Building on our Minnesota legacy, APRA-Minnesota’s mission is to serve and educate fundraising professionals interested in the field of philanthropic research.
New Raiser's Edge Affinity Group Meeting The first meeting of the Western Twin Cities Raiser’s Edge User Group will be on Tuesday, March 9th at St. David’s Center, located at 3395 Plymouth Rd in Minnetonka. The meeting room is in the St. David’s Center Lower Level.Drop in and network 9:00am - 9:30amMeeting 9:30am - 11:30am Send agenda items and RSVP to Sarah Soucek (ssoucek@stdavidscenter.org) by March 5th if you plan to attend. New Board Members for the 2010-2011 Term Congratulations to new board members Deborah Derringer, Mark Egge and Karla Davis to the APRA-MN board! These new members will replace Jodi Kohrs (president), Jeanne Morales (secretary and editor of The Networker) and Melissa Worthington (communications director). A special thank you to Jodi for her leadership as president for the last two years, and to Jeanne and Melissa for their service to APRA-MN as well. Returning board members include: Marcy Cheeseman, Sharla Donohue, Kari Dreher, Melanie Sherman and Gail Whitney. In the next couple of months the board will be busy planning for 2010 so stay tuned for more information soon! Look for a free Webinar sponsored by iWave in early 2010! 2009 APRA-MN Fall Conference Scholarship Winners APRA-MN is proud to announce three scholarship winners from a record pool of nine applicants.Congratulations to Tanya Cole, Minnesota Orchestra; Janna Holm, The Trust for Public Land; and Joelle Brown, Avera McKenna Foundation for winning scholarships to attend the fall conference on September 30th.A special thank you to Marcy Cheeseman who managed the process of awarding scholarships and the scholarship committee who had the difficult task of choosing the winners. Scholarship committee members included: Lesli Rosenberg, Libby Nickel and Kate Tucker. APRA-MN is proud to offer this important resource to its members. Thanks again to all! 2009 APRA International Conference Scholarship Winner - Awarded by APRA International Congratulations to APRA-MN's own Sharla Donohue, for winning the APRA International Scholarship! Sharla Donohue, Programming Director Like many organizations, 2009 presented many financial challenges to the Minnesota Historical Society. Due to revenue shortfalls in membership, museum visitation, and public and private contributions, we were faced with the prospect of laying-off a considerable number of our staff, cutting hours at our museums and library and possibly even closing down several of our historic sites around the state. Out of state travel was completely out of the question! So I am extremely grateful that I was awarded the APRA International 2009 Scholarship. It was a wonderful learning opportunity, as always. And even though many of you were unable to attend, I was thinking of you while I was there. As the programming director for APRA MN, I was thinking of new and emerging topics to present at upcoming conferences. I was networking with potential speakers and presenters. I was talking to our colleagues about how they run events for their local chapters. I was thinking of ways to bring the APRA International Conference home for the benefit of our local chapter. I’m excited to start sharing my thoughts and ideas with the chapter in the coming months! APRA-MN's Former President Is Elected President of APRA International Former APRA-MN president, Debbie Mueller, was elected as president of the APRA-International board at the annual membership meeting in Boston this summer. Debbie begins her new role September 1st. Congratulations Debbie!
The first meeting of the Western Twin Cities Raiser’s Edge User Group will be on Tuesday, March 9th at St. David’s Center, located at 3395 Plymouth Rd in Minnetonka. The meeting room is in the St. David’s Center Lower Level.
Send agenda items and RSVP to Sarah Soucek (ssoucek@stdavidscenter.org) by March 5th if you plan to attend.
Congratulations to new board members Deborah Derringer, Mark Egge and Karla Davis to the APRA-MN board!
These new members will replace Jodi Kohrs (president), Jeanne Morales (secretary and editor of The Networker) and Melissa Worthington (communications director). A special thank you to Jodi for her leadership as president for the last two years, and to Jeanne and Melissa for their service to APRA-MN as well. Returning board members include: Marcy Cheeseman, Sharla Donohue, Kari Dreher, Melanie Sherman and Gail Whitney. In the next couple of months the board will be busy planning for 2010 so stay tuned for more information soon!
APRA-MN is proud to announce three scholarship winners from a record pool of nine applicants.Congratulations to Tanya Cole, Minnesota Orchestra; Janna Holm, The Trust for Public Land; and Joelle Brown, Avera McKenna Foundation for winning scholarships to attend the fall conference on September 30th.A special thank you to Marcy Cheeseman who managed the process of awarding scholarships and the scholarship committee who had the difficult task of choosing the winners. Scholarship committee members included: Lesli Rosenberg, Libby Nickel and Kate Tucker. APRA-MN is proud to offer this important resource to its members. Thanks again to all!
Congratulations to APRA-MN's own Sharla Donohue, for winning the APRA International Scholarship! Sharla Donohue, Programming Director Like many organizations, 2009 presented many financial challenges to the Minnesota Historical Society. Due to revenue shortfalls in membership, museum visitation, and public and private contributions, we were faced with the prospect of laying-off a considerable number of our staff, cutting hours at our museums and library and possibly even closing down several of our historic sites around the state. Out of state travel was completely out of the question! So I am extremely grateful that I was awarded the APRA International 2009 Scholarship. It was a wonderful learning opportunity, as always. And even though many of you were unable to attend, I was thinking of you while I was there. As the programming director for APRA MN, I was thinking of new and emerging topics to present at upcoming conferences. I was networking with potential speakers and presenters. I was talking to our colleagues about how they run events for their local chapters. I was thinking of ways to bring the APRA International Conference home for the benefit of our local chapter. I’m excited to start sharing my thoughts and ideas with the chapter in the coming months!
Former APRA-MN president, Debbie Mueller, was elected as president of the APRA-International board at the annual membership meeting in Boston this summer. Debbie begins her new role September 1st. Congratulations Debbie!