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Hi everyone, my name is Flora Bernard and I’m from Namibia (Africa). I have no experience in this field but wish to make a difference in my community and country as a whole. I hope to learn a lot from this course and I believe that by working in teams we will be able to achieve more as well as take fundraising to greater heights 😊
I really look forward to completing this course.

Hello Everyone ,My name is Ravi Kant Kunwar. I am a global hospitality professional from India 'been into Middle east from last 5 years .I want to open my own company

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   Hi Every One.
   I am James From Kenya.
   We are running a Research NGO I'm one of the Board members thus entitled with the responsibility for fund raising and grant management.
   This course would give the best foundation to understand the intricacies in fund raising and open doors for greater opportunities in this course.
   I am interested in team work, it creates a good environment for networking.
   I have no experience in this field and would like to gather more at the end of the training.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
My names are Odetayo John Smith
Am joining from Nigeria
Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
Yes
Electrical line Technician
What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
Ability to know how to raise fund for my personal Project in Power generation and
how to manage and use the funds effectively
Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
Yes i will be glad to be accepted into the team to know more.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
No experience at all

Hi everyone
I'm Iris de Díaz from El Salvador (Central America)
I work for FIDFA (Fundación Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Familia) which helps the families in our country. Right now my position is to do all the design for the events, as a part time work.
I'm interested in joining this course because I want to do more for this organization and improve the things I do. I don't have expirience in Fundraising

Hello Everyone!
My name is Tenying Yangsel. I am currently in New York. I am on the Advisory board for a small youth-led organization based in Nepal. My organization was started by two friends who wanted to help the community in any way possible. We have finally registered in Nepal. All these years the team has been working with funds from their own pocket or from small donations from the community. We just got our first grant last year. By taking this course I want to be able to get into fundraising from grants. I love working with people and in team.

@ryansucipto said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

Hello Ryan!
Welcome to this course. I see that you also work with youths, I am looking forward to taking the course together and learning from you.
Tenying

@Deepak_Padhi said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Deepak Bijaya Padhi. I am from Skill Shalla Foundation, Mumbai, India
2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes I am working for Skill Shalla Foundation as a GM-Partner Development.
3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   Fundraising is a task with creativity. So I want to learn this art to apply it when I am in field.
4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I agree too that the learning in team is the best method of experiential learning. So I would love to join a team. any one from any country, I have no restriction in geography, caste, creed or gender.
5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   I was working with Yuva Parivartan (Kherwadi Social Welfare Association) as Manager Partnerships where a part of my role was to raise funds from corporate donors, individual donors, Government agencies and other distinguished NGOs.

Hello Deepak!
Welcome to the course. I am very interested in learning more about your work and also looking forward to taking this course together.
Tenying

My name is Evaristus Penda
I am not working for any organization. I am a Ph.D. Counseling Student.
My goal is to develop a philanthropic organization that would assist the underprivileged population I met most often at my practical sights. Also, I intend to take learn grant writing, thus I presume that this course serves as a prerequisite for the next course that would educate me on grant writing.
I do hope to join a team and look forward to finding one that not fit my profile and interest but open to new ideas.
Unfortunately, I do not have any prior idea about this course.

Hi, I am Kukuyon Kinapoe and I am joining you from Minnesota, USA.
I am not working for an organization but am thinking of joining one.
My goals for this course is to learn the strategies in fundraising and use that in bringing funds to whatever organization I join.
I will be happy to join a team in learning this course
No, I do not have any experience in this course

Hi everyone my name is henry Attepor and am joining this beautiful family from ghana 🇬🇭.
It is my dream to establish my own non-profit organization in the near future so with this course, i think i would be on the perfect path for making my dream come through.
I have no experience when it comes to this course.

Hey everyone my name is David Demba, joining from Brusubi, The Gambia, am a leader of a youth group and my goal to grow my group into a bigger group and raise enough fund to help the youths who are not able to pay for their school fees and accommodation.
I think working in group is a better option considering the fact that the work force is always less and the suggestions or opinions don’t normally lack

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hi, my name is Dare John Adesanya. I am joining this course from Da Nang, Vietnam

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes, I am working for Cedar Software Development Company. And I am a Business System Analyst at the company

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I will like to gain knowledge in raising funds for projects of any kind. This includes learning how to communicate project objectives and goals in a way that will inspire VC(s) to see the potentials of a project and opt-in to fund such project regardless of potential risks

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I will be delighted to be part of a team

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   NO

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hi Intellectuals,

My Name is Gift. Bill Malobola, Am joining you from Zambia, a Landlocked Country in Southern Africa.

Am not in actively employment, but am a volunteer in various, sectors helping the youths to acquire meaningful lively hoods, working with Widows ,Orphanes and less privillaged children by providing them with viable fundraising ventures and projects to see them live well There by eradicating poverty and other vices that caffect the fore-mentioned indulge in activities that endanger themselves . Still Seeking partners and sponsors for this noble cause hence my interest in joining this great Course.

May not have much experience per say, because am coming from an ICT industry. But by virtue of the activities I do for the poor. I have undertaken quite a number of fundraising ventures. But with difficulties.

