Making the Invitation - Workshop
How to Confidently Engage Champions in Generosity
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
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Event Information
Inviting a champion to give financially requires a spiritual partnership and strategic approach that keeps your champion development plan in the forefront. This workshop equips nonprofit leaders with a framework to formulate and communicate financial invitations with confidence and conviction.
Using the context of Major Gifts, leaders will learn the components of financial invitations and ways of adapting them into various development contexts. Through hands-on work and interactive exercises, leaders will increase skills and gain inspiration for developing trust and deepening engagement with givers.
This workshop is designed for nonprofit executive leaders, development staff, and anyone in your organization who desires to expand their effectiveness in connecting champions to the cause and extending courageous, faith-filled invitations to generosity.
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Special Guest, Rick Eimers, will be sharing at our upcoming Q1 workshop on Making the Invitation. You will not want to miss Rick's valuable insights on major gift asks as he comes with seasoned experience as a pastor along with incredible success in fundraising in his current role as Senior Development Officer at Heritiage Classical Academy.
Location Details
Find free ample parking in the back church parking lot.
Presenters
Featuring - Jimeka Holloway
Northeast Ohio Area Director, Mission Increase
Jimeka Holloway serves as the Area Director for Mission Increase Northeast Ohio. With more than 20 years of program development and fundraising experience, she has worked with a variety of organizations and has served on advisory and governance boards of numerous ministries and nonprofit organizations throughout the Northeast Ohio area. Jimeka earned a PhD in Management from Case Western Reserve University. Her doctoral work focused on the distinct tensions of social innovators, impact investors, and intermediaries who work toward sustainable impact in socio-economically distressed communities. Jimeka is also a certified urban youth minister (Fuller Theological Seminary) and diversity management professional from NTL Institute.
Featuring - Rick Eimers
Senior Development Officer, Heritage Classical Academy
Rick Eimers serves as the Senior Development Officer at Heritage Classical Academy, where he advances the school’s mission through donor engagement, relationship-building, and strategic fundraising. With 24 years of pastoral experience and 3 years of development experience, Rick previously served as the Send Pastor at Cuyahoga Valley Church, walking closely with nonprofit and church leaders within the church body, locally and globally. Throughout his ministry, he has equipped leaders, strengthened partnerships, and supported ministries that meet critical needs in their communities.
Rooted in a deep love for the local church and biblical generosity, Rick is passionate about helping philanthropists exercise their wealth for Kingdom purposes that reflect the heart of Jesus. He brings a unique blend of pastoral care, counseling training, and development expertise to every conversation—encouraging others toward impact, purpose, and joyful generosity.