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

Hi All!

Im Carla Roach from Trinidad and Tobago.

I joined this course because I am interested in fundraising in a more systematic, structured and proffesional way with a Group I have joined, and I think this may be the best place to start to gain more knowledge

I dont have a team with me, but I look forward to interacting with all of you.

Hello!! Looking forward to learn from you too.

Hello!! Looking forward to learn from you too.

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

Good day everyone. My name is Nadine and I am joining you from Namibia. Have just been introduced to a new challenge of being a Assistant Curator at a beautiful local Museum. Fundraising is a must, so am here to increase my knowledge and learn valuable skills for my new job. Super excited to be here and working along side you all.

Hello!! Looking forward to learn from you too.

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

Hi All!

Im Carla Roach from Trinidad and Tobago.

I joined this course because I am interested in fundraising in a more systematic, structured and proffesional way with a Group I have joined, and I think this may be the best place to start to gain more knowledge

I dont have a team with me, but I look forward to interacting with all of you.

Hello!! Looking forward to learn from you too.

@Daniel_Anowu 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!

Hello everyone, my name is Daniell N. Anowu and l am joining from Kaduna, Nigeria.
I am a student at the Nigerian Defence Academy. My goal is to gain skills that could help when I create my organisation - to rais funds for programs and projects.
I love to work in teams because l believe together everyone achieves more.
I have little experience in this field because i once volunteered to assist in raising funds for an outreach sometimes back in 2016 and i also have read a few books on fundraising and Negotiation.
Am excited to be here😄

Hello!! Looking forward to learn from you too.

Hello everyone, my name is Clara Rodríguez from El Salvador, Central America.
I am working for a non-profit organization focus on quality of education for children and youth.
My goal is to get knowledge in order to strengths our capacity and impact.

hi i am Nana Boatemaah its great to be here

Hello. My name is Natalia and I am from Colombia. I have a non-profit organization and I am willing to learn how to fundrase and make it work.

Hello friends.
My name is Oluwatosin from Nigeria

I work With a private hospital as a Laboratory Technologist
I joined this course to know more and widens my knowledge about fund raisings.
Thanks

Hi everyone, my name is Mohammad Qasim and l am joining from New Delhi, İndia.
I am the Treasurer of an NGO ZAHRA FOUNDATION in New Delhi, India.
My goal is to gain skills that could help my group to raise funds for their programs and projects.
I love to work in teams because l believe together everyone achieves more

Hello everybody!
My name is Cecilia, i'm from Peru. I'm working at an NGO as fundraising coordinator.
I would like to learn learn more about fundraising in order to improve strategies at the NGO where I work.
I'm a newbie in this area, so I would like to know your experiences and learn about them.

Good day to all, am Julius Kitara and am about 4 years in the philanthropy field and am glad to be apart of this course. My expectations for this are to master better skills in enabling the fundraising effort for the charities that i support and to meet a great network of people who i can share experiences with and learn a alot more from the different locations.

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

@Bolanle19 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!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
Hi I am Pragya, I am from India

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
I am working for Udyogini as Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
My goal for the course is to understand methods of raising funds to be able to cooperate with other members in fundraising process, understand both planning and fundraising would be beneficial to both me and my Organisation.

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 don’t mind joining a team with related organizational role

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 don’t have any experience regarding this course, hence the introductory class.

Hi My name is Cecelia Campbell Livingston. I live in Jamaica and is the co founder of a charitable organisation which is associated to my church. We do outreach such as children's treat, back to school giveaways and health fair, welfare assistance by giving away good second hand clothes and shoes, as well as preparing care packages for the elderly. Most of our outreach cost us out of pocket or I ask for assistance from friends and other partners. I want to do this course so I can plan and properly execute fundraisers to help us in the mission to make a difference in the lives of others.