I hope this Course will prepare me fight all such challenges.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello. My name is Rofiat Abdulyekeen. I am the founder of a community service foundation. My goal is to learn how to raise funds to help improve the community and the lives of the people

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

I am by name Mary Mlambo and i am joining from Pretoria, South Africa.
I am the Co-Founder of Eastern Valleywood Club (EVAC)
My main objective is to involve fully in the training and gain sufficient knowledge and skills on how to mobilize funds.
I am indeed interested in joining a team for this course
I am interested in learning everything there is about fundraising to help my organization.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

I’m Ombeni John Lance joining from Tanzania

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

I’m currently not working for any organization but for myself

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

my goals are to understand and know how to raise funds for an organization which I’m planning to start in the near future

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

I would love to join a team. Teamwork is the best chance of survival.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

No I haven’t any experience. But looking forward to new knowledge

Hi my name was Rajesh,
My need get me to this courses,
I believe in miracles,I hope I can find some miracle through this course!
I'm new to team working,so I don't any experience with team working!
But I wish to learn it!

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   My name is Tumisang Molefe and I am joining from South Africa.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I am the director and events coordinator.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal is to understand how to run an organization that is productive and implementing change as well as to create sustainable ways or my organization to grow and implement change.

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I would love to join a team.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Welcome Thabo

@ttau365 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi colleagues, my name is Thabo Ncube and I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I am a Co-Director of a Non Profitable Organization(NPO) in Johannesburg.
I am very passionate about empowerment to the disadvantaged, and therefore my goal is to acquire and empower myself
with adequate information that I will share with my counterparts, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds
and how to run an NPO.
I am a team player, as I believe that team work can bring out diverse ideas and solutions to simplify problems.
No experience at all, just general knoeledge.

Welcome Thabo ```
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@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hi! my name Ranie from Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes, I'm a local church pastor.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal is to learn how raise a fund for me to help and teach local that does not have enough funds to sustain the ministry work. I will share this to the church where I work at and we will do it together with the leaders to perform and do it as a team.

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   Yes! And hoping someone here in Iloilo can reach me out. I'm new to this course and website.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   None, I'm a newbie and dedictated to learn to help other organizations because this is the major problem mostly in our area.

@ryansucipto said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

Hello Ryan, This Ranie from Iloilo City, Philippines. That's grear to hear your working with. I'm a local church pastor and I really want to learn that movements on the youths. Hoping we can work together and learning together with colleagues.

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   You can call me Kasturi. I am joining from Malaysia

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I am currently an Owner of a For-A-Profit organization, a micro enterprise with less than 5 people which I would like to grow.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal of the course is to learn Fundraising which I would like to apply to our social responsibility initiatives - which is to raise funds for ourselves as well as for our partner/beneficiary organizations using innovative ways

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   Yes, I am interested to join a Team

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   Not in particular though I am more than willing to share ideas on how to fund raise but have actually have to execute and expedite my ideas and methods for my micro enterprise

1. Hello everyone, my name is Sarah Nkonde from Lusaka, Zambia

2. I am the Events Coordinator at Set Apart International.

3. One of my goals is to gain knowledge and skills that could help the NGO I volunteer at as well as other friend's projects to raise funds for its events and projects.

4. Yes please

5. No, I don't have any experience.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hi, My name is Supriya and I am from Mumbai, India. I work for one of India’s oldest non- sectarian organizations in the philanthropic sector. After a couple of years working in Program Design and Implementation I am currently working with the Strategy team to build sustainability, scalability and replicability in all programmatic interventions. I intend to build my skills and help improve my organisation to build better sustainable impactful strategies for the last mile beneficiaries. Since Fundraising forms an important component in social sector, I would like to learn and incorporate these course learning into my work. Yes, I would definitely like to be part of a team for this course for I believe “Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving”. I do not have much experience in fund raising although i have worked for grant giving organisations. Would love to share and learn more from my peers more on this topic. Look forward for the course commencement.

My name is Muhammad Anwar and I am joining from Pakistan. I am working for Olive's Trust Pakistan (OTP), a national registered non-profit organization. I am leading the organization as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). My goals are to learn how to raise funds more effectively at an early stage of an organization's development. I will apply what I learned from the course to raise funds for OTP social action programs, and social enterprises development. Yes, I like working in a team. No previous experience, only general knowledge.

I am Chinyere Nnenna Igwegbe and I am from South Eastern part of Nigeria.
Yes, I am working for an Organization - co-founder of the Society of African Women in Construction as well as the Brain behind "BRIDGE THE GAP" an initiative am working on right now. In these two NGO's i develop the ideas leading to projects and programs meeting the purpose or goal pf the organization.
My goals are - To know the process and strategies in fund raising to be able to meet the organization goals in empowering the people in my community.
- To learn how to network with others, run a successful and sustainable NGO.
Yes, I am interested in joining a team because I am a team player as it helps me to understand people of different culture and see things from their perspective.
Well my experience in this course is that for me to raise fund, basically i go to an individual, usually it could be someone I know or someone i know through another person as long as i realize he or she has affinity for the project am embarking on. I approach the person, explain what my plan or project is all about and if he/she owns a company, i tell him or her the benefit of partnering with me or sponsoring the program'project. Most times their benefit comes via publicity of the company via print materials, media, website . if your program meets the company social responsibility policy then they will be moved to contribute.
Also i go to family members and friends to support. i also get volunteers and i do appreciate their time.

