News & Resources

09.17.07
New Strategic Fundraising Services Available!
Conservation Impact is pleased to announce the hiring of Karen Buck. Karen joins us as an associate providing a full array of consulting and training services, and will be significantly expanding our services in resource development, fundraising audits, strategic resource development, and in building organizational fundraising capacity. Karen’s hiring fills out our Integrated Strategy approach that we use to help our clients go to the next level of success and sustainability.

Karen brings great “in-the-trenches” experience. She has created strategic fundraising programs, managed and evaluated special event operations, and was responsible for membership, annual campaigns, grants and major gifts throughout her career. Karen uses a solid relationship building philosophy which extends to all supporters. She is adept at engaging both board and volunteers in the fundraising activity.

In addition to her fundraising experience, Karen brings twelve years of program development and nonprofit management experience. Karen has worked with a variety of local and national nonprofits, most recently for an institution related foundation of a local community college, where she specialized in donor communications and stewardship.

Karen has also held key fundraising and management positions with health, human service, and civic engagement organizations. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master’s degree with honors in nonprofit management from Regis University.

With her fundraising background and expertise, Karen can help our clients address their strategic issues in regards to sustainable resource development. If you’d like to learn more or talk through a current fundraising challenge you are facing, you can reach her at 303-223-4886 x 4 or karen@conservationimpact.com.

08.09.07
Nonprofit Success and Sustainability - Booklet Available
Conservation Impact is developing a series of educational booklets and articles to aid our clients and friends. The first one An Integrated Strategy for Nonprofit Success and Sustainability is now available! Here’s an overview:

Your organization is already successful, but you know it is capable of more. Your senses tell you the time is right to work toward achieving the next level of success – whether that is to grow, to attract more donors or members, or to optimize organizational assets. As a board member, executive director, or program manager, you want to help your organization get there, but how? Organizations that find themselves at this exciting, yet sometimes daunting stage can benefit tremendously from the Integrated Strategy approach. The Integrated Strategy has transformed organizations of different sizes and stages of development to achieve powerful results and new levels of success .The Integrated Strategy is much more than strategic planning or marketing. It is a framework that helps organizations sharpen their focus – by aligning identity, capacity, and constituency to ensure long-term success and sustainability.

To request a free copy of the booklet, contact Jennifer Burstein at 303.223.4886 x 3 or jennifer@conservationimpact.com.