Ayariga Felix my name from Ghana,i work with health service(Ghana)
I actually like to acquire more knowledge on fundraising to equip me more experience on how to work else where my service is needed especially nonprofit companies

Hello! My name is Abodunrin Oluwafemi from Nigeria...
An Environmental Biologist... Not quite long I enrolled in an organization called Konymandibio Charity Foundation an organization with a sole aim of connecting with the needy, educating, promoting peace and unity and tending to their needs of the less privileged... Having come across this learning platform, I couldn't help but find all means to acquire knowledge and understanding about fundraising strategies, crowdfunding strategies and connecting to the donor as a whole... Looking forward to learning 😀

My name is Karla Garcia from Panama.
I do independent consulting for nonprofit organizations and private companies who want to create tailored made programs or projects that impact the civil society and complies with the core values of the organizations. I also run a nonprofit organization formed by catholic women that helps the children, youth and women in poverty with educational, health and food programs.

My organization started 17 years ago, with a lot of benefactors that helped us to made amazing projects and programs for people in need. However, these amazing group of people has aged or pass away and during the last few years, my organization has slowed down its pace. Have been difficult to find new benefactors or sponsors companies due to the fact that more companies want to build their own social programs. My goal is to learn about fundraising and help to keep alive the programs that we already have.
I’m open to team with other people for this course or to stay by my own, this topic will help all of us and our organizations

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

Hi Colleagues, my name is Muhammad Arif and I am from Islamabad Pakistan.
I am working as Program Officer-GBV with an Irish organization in Islamabad Pakistan.
My goal is to learn about the fundraising and I would like to apply this knowledge with my organization colleague while they planning for fundraising opportunity.
I am confident that I am a good team player and would love to work with the team.
I have 2 years of experience in fundraising with local/National organizations. But I think I need more knowledge about fundraising, (The world is a university/institute and we born to learn until the last breath, so Learning and then implementation is my passion)

Hi Muhammad, I'll like to learn from your experience!

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

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

Hi Colleagues, my name is Muhammad Arif and I am from Islamabad Pakistan.
I am working as Program Officer-GBV with an Irish organization in Islamabad Pakistan.
My goal is to learn about the fundraising and I would like to apply this knowledge with my organization colleague while they planning for fundraising opportunity.
I am confident that I am a good team player and would love to work with the team.
I have 2 years of experience in fundraising with local/National organizations. But I think I need more knowledge about fundraising, (The world is a university/institute and we born to learn until the last breath, so Learning and then implementation is my passion)

Hi Muhammad, I'll like to learn from your experience!

Hi Karla Garcia, Always welcome I am available for any support or assistance..

Hello everyone.
My name is Rabiroyashe Mangena and I am from Zimbabwe, where I am joining this course from.

I do work for an organisation but it is not related to what I intend to do with this course. In my current life, i work as a Corporate Finance consultant.

My goals for this course are;

1. Understand the processes in development fund raising
2. Acquire knowledge on the various sources of development funding
3. Establish networks with other peers who are in development funding, especially those specialising on Impact Funding and Sustainability Funding

This course will help me on how to secure funding for a number of developmental projects that i have identified in my rural community of Silobela, in Zimbabwe. Silobela is among the poor communities of Zimbabwe largely because there are no meaningful economic activities that can absorb the bulk of the population. While the majority of the people survive on agriculture, the unstainable practices have resulted in rivers and dams silting, such that bth people and animals are without water just a few months after the rain season. Because of lack of economic activities in the area, whatever money people get, they spend it either in towns or other areas, meaning that it is exported from the area. My goal is to see Silobela becoming an agricultural hub that exports products to towns and other areas, thereby bring money into Silobela. Currently, few children go past primary education because the parents are poor, young girls quickly mary as there is nothing to look forward to, young men waste themselves away through drugs and engaging in the hazardous artisanal gold mining activities. At the end to the day, there is increase in thievery, robberies and general breakdown of the social fabric, and increasing poverty.

If there are Teams to join, i would like to join one so i can share my experiences.