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for fundraising to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
Yes, with regards to experience, when i have an initiated program or project i check out organization with social responsibility close to my project and i write to them requesting for sponsorship or partnership while listing out their benefit which usually is publicity via print media

@ttau365 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi colleagues, my name is Thabo Ncube and I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I am a Co-Director of a Non Profitable Organization(NPO) in Johannesburg.
I am very passionate about empowerment to the disadvantaged, and therefore my goal is to acquire and empower myself
with adequate information that I will share with my counterparts, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds
and how to run an NPO.
I am a team player, as I believe that team work can bring out diverse ideas and solutions to simplify problems.
No experience at all, just general knoeledge.

Hae Meshack here from kenya

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for planning , monitoring and evaluation of the projects embarked by the NGO to make sure it is sustainable and able to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
At the moment we have a project on Water meets Arts coming up in July

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hello,i am jane wanjiku.Joining you from Nairobi kenya.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Not yet.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I have been involved in volunteering activities in the community before and we needed to raise money.I didn't have an idea on how to go about it.I look forward gain knowledge on the same to be more effective in future.

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   Yes.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

I do not have any experience,i look forward to learn.

@Chysquare said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for planning , monitoring and evaluation of the projects embarked by the NGO to make sure it is sustainable and able to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
At the moment we have a project on Water meets Arts coming up in July

Welcome Chinyere .I love what you are doing for the community.Water meet Arts entails what?

This is going to be very educative.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

I am Richard A. Ugbe from Nigeria. Presently, I am the President/Executive Director, Anti-Suicide Global Initiative (ASGI), Nigeria. My goals are: 1. To acquire skills on how to raise funds for my organization, 2. Places I can go to be able to raise funds, 3. How to Begin a fundraising project. Yes, I am very much interested in joining a team. I have little experience. We normally generate appeal fund letters/envelopes and distribute them to people around. And then go back later to collect them from those we have shared the envelopes or letters with. We used to organized open voluntary contributions. Lastly we used to approached banks for them to generate soft code for us. People can transfer any little amount as their own contribution through this soft code.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello,
My name is Ahmad Abdulaziz, i am from Kano Nigeria, i am a member of NGO Teens Development Initiative (TDI), i will be glad to understand the basic concept of the above course, and i will like to work in team so, we can share idea for the betterment of our generation.

@shandrewright7 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My name is Shane Wright. I am joining this course from Kingston, Jamaica. The organization I am working with is an Entertainment and Arts Development Company I founded in 2014. I guess that makes me the Founding President & Executive Director. My main goal in doing this course is to gain insight on how to properly raise funds in aid of helping others to develop their talents in the industry. It is challenging to do fundraising without the right tools to do it and I think if it is not done in a way that is effective, we would be wasting time and energy achieving nothing.
I am interested in joining a team for this course as it should aid in the success of meeting the learning objectives. The only experience I can recall is the failed attempt at raising funds for my tuition in the past three years. I am still assessing where I went wrong in all the planning. Some of the factors included the time of the event, lack of aggressive promotion and marketing, and not many people were talking about the event. As part of getting it right the next time, I decided to take a course in fundraising.

Hi Shane. I'm looking forward to join the course with you. Let's learn how to achieve a lot without wasting time.

Hi everybody, my name is Kristina Baum and I'm joining from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Originally I'm from Germany but since September 2018 I'm volunteering for Transcape NPO. A few months ago I started with my own project called tinyteenyhands. I focused on the early child development of environmental pollution. We began to teach the children in a playful way the importance of a green planet. The children have started to be very interested in this topic. And now their parents actually the whole village want to learn more about environmental pollution. My goal is to open a recycling company in the village.
I'm keen to work in a team to get new inspirations and ideas. I don't have any experience with fundraising.

Hi everybody, my name is Kristina Baum and I'm joining from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Originally I'm from Germany but since September 2018 I'm volunteering for Transcape NPO. A few months ago I started with my own project called tinyteenyhands. I focused on the early child development of environmental pollution. We began to teach the children in a playful way the importance of a green planet. The children have started to be very interested in this topic. And now their parents actually the whole village want to learn more about environmental pollution. My goal is to open a recycling company in the village. I'm keen to work in a team to get new inspirations and ideas. I don't have any experience with fundraising.

Hi everybody! I am Elias joining from Liberia. I recently resigned my portfolio as Deputy Foreign Minister of Liberia and transitioning to private life and a new professional path.

My goal for enrolling in this course is to strengthen my insight and skills in managing and mobilizing resources for my education and humanitarian foundation to which I intend to pay some attention during this period of transition.

I look forward to continued engagements and exchanges during the period of the course.

