Show Me the Money! What You Can Do About the CA Budget Crisis

How many times have we found ourselves saying "as a nonprofit, we do more with less"? If we continue this approach without challenging the status quo, well end up doing very little with next to nothing.

Show Me the Money! is a fast paced workshop offered at no cost for nonprofit organizations in California seeking ways to talk about the state and local budget crisis and the key income solutions. This two hour workshop will help your organization to thoughtfully consider and participate in policy solutions by helping staff to form their own opinions about the role of public funding and taxes.

Its about time we got familiar with what is plaguing our state, our communities and nonprofit services. Originally developed by Kim Klein, one of the nation's best known and loved fundraising trainers, Show Me the Money! workshops are now being offered to nonprofits in the San Francisco bay area and, in 2011, throughout the state.

Presenter Kim Klein is an internationally known fundraising trainer and has worked in all aspects of fundraising: as staff, as volunteer, as board member, and as consultant. She is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques, particularly major donor campaigns, to the needs of organizations with small budgets working for social justice.

Kim is the author of five books including her most recent, Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times. Her classic text, Fundraising for Social Change, now in its fifth edition, is widely used in the field and in university degree programs. She also wrote Fundraising for the Long Haul, Ask and You Shall Receive, and Fundraising in Times of Crisis, which was a runner up for the Terry McAdam Book Award. She is featured in a fundraising video, "Ready, Set, Raise", produced by GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training), and is the author of the "Dear Kim" column in the e-newsletter of GIFT, answering questions posed by readers.

Kim is a member of the Building Movement Project where she is currently working on a project called, "Talking about Taxes". She writes a blog for the Building Movement Project, www.kimkleinandthecommons.blogspot.com. Kim has worked in all aspects of fundraising; as staff, as a volunteer, as a board member, and as a consultant. Widely in demand as a speaker, she has provided training and consultation in all 50 United States, five Canadian provinces and 21 other countries