I currently do not have experience on Impact Fund Raising. My current experience is fund raising for private equity and debt for private corporations, but very limited knowledge in developmental fund raising. I therefore look forward to learning from other's experience in the Impact and Sustainability Fund Raising space.

Hello everyone, my name is Oriana Guevara, I am joining from caracas venezuela, right know i am not in any organization, but i am applying to one, my goal from this curse is to gain knowledge about fund raising in case i get elected on the organization i am applying to, i do not have any expirience related to this curse s, so this is a first for me, and yes i am interested in joining a team.

Hi Everyone,

My name is Gaamongwe - it means am not alone :-) I am joining from Johannesburg in South Africa
I have founded a Youth Club focusing on empowerment of young people with a specific focus on young girls.
Hopefully I will gain a better insight on Fundraising, I have a basic understanding of the subject but trusting that through learning more on this platform and participation with the team one will be better informed to enable the source more resources to support our programs.
I have basic experience from a similar course done a couple of years ago and trial and error fundraising activities at the Club.

Hi I am Ezekiel Mutema. i am from Harare, in Zimbabwe.
I am student with the Star leadership academy for Agriculture (postgraduate professional program in Agriculture)
I am passionate about entrepreneurship and philanthropic work and voluntarism especially within the young generation. Apart from being an agronomist/ crop scientist by profession, i have also had other desires in serving the people of our nations, locally and also regionally communities for the change in African story. I'd love to be the voice of the youth in increasing capability or capacity of bringing change through research and working with NPO as well.
I would love to join a team. I believe a diverse mind capital can bring more options to adaptable solutions.
I have no experience in this field, and eager to change the scope of knowledge in raising standard of understanding the concepts behind fundraising and management of funds.

Hi guys!
Happy to see so dedicated people here.

It's week two, it's almost the end.

Did everyone submit assignments?
Do you have questions or issues?

Please ask them in the section "Do you have any issues"!
Or you can contact course ambassadors directly!

Best wishes with your social impacts !!!

1. Hey Everyone, My name is Maxwell Nghidinwa. I am joining from Namibia.
2. I am an Executive Director of a youth organization called Generation of African Intellectual's Trust.
3. My goal is to improve and enhance my fund raising skills. I plan to use the knowledge gain to effectively lead and guide my team when we raise funds for key activities.
4. No, I will first start alone, just to try the course out.
5. No this is my first time.

@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!

My name is Roland and I am from Côte d’Ivoire
I work in an organization dealing with nutrition. As statistician I am in charge of monitoring and evaluation activities.
For this course, I want to improve my knowledge about fundraising. I will use what I am learning here when I will start some activities to support some vulnerable communities.
I would be interested in joining a team
I do not have any experience related to this course so I am very exited in taking part to this course.

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

Hello everyone.
My name is Rabiroyashe Mangena and I am from Zimbabwe, where I am joining this course from.

I do work for an organisation but it is not related to what I intend to do with this course. In my current life, i work as a Corporate Finance consultant.

My goals for this course are;

1. Understand the processes in development fund raising
2. Acquire knowledge on the various sources of development funding
3. Establish networks with other peers who are in development funding, especially those specialising on Impact Funding and Sustainability Funding

This course will help me on how to secure funding for a number of developmental projects that i have identified in my rural community of Silobela, in Zimbabwe. Silobela is among the poor communities of Zimbabwe largely because there are no meaningful economic activities that can absorb the bulk of the population. While the majority of the people survive on agriculture, the unstainable practices have resulted in rivers and dams silting, such that bth people and animals are without water just a few months after the rain season. Because of lack of economic activities in the area, whatever money people get, they spend it either in towns or other areas, meaning that it is exported from the area. My goal is to see Silobela becoming an agricultural hub that exports products to towns and other areas, thereby bring money into Silobela. Currently, few children go past primary education because the parents are poor, young girls quickly mary as there is nothing to look forward to, young men waste themselves away through drugs and engaging in the hazardous artisanal gold mining activities. At the end to the day, there is increase in thievery, robberies and general breakdown of the social fabric, and increasing poverty.

