NextGen/AFPGV YPs: Mary Jemison River Cruise

The AFPGV Young Professionals Networking Group and NextGen Rochester invite you on an evening voyage! Our speakers will address a myriad of fundraising issues as they discuss their diverse backgrounds and causes. The first half of the cruise will be short presentations/Q&A with the panel and the second will be networking and enjoying the view.
Panelists Include:

John Williams, Literacy Volunteers of Rochester

• How small non-profits provide special opportunities for YPs – flexibility, potential for impact, opportunities for first board/committee service
• The special rewards of the one-to-one engagement with an adult learner

Vicki Schmitt, Corn Hill Navigation - Operator of the Sam Patch and Mary Jemison Boats

• How to be successful as a non-profit when your direct competitors are for profit

Jennifer Leonard, The Community Foundation

• How Learning to Network Leads to Better Fundraising
• How the Community Foundation Builds Relationships for the Long Term

Lydia Boddie-Rice, Young Audiences and Cross Currents Minority Rowing

• Show me the M.O.N.E.Y.: A fund seeker’s primer to successful fund raising

Please note that the cruise is for adults only.