Warm regards.
Elias

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3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Dennis Mukah joining you from Nairobi.

I work in a finance department that oversees project activities in peace building.

My goal is to learn how to fundraise for the organization and also build networks

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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Hello everyone , my name is Sanelisiwe and I am from Zimbabwe. I am currently a volunteer at an NGO called Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association which works with women and children giving them access to much needed legal services. I am a lawyer by profession and currently volunteering while I continue to job hunt, I felt it was a more useful way to spend my time considering how passionate I am about the indigent of society and the vulnerable such as women and children. I am excited to enroll for courses like this one as I too would one day like to establish my own organization for young women and girls and I am hoping to focus on the lack of mentorship being faced in my community. I do not have any experience and I am keen to work in a team as this will aid in the learning process.

@kristinabaum1010 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi everybody, my name is Kristina Baum and I'm joining from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Originally I'm from Germany but since September 2018 I'm volunteering for Transcape NPO. A few months ago I started with my own project called tinyteenyhands. I focused on the early child development of environmental pollution. We began to teach the children in a playful way the importance of a green planet. The children have started to be very interested in this topic. And now their parents actually the whole village want to learn more about environmental pollution. My goal is to open a recycling company in the village. I'm keen to work in a team to get new inspirations and ideas. I don't have any experience with fundraising.

Hi Kristina
I am Sanelisiwe Mlilo. Welcome and I do hope to get to know you better as well as learn from you as I would also like to establish my own organization in my community. I am from Zimbabwe and am currently volunteering at a local NGO that works mostly with women and children, assisting them with legal issues and educating them on topics such as gender-based violence. I am in the legal profession and hoping to learn as much as I can about fundraising.

@MeshackKeshy said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@ttau365 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi colleagues, my name is Thabo Ncube and I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I am a Co-Director of a Non Profitable Organization(NPO) in Johannesburg.
I am very passionate about empowerment to the disadvantaged, and therefore my goal is to acquire and empower myself
with adequate information that I will share with my counterparts, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds
and how to run an NPO.
I am a team player, as I believe that team work can bring out diverse ideas and solutions to simplify problems.
No experience at all, just general knoeledge.

Hae Meshack here from kenya

Hi Thabo, Sanelisiwe Mlilo here from Zimbabwe. Really excited to learn more about fundraising as I am looking to establish an NPO that will benefit my community. I am glad you have a passion for empowering the disadvantaged and I do hope to learn from you as well.

@Elias said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi everybody! I am Elias joining from Liberia. I recently resigned my portfolio as Deputy Foreign Minister of Liberia and transitioning to private life and a new professional path.

My goal for enrolling in this course is to strengthen my insight and skills in managing and mobilizing resources for my education and humanitarian foundation to which I intend to pay some attention during this period of transition.

I look forward to continued engagements and exchanges during the period of the course.

Warm regards.
Elias

Hi Elias, wow that is quite a transition, wishing you all the best and excited to learn more from you.

@molefetumisang1 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   My name is Tumisang Molefe and I am joining from South Africa.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I am the director and events coordinator.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal is to understand how to run an organization that is productive and implementing change as well as to create sustainable ways or my organization to grow and implement change.

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I would love to join a team.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Welcome Tumisang , I see you are the director and events coordinator at the organization you work for. Do you mind sharing the organization name and what it focuses on?

@malobolag said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

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Hi Intellectuals,

My Name is Gift. Bill Malobola, Am joining you from Zambia, a Landlocked Country in Southern Africa.

Am not in actively employment, but am a volunteer in various, sectors helping the youths to acquire meaningful lively hoods, working with Widows ,Orphanes and less privillaged children by providing them with viable fundraising ventures and projects to see them live well There by eradicating poverty and other vices that caffect the fore-mentioned indulge in activities that endanger themselves . Still Seeking partners and sponsors for this noble cause hence my interest in joining this great Course.

May not have much experience per say, because am coming from an ICT industry. But by virtue of the activities I do for the poor. I have undertaken quite a number of fundraising ventures. But with difficulties.

I hope this Course will prepare me fight all such challenges.

Hi Gift, welcome to the course and I am glad to meet a fellow volunteer as I am currently one myself at an organization that works mostly with women and children to provide them with legal services. Also I am in a neighbouring landlocked country Zimbabwe.

@daviddemba016 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hey everyone my name is David Demba, joining from Brusubi, The Gambia, am a leader of a youth group and my goal to grow my group into a bigger group and raise enough fund to help the youths who are not able to pay for their school fees and accommodation.
I think working in group is a better option considering the fact that the work force is always less and the suggestions or opinions don’t normally lack

Welcome to the course David. My name is Sanelisiwe Mlilo and I am based in a small Southern African country called Zimbabwe. I love the fact that you are a leader of a youth group, am curious to know how you started as I am interested in starting my own project in my community.

@Wamz said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Everyone,

My name is Wambui joining you from Nairobi.

I work in a finance department that oversees project activities in peace building.

My goal is to learn how to fundraise for the organization and also build networks

Hello Wambui, welcome to the course, excited to learn as much as I can myself even though I am not working in a finance department like you.