If there are Teams to join, i would like to join one so i can share my experiences.

I currently do not have experience on Impact Fund Raising. My current experience is fund raising for private equity and debt for private corporations, but very limited knowledge in developmental fund raising. I therefore look forward to learning from other's experience in the Impact and Sustainability Fund Raising space.

Welcome!

@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!

Hello! My name is Bharbara Angarita and I am from Venezuela. I am currently member of an organization called AIESEC and my role there is to help in the all process of bringing a volunteer to Venezuela. I will like to learn through this course more about how does a fundraising works and share my knowledge with my team in order to create better strategies in the organization. I do not have experience at all about this topic.

Nice to meet you!

Hi, I am Akash Daimari, from Bodoland, Assam, India. I am going to launch a not for profit organisation soon with some of my friends, our area of focus is youth leadership, education, and women empowerment, which we aim to achieve through film. As fund is one of the ingredients to start, along with many other factors. I join this course to gain knowledge in fund raising so I could help our organisation to achieve its goals. I am currently not working in any establishment.
I would love to be a part of a team.
Thanks,
Lots of love from Bodoland

Hi Everyone, I'm Daniel Fajardo from Venezuela, South America.

Well, what I'm working for can't be described yet as an organization, but as an initiative that hopefully can become an NPO in the future. However, I'm the ''founder'' and leader of it.

I'm looking forward to learn about fundraising and non profit issues in general since I started this project, which objective is basically to help people from my country affected by the multiple sides of the current political/economical crisis; for that reason I'm taking this course, my goal is to apply in that objective all the concepts I'm going to learn here. I don't have experience related to the course content.

Thank you so much you all that introduced yourselves, I got really inspired by reading your posts, good luck in your projects, and happy learning!

PD: Sorry for do not introduce myself before, I was struggling with some internet and electricity problems here.

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

@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!

Hello! My name is Bharbara Angarita and I am from Venezuela. I am currently member of an organization called AIESEC and my role there is to help in the all process of bringing a volunteer to Venezuela. I will like to learn through this course more about how does a fundraising works and share my knowledge with my team in order to create better strategies in the organization. I do not have experience at all about this topic.

Nice to meet you!

Hello Bharbara, what a great pleasure to see another Venezuelan here, welcome to the course and happy learning! hope to know about you and your projects in the future.

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

Hi, I am Akash Daimari, from Bodoland, Assam, India. I am going to launch a not for profit organisation soon with some of my friends, our area of focus is youth leadership, education, and women empowerment, which we aim to achieve through film. As fund is one of the ingredients to start, along with many other factors. I join this course to gain knowledge in fund raising so I could help our organisation to achieve its goals. I am currently not working in any establishment.
I would love to be a part of a team.
Thanks,
Lots of love from Bodoland

Hello Akash! all that sounds really good, hope you succeed! welcome and happy learning!

@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!

Hello Everyone, My name is Adaku Chibuike-Ochiuwa, I am a Nigerian, a legal practitioner and the founder of Omoge initiative, a not for profit organization which is passionate about empowering the girl child to build a productive and economically viable society free from gender bias and all from of discrimination. this we do through our mission which is to educate, empower, train and mentor the girlchild to become focused career women and entrepreneurs daily winning the battle against poverty and gender discrimination.
I hope to learn the strategies of fundraising for my organization to enable us effectively carry out our projects.

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

Hi Everyone,

My name is Gaamongwe - it means am not alone :-) I am joining from Johannesburg in South Africa
I have founded a Youth Club focusing on empowerment of young people with a specific focus on young girls.
Hopefully I will gain a better insight on Fundraising, I have a basic understanding of the subject but trusting that through learning more on this platform and participation with the team one will be better informed to enable the source more resources to support our programs.
I have basic experience from a similar course done a couple of years ago and trial and error fundraising activities at the Club.

hello Gaamongwe nice work you doing, is your club into advocacy or hands on training of girls.

