Feb 13, 2025 | 12 to 1:15 p.m.
Conférence en anglais, période de questions dans les 2 langues
Join us for a stimulating conference led by Karen E. Osborne, an international fundraising expert and award-winning speaker. Discover how asking the right questions can transform your fundraising efforts and drive success.
Participants will have a unique opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions and practical exercises with Karen, designed to refine your fundraising skills. Additionally, you will receive a FREE set of strategic and generative questions for every donor situation as a take away.
Highlights of the Conference:
- How to use strategic questions to deepen engagement and increase the chances for joyful, generous yeses to your proposals
- Gain valuable insights on asking strategic questions from Karen E. Osborne’s extensive experience.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the field, this conference offers invaluable tools to elevate your fundraising journey. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn from the best and take your skills to the next level!
SPEAKER
Senior Strategist of The Osborne Group, Inc. and Author Karen believes in the power of philanthropy, generosity, and service. She built her career around these passions not only as a major and principal gifts officer, vice president, speaker, teacher, consultant, and coach, but also as a donor, volunteer, and board member.
For eighteen of Karen’s forty-six professional years, she held leadership positions–Director of Major Gifts, Director of Development, and VP for College Advancement–at colleges and universities. For the past 28 years, Karen served first as President and now Senior Strategist at The Osborne Group, an international management, consulting, and training firm.
Karen enjoys a rich volunteer life. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded her the Crystal Apple for Outstanding Teaching and Public Speaking, and the Ashmore Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession. In addition to volunteering for professional organizations, she serves as chair of the governing board of Easterseals Florida and volunteers in her community and church.
Karen is also an award-winning suspense, historical, and mystery writer of four published novels — Getting It Right, Tangled Lies, Reckonings, and True Grace. On March 13, 2025, Justice for Emerson comes out. Her weekly Vlog, What Are You Reading? What Are You Writing? showcases authors and other creatives.
MODERATOR
Catherine Rowe is a partner at Pur Philanthropie, a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic support for the philanthropic sector.
Previously, she served as Executive Vice-President of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre Foundation, where she led the historic $150 million Healing More Better campaign, ultimately raising $255 million. Earlier, she was Executive Director at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), managing the $40 million Thinking Ahead Campaign. Catherine began her philanthropy career at Centraide (United Way) of Greater Montreal, advancing to Director of Major Giving.
In 2018, she received the National Philanthropy Day Award for Outstanding Career in Philanthropy and has since been a jury member. She is also a Faculty trainer with the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) Leadership Academy, and holds an MPA from Carleton University and a BCom from McGill University.
Catherine has served as President of the AFP Quebec Board and is currently on the executive board of FoodBridge, a Canadian nonprofit promoting regenerative food systems. She also volunteers with AWE, a women’s empowerment organization active in Central America and Asia.
In videoconference
Rates
AFP member rate : 35 $ plus tax per person
Non-member : 55 $ plus tax per person
Additional information
A Zoom link will be sent the day before the webinar.
CFRE: Full participation in this program is applicable for 1 point in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.