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Ready or Not? Assessing Readiness for Fundraising

A Stronger Together Breakout Session

Hear from expert fundraiser Regina Alhassan about your organization can become ready to implement a successful fundraising strategy.

"Ready" gets used a lot in fundraising — ready for a campaign, ready to invest in prospect research, ready to build out a major gifts pipeline. But readiness isn't one thing, and most organizations are further along on some fronts than others. In this session, ResearchPRO founder Regina Alhassan draws on 25+ years as a prospect development practitioner to break down what readiness actually looks like at the campaign level, the research/data level, and the internal capacity level — and how to tell the difference between "not ready yet" and "ready, but missing the right systems." Attendees will leave with a practical framework for assessing their own readiness and a clear sense of what to fix first.

Participants will learn to:

• Distinguish between campaign readiness, research/data readiness, and internal capacity readiness — and identify which one is holding your organization back
• Apply a practical three-tier framework (Foundation Building, Building Momentum, Ready to Scale) to assess your organization's research and data maturity
• Understand why CRM health and frontline fundraiser capacity should come before any tool or wealth screening purchase
• Leave with a self-assessment approach to identify what to fix first, whether preparing for a campaign or strengthening year-round fundraising infrastructure

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