Hello,My Name is Clement Elemi Joining from Lagos - Nigeria. I am a Director of a Non governmental organization focused on educating indigent children. The goal is to acquire knowledge and network to help our organization.I am interested in joining a Team to aid my growth quicker.I have no experience related to this course but I am open to learning.

Hello Im Geo Bernal, im from Colombia and I work in a foundation for education in peace values, the name of organization its Put The Wings (Ponte las Alas)

I hope I can learn as much in the course as in all of you, I see you in class

Hi! I am Emma, I have recently moved to a small town in South Africa with my family. We have started working on a project and I am looking for networking opportunities, fundraising help, and basically as much help as I can get. I am hoping that This learning platform will be able to give me a lot of assistance!

Hi guys!
This is Momtaz from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. I work in a humanitarian Organization which is working for Rohingya response. My goal behind taking this course is to contribute fundraising for my Organization. Hope I'm gonna have a great time with you all. Thanks

@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?
   I am Tolulope Jayeoba, from Nigeria.
2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes, M&E / Grant
3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   To learn about grant, proposal drafting and fundraising as a whole and to apply the skills learnt at my 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!
   No prior experience about this course

I am adaeze ochi and I work with abujamoms empowerment foundation. I am the director programme. Our goal is to see every woman in our community empowered so they can in turn empower others. I am here to learn how to attract support for this vision to be sustainable. I look forward to learning and applying my knowledge in improving the lives of women and children in my sphere.

My name is George. I am British but live in Thailand and am a university teacher. I am qualified in development studies and have taught courses in development before. Actually, I'm interested to launch my own ngo and want to learn about modern fundraising techniques. This is why I joined this course.

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!

My name is Chinyere Igwegbe, joining from Nigeria
I am working for an NGO and I am the Business development Manager.
My goals for the course is to get the strategies and skills in fundraising and apply them to my job description to raise and monitor fund disbursement tied to course or objectives of the NGO.
I am interested in joining a team

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

Hi everyone, firstly let me apologise for my late arrival to the course as I had some unforeseen circumstances this week, but I am here now and will catch up before weeks end, with that said, my name is Camille Charles, I'm from Trinidad West Indies (in the Caribbean). I am the president of an NGO, I am also the education officer for the same organization. My goals for this course are to enhance my skill set to better serve my community. I am very interested in being part of a group and I will make myself available for the timing set by the group. I have some experience in fund raising it's what we do or have been doing to realise our goals through a poverty eradication program which we call 'life enhancement program'. Whilst emphasis is placed on food, clothing and shelter, we have recognised that in order to be successful in this venture, we should also strive to educate and empower. we are a new group just over a year but we are already into our second phase of the program which is education toward empowerment, we have a few donors toward the project but we cannot always depend on funding and must be self sufficient, therefore I'm hoping to increase my knowledge while sharing some of mine toward a better world, educating one person at a time, thank you for the opportunity to learn along side all of you

Interesting

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

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

Hi, I am Akash Daimari, from Bodoland, Assam, India. I am going to launch a not for profit organisation soon with some of my friends, our area of focus is youth leadership, education, and women empowerment, which we aim to achieve through film. As fund is one of the ingredients to start, along with many other factors. I join this course to gain knowledge in fund raising so I could help our organisation to achieve its goals. I am currently not working in any establishment.
I would love to be a part of a team.
Thanks,
Lots of love from Bodoland

Hello Akash! all that sounds really good, hope you succeed! welcome and happy learning!

Wishing you a happy learning Akash

Hi
My name is Corne' and I am based in George South Africa.
I am involved with a small charity that is passionate about animal rescue and healthcare. We are a fairly new charity and I want to contribute by adding the knowledge I have learned for the University, as we are passion driven at the moment and have not spent a lot of time on raising funds specifically, but a lot on rescue as the need in our are is so big!