Hello everyone, my name is Derick Mwenya, lam joining you from Rural Zambia, Kasama District of Northern province in Zambia.
I am the Executive Director of a local Non Governmental Organization based in rural Zambia called Rural Focus Zambia (RUFOZ).
My major aim is to gain skills and knowledge that could help my NGO raise funds for its programs and projects.
I love to work in teams because l believe together we can share more and achieve more to develop our local communities in rural areas..
I don't have any experience in this field and I therefore need to learn more.

@lmafrica18 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,
I am Enock Nkulanga based in Uganda for now. I am the National Director for African Children's Mission www.africanchildrensmission.org and also the founder of LeadMinds Africa. I am looking to learning with you all. This course is going to boost my understanding in the area of fundraising since I am in the Non-profit field and we rely so much on fundraising.
This is not my first time on this platform. I have taken a course before by Dr. Tom Wolf which is focused on ''connecting with Donors''. After the course, i bought all the books written by the instructor and from that day, I have been directly involved in fundraising for the NGO i work for. I have tremendously improved in the ''how'' of telling our story to prospects and donors. Recently in July of 2018, Barack Obama recognized the work we do in East Africa during the Mandela Lecture and it is continuing to be an inspiring journey. I am here again to learn more and be equipped for other greater tasks ahead.
Much respect to all the people who value learning. It is the best we can do for ourselves!

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello everyone, I am Enock Nkulanga from Uganda. I founded LeadMinds Africa, a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop the next generation of accountable leaders on the African Continent. I also work full time for African Children's Mission

Hello Enock i would like to learn more from your. Derick mwenya zambia

Hi everybody, my name is Kristina Baum and I'm joining from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Originally I'm from Germany but since September 2018 I'm volunteering for Transcape NPO.
A few months ago I started with my own project called tinyteenyhands. I focused on the early child development of environmental pollution. We began to teach the children in a playful way the importance of a green planet. The children have started to be very interested in this topic. And now their parents actually the whole village want to learn more about environmental pollution.
My goal is to open a recycling company in the village. I'm keen to work in a team to get new inspirations and ideas. I don't have any experience with fundraising.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello Change Makers!
My name is Tosin from Nigeria. I currently work for FATE Foundation in Nigeria and I manage the ScaleUp Lab Accelerator Programme for the nonprofit.

My goal for taking this course is to understand the how to approach fundraising effectively and consequently apply this knowledge to raise funds for new arms of the programmes I manage under the ScaleUp Lab Accelerator.

I have been part of some proposal development exercises but haven't done end to end fundraising on my own. It will be thrilling to join a team as I learn Fundraising in this course and I look forward to raising funds successfully very soon.

Glad to be here to learn from and with you all!!!

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Dear colleagues, I am Agboola Temitope Amos from Lagos, Nigeria. I work with a commercial team of a manufacturing company as Sales Representative. I joined this course to enable me generate fund to lunch my entrepreneurial ambitions for the service of humanity especially the less-privileged. I am of the opinion that iron sharpens iron and no one is island of knowledge; so I am much interested in joining a team for a better learning experience as I have no prior knowledge on this course. Thanks.

1.Michael Msoni, Zambia.
2.No.
3.to work with other NGOs and even run my own projects to render help to other people out there.
4.Yes
5.No

@Course_Operations said in [Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising.

A big HELLO and a warm welcome to everyone whoever reading this.
Hi all,My name is Shreya Bhardwaj and i am from India.😊😊

I am not working for any organization right now.

My only Goal is to focus and learn from my Professors and fellow learners.

Any i would love to be in a team,who doesn’t want to work being together
There is no better motivation than being and working with the same minds and positivity
😊😊

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hi everyone,

1. My name is Tayo Fasunon from Nigeria.
2. Right now, I work for Quadron Studios, an XR company. I am a director here.
3. The strain of police brutality in my country is peculiar to third world countries where the police officers do not receive a liveable wage. I am looking to start an organization to foster better communication and cooperation between the police and the civilian community in order to humanize both sides of the divide and consequently reduce police brutality incidents. This would involve fundraising efforts within the community to mobilize support for police officers who are forgotten after they suffer injury in the line of duty, amongst others.
4. Yes I am.
5. I am in the fundraising stages for our virtual reality start-up Quadron XR.

@OluyiPaulDavid said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

1. Hi Everyone. My name is Paul Oluyi. From Lagos Nigeria.
2. I work for a reputable Non for Profit Organization in my country. I am saddled with the responsibilities of a Program Officer, who is to create, get funding and implement programs, to mention but few.
3. My goal is to learn an effective and efficient way to get funding opportunities for my Organization to aid they smooth implementation of sustainable programs.
4. I am a team worker, I'd worked with teams in the past which brought a speedy success. It interests me to work with a team.
5. No

You are welcome

Hi, everyone, I am Eritoa T Kookia from Kiribati country and a Executive Director of TEIKA FOUNDATION NGO. I honor to be one of the students and I do really love and interest in taking this course.

