Benevon 201 is designed to focus specifically on the three things groups need most after successfully implementing one cycle of the model:

• Designing specific cultivation plans for each new Multiple-Year Giving Society^™ Donor
• Putting the sizzle into Point of Entry^® Events
• One-on-one donor cultivation and asking

At this two-day intermediate workshop, your team will focus on cultivating relationships with donors and more deeply integrating each component of the model into your organization. By the end of this workshop, your team will have a detailed plan and timeline for implementing each aspect of the Benevon Model over the next year.

Your team will learn to:

• Systematize the donor cultivation process
• Increase fundraising results at your next Ask Event^™
• Ask for money one-on-one
• Improve Point of Entry quality and guest attendance
• Engage your board
• Customize the Cultivation Superhighway^™
• Modify your Ask Event for year two and beyond
• Use Free Feel-Good Cultivation Events^™ to launch capital campaigns
• Plan your preliminary campaign strategy

Benevon 201 includes:

• Two rigorous, fast-paced days of classroom sessions
• Four hours of individual team telephone coaching

Pre-201 conference calls:
We are offering free conference calls for you and your team to learn about what you can expect from the 201 workshop.

Prerequisite:
This workshop is available only to organizations that have participated in the two-day Benevon 101 Workshop in the past twenty-four months and have successfully implemented the model.

Please note:
Starting January 1, 2009, Benevon 201 will be available only to groups in the Benevon Five-Year Sustainable Funding Program^™.

Team Requirements:

• 201 is for teams of five to seven people from the board, staff and volunteers of a single organization that has already been using the model successfully.
• All of your team members must be trained at the 101 level (i.e., must be alumni of the 101 Workshop or the New Team Member Intensive).
• At least three people must have attended the full two-day 101 Workshop with a team from your organization.
• The remaining four team members are required to attend either the live, in-person New Team Member Intensive or the live, online New Team Member Intensive.
• Your team should consist of two to three staff members; two to three board members; and two to three additional volunteers.
• One staff team member must be your CEO, Executive Director, or equivalent position; this person can't be your Team Leader.
• One development staff should also be on the team.

Team Benchmarks:
Before attending 201, the team must:

• Have had an Ask Event and submitted the Form for Success to its coach after the Ask Event.
• Have ten Multiple-Year Giving Society Donors.
• Have a Leadership or Challenge gift of any amount.

If your team does not meet these requirements, please talk to your Regional Representative.

See a complete listing of curriculum benchmarks by workshop level. Viewing requires the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Tuition:
2008: Tuition for the 201 Workshop is $16,000 per team of up to seven participants and includes follow-up coaching over the next year. This tuition does not include travel and lodging expenses. The 201 tuition is $12,000 for all organizations that register for a 201 Workshop within 12 months of attending a 101 Workshop and then attend that 201 Workshop prior to December 31, 2008.

2009: Starting January 1, 2009, Benevon 201 will be available only to groups in the Benevon Five-Year Sustainable Funding Program^™.

Benevon New Team Member Intensive:
To bring new staff, board, and volunteers up to speed prior to joining your team for the 201 Workshop, we offer the Benevon New Team Member Intensive. For team members joining a 201 Workshop team, the New Team Member Intensive tuition is $150 per person. Four team members per 201 Workshop team may take advantage of this special tuition offer. The offer is available only to organizations that have already registered a full team to attend the two-day Benevon 201 Workshop. The team must attend 201 within six months of the New Team Member Intensive in order to receive this tuition price. For more information, please visit the Benevon New Team Member Intensive page or call your regional representative.

This rigorous session is offered in a one-day live in-person format as well as in a three-hour live online format. Both formats provide the essential nuts and bolts of the Benevon Model for new individual team members so they can join their team and participate in their organization's current Benevon plan.

More information:
To find out about the next scheduled Benevon 201 Workshop, see our Calendar of Available Workshops.