Hi everyone,my name is mohamed nuur, from somaliland, Hargeisa and i work with save the children internation as project officer in livelohood and food security,

Hello everyone, I am happy to finally join and make time for this valuable course.

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
**I am Jennifer Rivera, currently in Manila, Philippines! I am working with Ang Misyon, Inc. as a Fundraising and Communications Officer. I am here to expand my network and maximize online learning to help enhance my Fundraising skills. My goal is to be more confident in representing my organization and to stay relevant in the filed of social development, which I hope to get from this learning platform. I am definitely interested in joining a team for this course, excited to meet colleagues on a global scale! My background ranges from Marketing Communications to creating and empowering communities. **

I am 27 years old and I'm also a mother of one. I am very creative and I do enjoy painting.

@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!

Hi Everyone
I'm Camilo Paez and I'm from Bogota, Colombia.
In this moment I'm not working for any organization but one of my goals of this course is to learn all about fundraising to apply this knowledge and join an organization that it core activities are to help children of the whole world where don't have their basic rights fulfills in their lives.
I will love to join a team in this course to take advantage of all the knowledge of the people who are here.
I don't have any experience in this field but I have worked in large companies in Marketing areas building strategic campaigns for international brands.

Hi everyone, My name is Aslam , a volunteer , social worker, and member of social society. Currently, I am a freelance worker, but looking for a job any International NGO to utilize my diversified 18 years development sector experience. thanks

@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 Ziad, from Jordan

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

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   See the topic from a different perspective and apply these new perspective whenever possible

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.
   This is the first course on this platform so I'm kinda of open with no much of expectations

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 successfully raised fund several times

Hello learners,

As the course is coming to an end, I charge us to be conscious of the Important Notes/Deadlines Before This Course Ends! And do the needful via https://community.philanthropyu.org/discussions/topic/3480/important-notes-deadlines-before-this-course-ends

@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

Hi,
My name is Bolarinwa Abraham. I work with the American University of Nigeria as a Manager.

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

Hi,
My name is Bolarinwa Abraham. I work with the American University of Nigeria as a Manager.

hello @Olexlon ! Have you already submit all your assignments and provide evaluate your peers ones?
Saturday 9th is the deadline to evaluate peers in order to earn a certificate.

Hi learners,

Hope you have another impacting week of learning the module two which officially commenced on the 2nd June? On our course calendar, "Module 2" studies comes an end on the 8th June, 2019.
Therefore, I encourage us to keep to date all assignments submissions as well as peer assessments swiftly.

More so, as we gets into "FEEDBACK" week come 9th June, I wish us a more inspired, challenging, reflecting and involving happy studies time.

NOTE:
The Feedback Week which is the last week of course for learners. Therefore, you are expected;
** to submit your final ORA peer assessments yet to complete.
** answer any remaining questions on your discussion board.

Lastly, don't forget to share you views with us on each MYTHs of Fundraising about your learnt and how it can/have affected you and you organization thus far.

Do have a restful weekend and an impacting new week ahead!

Hi my name is Estella,am from Malawi. I currently work for a local Non governmental Organization as M and E officer.I have recently been assigned to take up fundraising activities for a new project, I would like to have a more deeper understanding of fundraising involves.

My name is Michele Maignan. I am a doctor and the CEO and founder of Belle Creole which is an entrepreneurial network that aims to empower vulnerable women in Haiti through learning a skill, creating and selling their work.
Thrilled to be here and to connect with you all ! ...

Hi colleagues, my name is Doris E Ugochukwu I'm from Nigeria.
My new New Hybrid venture is AFS - African Students Funding.
I am very passionate about empowerment and bringing social change, and therefore my goal is to learn and empower myself with adequate information that I will share with my teams, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds and to run an AFS successfully.