Presentations

Upcoming Presentations
Dream Teams: How to Recruit, Train & Retain a Diverse Fundraising Board
Co-presented by Maria Gitin, CFRE and Samuel Torres Jr.
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Fundraising Training Conference
May 4, 2009, Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, California
Registration information: www.afp-ggc.org.

Embracing Diversity : Cultivating Common Ground
Maria Gitin and Samuel Torres Jr were selected to present at the prestigious Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference on April 1, 2009 in New Orleans. Their interactive session will cover what works and doesn't in recruiting and training fundraising leadership teams, improving donor relations and developing effective fundraising plans in our multi-cultural world Registration information: www.afpnet.org/conference.

Partial List
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Embracing Diversity: The Search for Common Ground
Co-presented with Charles R. Stephens
International Conferences 1998-2000 & 2005

The Tides Foundation
Community Clinics Initiative, Major Gifts Seminars
Plenary speaker and workshop presenter 2004, Building Capacity with Capital Campaigns, 2005 & 2006. Community Clinic Initiative Core Technical Assistance Team Training: Capital Campaigns 2005.

99% of ALADN (Academic Library Advancement and Development Network) Conference participants ranked Ms. Gitin's Diversity In Fundraising Seminar as "highly pertinent" to them as development professionals.
- Statewide Conference, Asilomar, CA

Tides Foundation Community Clinic grantees ranked Maria Gitin's workshops on "Using Capital Campaigns to Build Capacity" #1 among those presented at their Major Capital Gifts statewide seminars in 2005-2006.

ALADN (Academic Library Advancement Development Network Conference)
Diversity Strategies For Fund Raising
Asilomar, CA, 2000

Alliance for Nonprofit Management National Conference
Beyond Diversity: Cultural Competency in Capacity Building
Co-presented with Brigette Rouson, JD
Washington, D.C., 2004

Board Source Conference (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards)
Strategic Planning Models
Long Beach, CA, 2002

California Association of Nonprofits (statewide conferences)
Excellence in Performance: The Courage to Lead
Using the Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool
Long Beach, CA, 2001 and San Francisco, CA, 2002

Community Foundation for Monterey County, CA
Neighborhoods/Vecinos Project Conference, Board Governance Seminar, and numerous Management Assistance presentations
Monterey County, CA, 1987-present

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Capacity Building Workshops
Advanced Fund Development
Nashville, TN and Charlotte, NC, Winter-Spring 2006

The Management Center, Best Practices Conference
Board Leadership and Team Building Training: Creating a Climate of Trust, Respect & Effectiveness
San Francisco, CA, 2000

National Arts Marketing Conference
Market Segments of the Future: Marketing to Ethnic Communities and Families
Co-developed and led with Donna Walker-Kuhne, V.P. Development Joseph Papp Theater
San Francisco, CA, 2001