Hello everyone,
My name is Sawsen, from USA, Iraqi nationality. I am working as Volunteer with diffrent NGOs, i am looking to devlop my knowldge at this subject and use it to help immigrants and refugees with Funding.thanks for give me and others this apportunity to learn these skills and help our community.God bless you all

Hi, I am Lorena joining you from Zurich, Switzerland. I am currently employed at a non profit organization and new to my position as partnerships coordinator. To keep up with the demands of my job, I am looking for all possible means to enrich my knowledge with theories and exchanges regarding fundraising.

William Fiuza
Munich
I am starting on my own to move things in Germany for GiveDirectly.org

Looking for people that are passionate about GiveDirectly!

I am Godfrey Mbukwa- joining the course from Southern of Tanzania , East Africa. I am working with Mobis Uk limited as Area Administrator.My intentions of joining the Course is to widen my knowledge on Planning and monitoring as I will share with other learners. I used to study them but I have not applied much.

1. Hello everyone. I’m Cara, joining from New York City.

2. I’m currently working for an organization that helps connect volunteers and nonprofit agencies. I’m the Programs and Communications Director, but I’ve slowly been moving into fundraising.

3. I’d like to be able to move more confidently into fundraising, getting clarity on strategies and techniques.

4. I’d consider joining a team, though my schedule is a bit hectic. (But I’m sure that’s true for all of us!)

5. I’ve written several small but successful grants, and organized a small fundraising event.

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   I am Charles ik in Cambodia.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I'm not working at the moment.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I will try to use it for some local or international NGOs. As well I will use it upon the NGO I love to open in nearest future. Fund raising allows organization to achieve its goals and objectives

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I am interested

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   I am not sure that I have much.

@Mbukwa said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

I am Godfrey Mbukwa- joining the course from Southern of Tanzania , East Africa. I am working with Mobis Uk limited as Area Administrator.My intentions of joining the Course is to widen my knowledge on Planning and monitoring as I will share with other learners. I used to study them but I have not applied much.

Hello Godfrey! I don’t know much about your areas of knowledge. We will all have a lot to teach and learn from each other in this class!

@ikcharlie72 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   I am Charles ik in Cambodia.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I'm not working at the moment.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I will try to use it for some local or international NGOs. As well I will use it upon the NGO I love to open in nearest future. Fund raising allows organization to achieve its goals and objectives

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I am interested

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   I am not sure that I have much.

Hello, Charles! I am interested in fundraising for the same reason as you—it allows the organization to achieve its goal. Fundraising is fundamental!

Thanks. I thought as much.

Good effort

@abdalrhman said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Good effort

@Akina said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello, I am Akina Lee from Hong Kong. I am a banker in private banking division. I wish to set up a charity fund for animals. Learning fundraising is an essential step towards my goal. I love to join a team for this course if possible.

@Akina Welcome to Philanthropy University. I am a course ambassador from Hong Kong. Seldom do we see learners from the city. Firstly, I wish you good luck in setting up your fund. Secondly, this course is a fundamental one in fundraising. You may find more in-depth knowledge in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors: https://courses.philanthropyu.org/courses/course-v1:PhilanthropyU+Fundraising_201+1_1.0_20180423_20180520/about
Fundraising Strategies:
https://courses.philanthropyu.org/courses/course-v1:PhilanthropyU+Fundraising_301+1_1.0_20180423_20180527/about
Feel free to take them as well.

@ttau365 @nngwenya206 @Sherriiedonaldson @AngeliqueMurphy Thank you for your introduction. All of you are from South Africa and would like to learn as a team. Why don't one of you form a team first and then the others join it. You can easily do it in the "Teams" function on the left pane.

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3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

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Hi Team, I'm Margaret Rose, joining from the garden city of Bengaluru, India. I am working as Marketing Manager for the last 4 years, for Margadarshi The Association for Physically Challenged, an NGO based in Karnataka having rich experience in holistically supporting challenged people for the last 30 years. My goal is to expand my knowledge about Fund Raising which would help me to raise more funds for Margarshi's programs. I am interested in Team work, wherein lots of sharing of knowledge and expertise takes place.

My name is Dianah Riungu,From Nairobi,Kenya.
I am looking forward to use the knowledge gained for an upcoming organization.
Thank you.

Hey, My name Is Baluku Omary a Ugandan but currently working in South Sudan as a Programs Coordinator with a national NNGO.
My sole goal for partaking this online is To help me with more Fundraisng skills for resources for my current organisation. In any organisation resources mobilization is paramount. I feel blessed for the offer.
Am ready to team with other comrades from all over the world to learn from them and be friends.
I dont have much experience related to this course.
Thank you.

Hey, My name Is Baluku Omary a Ugandan but currently working in South Sudan as a Programs Coordinator with a national NNGO.
My sole goal for partaking this online is To help me with more Fundraisng skills for resources for my current organisation. In any organisation resources mobilization is paramount. I feel blessed for the offer.
Am ready to team with other comrades from all over the world to learn from them and be friends.
I dont have much experience related to this course.
Thank you.

