C3. Organizational Fundraising Management

Training for Business, Management, Commerce and Finance students.

Grad Services, Inc. is a nonprofit organization, which was formed with an idea to manage fundraising activities and business arrangements for graduate students groups and educational organizations. The primary responsibility of this organization has been developing marketing network for graduate student insurance and other services products. With time, Grad Services also became one of SDS/III's partner organizations. Main objectives of this training assignment is to research existing market, develop and implement new strategies for boosting ongoing activities and in various ways increase reaches of this nonprofit organization.

List of main tasks: Research existing market involved in similar type of activities; Develop new marketing network of reliable partners; Create and maintain related websites; Plan on development of various fundraising campaigns; Deliver strategic proposals to potential partners; Maintain contacts and other similar databases; Publish posters, brochures and other advertisement materials; Create periodical newsletters and e-newsletters for delivery to existing and potential customers; Invent new progressive methods how to reach wide audience.