Introduction to fundraising planning

If you want to have more fun — and more success — with fundraising, remember that you’re giving people the chance to invest in their values and realize their dreams. The Alliance is excited to provide a new short-course for Southeast land trusts to learn how to build a strategic fundraising program.

Join long-time fundraiser Laurel McCombs of Osborne Group as she explores the most effective roles for board members to play in fund development and how to motivate and empower them to achieve success in those roles. 

Instructions for setting up the online version of Assessing Your Organization for your land trust.

Ensuring that meetings run smoothly is crucial for your desired outcomes. In this interactive Lunch & Learn, Julia Solomon, principal of Shadbush Consulting, will provide tools and tips for designing and facilitating more effective, meaningful meetings.

As the senior, volunteer leader of the organization, you’re responsible for leading the board to fulfill its responsibilities for the oversight, thinking and governance of your land trust and for cultivating a working partnership with your executive director. Now what?

This toolkit contains actionable information on why building equitable and sustainable partnerships is important, how to find and evaluate potential partners, and what practices are best for building good partnerships.

Land trusts across the country are looking for retention strategies that will result in happier staff, decreased turnover and create stronger organizations. This webinar builds upon a popular Rally 2023 workshop to dive deeper into staff retention challenges and solutions.

Learn how Conservation Trust for North Carolina partnered with Big Change Consulting to establish an equity-based employee handbook that is forward-looking, pro-employee, legally compliant and actionable.