Making the Invitation - Workshop

How to Confidently Engage Champions in Generosity

 
Community: Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Two Trees Church
110 N. Olive Street Suite H
Ventura, CA
 
Seats Available: 49 of 60

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.

Register today!

Brunch will be provided, if you have dietary restrictions please email anettles@missionincrease.org

Please share this link with other nonprofit leaders this event is open to the public.  If you do not have a Mission Increase account please email anettles@Missionincrease.org to register.  

Presenters
Ashley Nettles
Featuring - Ashley Nettles
South Central Coast Area Director, Mission Increase

Ashley Nettles serves as the Area Director for Ventura County in Southern California and has a heart for serving her local community. She has years of community involvement and presentation experience in her role with the County of Ventura, specializing in prevention program services with expertise in the opioid crisis. She provides innovative strategies to reach high-risk community members and their families through quality education and training. Ashley has been a presenter at the National Rx Abuse and Heroin Summit and has presented at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

Ashley has also served as Outreach Coordinator with Two Trees Community Church and has gained experience cultivating integral community partners to provide much-needed resources to the city’s most vulnerable. She has been a champion for change in her community and is committed to bring that same drive and excitement to local ministries through Mission Increase so they can reach and serve more people for Jesus. Ashley resides in Ventura with her two children and bernedoodle Rocky, and enjoys a good book, family beach days and exploring local towns.