Course Overview
Get equipped with the tools to get started on an effective Gifts in Wills fundraising program that can provide your organisation with a long-term financial future. Learn how to develop a gift in Wills toolkit, including a case for support and understand who to approach and how to approach them. This is a self-paced online course that will easily fit in with your fundraising schedule.
The e-Learning course materials can be accessed via the Learning Hub for three months for those who are strong independent learners who like a longer timeframe. The course is approximately 12 hours of study. You have the option to complete the course in less than three months.
Modules:
Module 1: An Introduction to Gifts in Wills
Module 2: Understanding the GIW donor
Module 3: Planning a GIW program
Module 4: Communication Tools
Module 5: Program Implementation
Module 6: Estate Administration
What you’ll learn
- Understand donor motives for leaving a charitable gift in their Will
- How a Gifts in Wills program fits into your total fundraising strategy
- How to identify your best gifts in Wills prospects
- How to develop your gifts in Wills pipeline
- How to build a stewardship program to ensure you retain and engage prospects
- Your role and how to measure success.
Who is this course for?
- Anyone new to gifts in Wills fundraising
- Fundraisers with limited experience of gifts in Wills fundraising
- Anyone who wants to start a gifts in Wills program in their charitable organisation
- Anyone whose gifts in Wills program is relatively new and who is looking for ways to enhance it.
Below, you will find instructions for the FIA Learning Hub & course information for 2024.
Before registering anyone for the course, you must ask the person to set up a Log In or Sign Up in the FIA Learning Hub. Instructions are below.
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Video Instruction: How to register for a course via the FIA Learning Hub
Regular
Member $260
Non member $360
Before registering anyone for the course, you must ask the person to set up a Log In or Sign Up in the FIA Learning Hub. Instructions are above.
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FIA Code
This course relates to the following aspects of the FIA Code of Conduct:
- FIA Code 3.0 Ethical conduct, 4.0 Conduct towards Donors, 5.0 Conduct towards Beneficiaries.
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Full participation in Gifts in Wills Essentials is applicable for up to 7.5 continuing education points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
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