@ryansucipto said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

Hi @Tenying , Hi @raniedelapena30 . I think this course reccomend us to make a peer team of three. I think we've made a good number now :) Are you guys willing to go through this course together as a team? Feel free to let me know about this :) Thankyou, cheers!

Hello everyone,

My name is Amb. Chuks Chinedu. CEO/Founder of The Ambassadors Foundation for Empowerment and Development. I'm a Nigerian.
Our vision is to establish a sustainable and credible Humanitarian services for socio-economic and societal impact. I strongly agree that by the end of this course, i shall be equipped with the basic knowledge to drive my organisation and accomplish its vision. I believe in team work, and so am willing to join a team.

Cheers.

Hello. My name is Avni. I am from Delhi,India. I am a student and does not have any knowledge or experience in this field. I like gaining knowledge and skills and i believe that working as a group or in a team helps in overall development as in understanding,speaking and thinking in different areas and ways

Hi I'm Sally and I am from the UK, but based in the Philippines
I am an Executive Director for a Filipino NGO which uses scientific research and community empowerment to protect marine megafauna.
I have an incredibly varied role and a large part of my responsibility is communications - a natural ally of fundraising. I am currently working with member of our team on a fundraising strategy which is new territory for us, so my main goal is to learn as much as I can and be able to share this with out team.
Yes I would be open to joining a team.
I have very little experience - this course will be an eye-opener for me in terms of where I stand on the mountain of knowledge.

@AMB_0810 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,

My name is Amb. Chuks Chinedu. CEO/Founder of The Ambassadors Foundation for Empowerment and Development. I'm a Nigerian.
Our vision is to establish a sustainable and credible Humanitarian services for socio-economic and societal impact. I strongly agree that by the end of this course, i shall be equipped with the basic knowledge to drive my organisation and accomplish its vision. I believe in team work, and so am willing to join a team.

Cheers.

Nice to meet you and to hear about the great work you are doing.

@Sally1 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@AMB_0810 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,

My name is Amb. Chuks Chinedu. CEO/Founder of The Ambassadors Foundation for Empowerment and Development. I'm a Nigerian.
Our vision is to establish a sustainable and credible Humanitarian services for socio-economic and societal impact. I strongly agree that by the end of this course, i shall be equipped with the basic knowledge to drive my organisation and accomplish its vision. I believe in team work, and so am willing to join a team.

Cheers.

Nice to meet you and to hear about the great work you are doing.

Nice to meet u too Sally. continue the good work.

@CaraNg said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

1. Hello everyone. I’m Cara, joining from New York City.

2. I’m currently working for an organization that helps connect volunteers and nonprofit agencies. I’m the Programs and Communications Director, but I’ve slowly been moving into fundraising.

3. I’d like to be able to move more confidently into fundraising, getting clarity on strategies and techniques.

4. I’d consider joining a team, though my schedule is a bit hectic. (But I’m sure that’s true for all of us!)

5. I’ve written several small but successful grants, and organized a small fundraising event.

Hi Cara, sounds like we have some things in common. I work for an NGO that also recruits volunteers to join our research projects. Volunteers are important for us both in terms of man power and as a source of funding to ensure the long term running of field sites and data sets. Like you we are looking into expanding our fundraising strategy.

Hello Everyone. M,y name is Eunice Simba, I am From Zimbabwe
i work for City of Harare as Senior Town Planner. My major roles are to formulate strategic plans in the form of Master and Local Plans. These govern development in the whole city. i am also responsible for issuing development permits, development control parameters and also leading the team below me.
My goal for taking this course is for me to be acquainted with skill and capacity to raise funds for the organisation and also at a personal level. As a local authority, its functionality depends on the availability of funds from the residents, donors and well wishers. With this course I will be able to harness all financial channels for the well being of the city's functionality.
I am very willing to join a team.
I do not have experience with this course, I will be very grateful to learn from those with experience.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hey Everyone!

My name is Dami. Joining from London, UK.

I am the Programme Manager of a charity called GlobalGirl Media UK - which support young women into digital media and journalism training.

Looking forward to learning the fundamentals of fundraising!

Hi everyone!
My name is Osasenaga Iyalekhue and I'm joining from Lagos, Nigeria.
No, I'm not currently working for any organization.
My goal is to gain more knowledge relating to fundraising so as to help me open a non-profit organization later in future.
Yes, I am interested in joining a team.
No, I do not have experience related to this course. I hope to gain.

Hello Every one my Name is Marian Agbabokha, i am joining from Abuja , Nigeria and i work with an NGO called Ctim, i am one of the directors on board and my role is to help raise funds for the education of less privileged kids. My goal for this course is to learn all i can and add value to my organisation, while assisting others in my community & also my Goal is to meet a target of $100,000 for the Ngo by the end of this year, i would love to join a team. i do not have any experience but i am willing to learn.

