NAYDO Membership: Features and Opportunities
The NAYDO Council is confident you will find this year’s membership to be unlike any other. Here’s just a peek at what’s ahead for the upcoming year:
- Look to NAYDO for information that helps your YMCA increase charitable support and help you articulate the charitable nature of your Y.
- Enjoy a new member feature – quarterly web seminars. Hear from the best and brightest both in and outside the philanthropy movement.
- Sign up for the 2009 NAYDO Conference at Sheraton Dallas scheduled for April 22 – 25, 2009. This is the largest annual conference conducted for YMCAs so be sure to register early as it has sold out the last 2 years in the fall.
- Beyond the conference experience, connect up with similar folks around North America via regional networks, email distribution lists and regional training opportunities. In 2008, we even had 25 international attendees from Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.
- Gather research-based data on improving the member-donor experience and strategizing for major gifts.
Along with the new features planned for your NAYDO membership in the upcoming year, you will also continue to:
- Receive three (3) issues of NAYDO’s Developments newsletter
- Enjoy the lowest rates available for the annual conference
- Qualify for Members Only priority registration for the conference through October 30, 2008
- Be eligible as a nominee for the 2008 Excellence in Fundraising Eagle Award (nomination deadline is December 3, 2008)
- Be able to apply for conference financial assistance through December 3, 2008 (membership assistance is also available throughout the year)
- Offer your services as a volunteer at the conference – a great networking opportunity
- Be able to check out materials from the NAYDO Resource Library which includes copies of the Communications Contest winners from each conference
- Take advantage of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) member rate on their program materials and audio conferences
- Call on a network of qualified resource people, the NAYDO Council, to provide assistance as you strive to create a philanthropic culture at your YMCA.
Contact the NAYDO Office at any time for more information by calling 504-464-7845 or by email at info@naydo.org.