fundraising counsel with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Edwin D. Crane's Schedule

Is Your Development Program on Life Support? A Checklist on How to Revive Your Fundraising Efforts
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 9:30am - 11:00am Room: The Paramount on Film Row 2nd Floor
Are you concerned about sustainability, board member involvement, goal-setting, strategic planning, outcomes, or nagging deficiencies? There are certain basic foundational elements that every development program requires, so if you are missing one or more parts, your fundraising is probably in need of a tune-up. The emphasis of this session is on the nuts and bolts and the sequential nature of building up a development program.

How to Establish and Maintain a Major Gifts Program
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm Room: 21c Museum and Hotel Main Gallery
Regardless of size, every nonprofit organization should have a fundraising strategy in place that emphasizes the procurement of major gifs that result from a highly personal approach to fundraising. Major gifts are cost-effective and more predictable than direct mail, special events, and grants. Best of all, personal relationship fundraising is more fun!

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