@AMB_0810 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Sally1 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@AMB_0810 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,

My name is Amb. Chuks Chinedu. CEO/Founder of The Ambassadors Foundation for Empowerment and Development. I'm a Nigerian.
Our vision is to establish a sustainable and credible Humanitarian services for socio-economic and societal impact. I strongly agree that by the end of this course, i shall be equipped with the basic knowledge to drive my organisation and accomplish its vision. I believe in team work, and so am willing to join a team.

Cheers.

Nice to meet you and to hear about the great work you are doing.

Nice to meet u too Sally. continue the good work.

Nice to meet you look forward to learning,working and sharing ideas with you

@OHMS said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hey, My name Is Baluku Omary a Ugandan but currently working in South Sudan as a Programs Coordinator with a national NNGO.
My sole goal for partaking this online is To help me with more Fundraisng skills for resources for my current organisation. In any organisation resources mobilization is paramount. I feel blessed for the offer.
Am ready to team with other comrades from all over the world to learn from them and be friends.
I dont have much experience related to this course.
Thank you.

Hi susan would love to be on a team with you

@L_1965 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from? My name is Adedeji from Nigeria

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role? Yes lam working with organisation called Betterliving foundation and capacity developments in western Nigeria

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work? My goals for my organisation is

1. To have a new dimension on how to raise fund within our locality for my organisation
2. Raising fund without international intervention

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   yes I am very much interested to work with teams

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   Still learning

Hi Dominic I would love to part of your team

@abdalrhman said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@abdalrhman said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Good effort

Hi Akina nice meeting would love to be on your team

Hi guys my name is Nomathamsanqa ngwenya and I'm joining from South Africa,residing in Johannesburg. I work for an organization called The best of the best, I'm the marketing director of the organization

Hie guys my name is Nomathamsanqa ngwenya I'm joining from South Africa, residing in Johannesburg. I'm part of an organization called The best of the best which aims y
To empower the youth of Africa. My goal in doing this course is to be able to have strategies that will help raise funds for my organization I also a to teach Members of my organization how to e
Implement the strategies that I will learn here. I would love to join a team so that I hear and learn their views on this course I have no experience whatsoever in this course so I'm here to learn

Hello everyone, I am Poonam Golani from India. I work as consultant with multilateral organization. I am interested in learning more about fund raising.
I am also facilitating registeration of Not for Profit in education sector in India. It will be helpful to understand how to develop fund raising strategy for this new entity.
Looking forward to interactions and learning from this community as well.
Thank You.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My names are James Mung'omba, and I'm from Zambia, Africa.

I'm not really part of an organization as a full time employee but as a volunteer. And mostly my role is social interaction with people within the community.

My expectations from the course is to gain a skill, that enables me to help the organization finances.

My experience related to this course, was when the organization sent me to the US, to find more donors, by just sharing my experience to them about what's going on.

@Deepak_Padhi said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Deepak Bijaya Padhi. I am from Skill Shalla Foundation, Mumbai, India
2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes I am working for Skill Shalla Foundation as a GM-Partner Development.
3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   Fundraising is a task with creativity. So I want to learn this art to apply it when I am in field.
4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
   I agree too that the learning in team is the best method of experiential learning. So I would love to join a team. any one from any country, I have no restriction in geography, caste, creed or gender.
5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
   I was working with Yuva Parivartan (Kherwadi Social Welfare Association) as Manager Partnerships where a part of my role was to raise funds from corporate donors, individual donors, Government agencies and other distinguished NGOs.

Hello everyone my name is Abimbola Ajagunna, I am from Courage Education Foundation from Lagos, Nigeria.
Yes I am working for Courage Education Foundation. I am currently the Project Director.
Fundraising is the backbone of any Non Governmental Organisation, therefore, I want to learn this skill to enable me increase the income of Courage Education Foundation to enable the Organisation cater for the needs of more beneficiaries for a better society.
There is a saying in my part of the world that two heads are better than one. I therefore believe that working in a team will broaden my understanding and therefore help me to succeed where it has been difficult before. I will so much like to join a team.
I joined the Courage Education Foundation as a Marketing Manager. I was tasked with contacting individuals, Government Agencies and Organisations to raise funds for the Organization.

@jamestj3 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

4. Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

5. Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My names are James Mung'omba, and I'm from Zambia, Africa.

I'm not really part of an organization as a full time employee but as a volunteer. And mostly my role is social interaction with people within the community.

My expectations from the course is to gain a skill, that enables me to help the organization finances.

My experience related to this course, was when the organization sent me to the US, to find more donors, by just sharing my experience to them about what's going on.

Volunteering at times is even better than working full time with the organization. Volunteers take so much stress off we the full time workers. Well done and thanks for a good job.

@nngwenya206 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hie guys my name is Nomathamsanqa ngwenya I'm joining from South Africa, residing in Johannesburg. I'm part of an organization called The best of the best which aims y
To empower the youth of Africa. My goal in doing this course is to be able to have strategies that will help raise funds for my organization I also a to teach Members of my organization how to e
Implement the strategies that I will learn here. I would love to join a team so that I hear and learn their views on this course I have no experience whatsoever in this course so I'm here to learn

This is a good thing you are doing. If our youths are adequately empowered, that will lead to a better society and improve the living conditions of our youths well done.